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Clannad are delighted to announce that they have signed with world music specialists ARC Music to release the band's much anticipated new album. ARC have previously released the spectacular Clannad at Christ Church Cathedral CD & DVD and both sides are very much looking forward to working on this new venture together

Scheduled for release in September 2013, this will be the first full album of new material since 1998's Grammy winning Landmarks. It will also be the first album since Pol left the band in 1989 to contain all five original members.

After a prolonged period of writing and pre-production, the band began recording in earnest last Monday at a location in Ireland. They are all very excited to be getting to the final stages of work on this long awaited (and long overdue) album.

We will bring you more news as the album progresses.

We are delighted to be working with ARC Music on the release of the Christ Church Cathedral DVD & CD. ARC are the largest and longest running World Music label.

The CD & DVD are now on geneal release and should be available in all good retailers and online stores. The audio is also availble for download on iTunes and other such digital platforms.

The recordings were made in 2011 in the historic setting of Dublin's ancient Christ Church Cathedral and features guest appearances by ANÚNA and Brian Kennedy. The CD contains 19 songs from across the band's 40 year career and the DVD contains additional tracks.

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We will be performing at certain festivals over the summer months. AT present we are confirmed for Donegal-Ireland, Lorient-France, SIon-Switzerland and Devon-England. More details in our 'Shows' section of this site.

This summer we will once again team up with Altan for a very special double header show in our homeland of Donegal. Earagail Arts Festival are staging the event in a festival marquee close to Carrickfinn Airport . Apart from the odd night in Leo's Tavern, this will be the closest  to home that we have played a full concert in many, many years. To be performing in the region that inspired so much of our music will be very special indeed.

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