Re: Clannad

[eek@snare.mitre.org (Ericka Kammerer)]

In article <9107280332.AA04866@lewhoosh.umd.edu>, jeffy@lewhoosh.umd.EDU writes:
|> 
|> I know the background of the band (such as the familial relations within the
|> band, and their relationship to Enya).  I also know they've been around for
|> quite a while (well over a decade).

	I know they've been around since the 70s and I'm pretty sure that
Enya is blood related somehow.  I think people in the band with the
appropriate last names are brother/sister.  There's a video out for
PastPresent that features a quite a bit of the band talking about
their history.  There's almost no live concert footage, though.

|> Today, I bought _Fuaim_, on which Enya (Eithne) was a member
|> of the band.  I seem to remember reading a year or two ago that Enya was only
|> on this one album.  Is this true?  

	I believe this is true.  Most people I've talked to seem to think that
Duluman is the better of the earlier albums.

|> So, having spewed out all that, I guess what it comes down to is that my
|> next Clannad albums, assuming I can find them, will be _Legend_ and_Magical 
|> Ring_ (both represented on _PastPresent_).  But what of their other older

	Well, good luck finding _Legend_.  I have it ;-), but it's very
difficult to find, if not impossible these days.  _Magical Ring_ shouldn't
be too hard.  Most of _Legend_ is on _PastPresent_, though, so you're
not missing too much.

	It sounds to me like you might want to take a look at Mouth Music,
if you haven't already.  They have a sound similar to the Clannad sound
you seem to like (but it is different, so no guarantees).  I think it's
on Rykodisc (or is that Rykodisk?  I can never remember...).

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Ericka Kammerer
eek@caen.engin.umich.edu