Nadur

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:50:51
Personnel: Ciaran Brennan (vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards); Pol Brennan (vocals, guitar, flute, whistle, keyboards, bodhran); Noel Duggan (vocals, guitar); Moya Brennan (vocals, harp); Padraig Duggan (vocals, mandola); Steve Turner (keyboards); Ged Lynch (drums, percussion). Audio Mixer: Kieran Lynch. Liner Note Author: Colum McCann. Photographer: Tim Jarvis. Translator: Enrique Alda. Clannad became synonymous with Celtic new age in the late 1980s and '90s. Adding layers of sometimes ethereal, sometimes majestic-sounding synth pads and drum loops to traditional instruments and electric guitars, the band became a signpost for other acts during the Celtic music boom at the end of the last century and the dawn of the new. After winning a Best New Age album Grammy in 1998 for Landmarks, the band took an extended break. They issued a live album in 2011, but Nadur marks their formal return to studio recording after 15 years away. These 13 tracks -- ten originals, two traditional Gaelic tunes, and a Scottish air -- meld Irish music's heritage with contemporary jazz, electronic new age, and soft pop and rock. While many acoustic instruments adorn these songs -- mandolas, pennywhistles, bodhrans, harps, and acoustic guitars -- so do electric six-strings, fretless basses, synths, and subtle loops adding edges and underscoring the band's mastery of textures to frame its melodies. While Nadur breaches no new terrain, it will prove a welcome return for Clannad's international legion of fans. ~ Thom Jurek