Hi all,
We’re delighted beyond measure to announce that Clanadonia and some pals have written and recorded a brand spanking new ditty to celebrate and encourage the Scotland Woman’s football team as they prepare to take on Argentina, Japan and England in the World Cup starting in June.
You can download the track for a measly £1 via their Bandcamp page here.
Enjoy the track and all the best to the team!!
The boys are no stranger to rubbing shoulders with movie royalty having wowed Chris Pine and co at the Outlaw King bash back in November and on Monday night they were honoured to have been asked back to Edinburgh Castle to perform for 1st Minister Nicola Sturgeon and some of the cast of new movie, Mary Queen of Scots which premiered at the Cameo this week.
Saoirse Ronan who plays the doomed Mary Stuart, was a real trouper, helping out on mini-maracas alongside Tu-Bardh, Nic and the rest of the gang. Interesting if you think about it, the story of an intelligent, principled Scots lass being persecuted by a London based ruler. Can’t think what modern scenario that reminds me of… Little bit of politics there. Anyway, enjoy the video.
The guys were delighted to have been asked to perform at the glorious Gleneagles Hotel at the weekend for the clothes and sportswear company Adidas. The band were recommended to them by Boss Models and they had a great time playing some musical accompaniment to for a pair of dancers and went down a storm, as ever.
As I’m sure a fair few of you will know, the 18th annual MOBO awards will be taking place in Glasgow on at the newly minted SSE Hydro this Saturday.
The Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards was established in 1996 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell to recognise and celebrate artists who create ‘black’ or ‘urban’ music. In its 18 years, it has only been held outside on London in 2009, 2011 and now this year, all of these ceremonies have been held in Glasgow. You are most welcome nice people.
This week the guys played at a rather swanky corporate event for the whisky Johnnie Walker who have been on the high seas for a few weeks, (all info here), hobnobbing with a few Scottish rugby players along the way too. The yacht had berthed at the weekend and the organisers have been entertaining guests away from the madness of the festival down in Leith.
The band are proud and delighted to have been asked to play at the Scotland vs Australia friendly football match on Wednesday at Easter Road.
Clanadonia are proud to be headlining the Keltisch midzomer festival in Bad Nieuweschans in Holland this week. This is the 6th year this festival has been staged but it’s the first time the guys have played it. They’re due to welcome the crowds on the Friday, play a few sets around the ground on the Saturday, including play at a hand-fasting event and then closing the show on the Sunday night.
Later in the month they are playing at the Scottish Car show an in August the Edinburgh festival begins and the guys will be playing a few street events, during the month, keep an eye on this site for more news of that.
Well, what a year in the world of Clanadonia. The guys have played big gigs such as the Celtica Festival in Italy and opened the proceedings on the main stage at Scotland’s own T in the park; smaller events have included playing in a Gorbals park in Glasgow and the usual host of weddings, corporate events and the usual kilt fuelled mayhem that are their street performances. Other highlights of the year have included playing live with the great Alan McKim and even being asked to perform in his video for “Sumerian” and attempting to out-volume a rally of Harley-Davidsons at the thunder in the glen rally in Aviemore.
The band have become pretty popular on Youtube and especially Flickr as tourists all over the globe have stopped to film and shoot and my favourite description of them has to be the individual who described the guys as “scary Scots drummers“. Superb, and not inaccurate.
One other development this year is that the guys are now exclusively represented by Freak Music and the guys there are currently lining up a host of other festival gigs for next summer, both home and abroad. If you want to be kept up to date with details of this, subscribe to the mailing list via the tab poking out of the right of the main page or get in touch with Freak.
Clanadonia would like wish all visitors to this page and anyone who has stopped by to watch them play, a mental Drumming Christmas and a Piping hot New Year. And don’t forget, the guys are playing at George Square in Glasgow at the New Year celebrations.
Slàinte and keep it tribal.
