Irish veterans Clannad release live DVD and CD

RENOWNED Irish family group Clannad release their first ever live DVD and an accompanying live album next month. 'Clannad - Christ Church Cathedral' will be released through ARC Music. The album and DVD were recorded and filmed at Dublin's historic Christ Church Cathedral on 29th January 2011. Being in such an intimate setting the band chose to lean heavily on their early traditional material as the acoustic nature of these tracks would suit the surroundings well. Pol, who had left Clannad in 1990 to pursue solo interests, rejoined the band marking the first time the original five members had performed together for more than 20 years.

Said the group's lead singer Moya Brennan, "When we were asked to perform in Christ Church Cathedral we really wanted to put together a unique show that would complement the spectacular surroundings. It was the first time in many years that we had played in such an intimate setting and in choosing the programme it made us go right back to the earliest days of our forty years as a band, we even start the show with the first song Clannad ever played together."