Clannad at the Royal Albert Hall
A cross-posting from my LivingGeography blog. I was heading for London on Wednesday to stay overnight so that I could get an early Eurostar train to Brussels. In the evening, I was due to go to an EXPLORE session as part of the RGS's exploration festival. I noticed that the Irish band Clannad were playing at the Royal Albert Hall . It was to be their final concert. I was introduced to Clannad by their singles Newgrange and Theme from Harry's Game, from the album 'Magical Ring'. I also played their first few albums quite a lot including Dulaman (seaweed). In 1983-4 they produced the music for an essential series for me at the time: 'Robin of Sherwood'. Michael Praed played Robin, and a second series saw him replaced by Jason Connery. The album has just been rereleased onto Spotify with a whole extra album of 'lost' music, which is mostly excellent. I saw Clannad quite a few times during the early to late 1980s when they were touring following this peri