Mànran
Mànran are a Scottish band that was established in June 2010.[1] Since 2010 they have performed in over 30 countries world wide including several international folk & world music festivals, won awards home and abroad and were invited to do a special one-off concert for the 2012 London Olympics.
Mànran | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Scotland |
Genres | Gaelic traditions, Scottish folk music, rock |
Years active | 2010 | –present
Website | manran |
Members | Ewen Henderson Gary Innes Ryan Murphy Ross Saunders Mark Scobbie Kim Carnie Aidan Moodie |
Past members | Norrie MacIver Scott Mackay Calum Stewart Craig Irving |
The band embarked on their first trip to America in 2013 which was filmed by BBC ALBA for a 1 hour long documentary.
Career
2011: Breakthrough
On 17 January 2011 the band released their first single "Latha Math" and were aiming to be the first Gaelic song in the Top 40 for the 21st Century.[2] While the band reached 29 mid-week, they slipped out of the top 40 to Number 61 for the official chart on Sunday 23 January 2011.[3] However, they did secure Number 6 in both the UK Indie Chart and the Scottish Singles Chart.[4][5] In August 2012 they released "Take You There" with Michelle McManus to raise money for the STV Appeal 2012. Mànran and Michelle McManus performed the song live on 7 September 2012 on the STV Appeal show.[6]
2012–present
In September 2012, Calum Stewart left the band to be replaced by Irish Uilleann Piper/ Flute player Ryan Murphy.
The band recorded their second album The Test in early 2013 which they released in May of the same year. The album won a German critics choice award in December 2013.
In August of that year the band made its debut in America at the world-renowned Milwaukee Irish festival in Wisconsin, followed by a five-week tour that saw the band play in Chicago, Bay City, New Hampshire, Albany, California, Arizona and Iowa. After America, the band went to Australia to perform at the Australasian World Music Festival to critical acclaim. In 2014 they were awarded International Artist of the Year at the Australian Celtic Music Awards.
In 2017, Mànran released their third studio album An Dà Là, whose title song, criticizing the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency, was noted for "invok[ing] the voice of Gaeldom, spanning centuries as it flows between a lament for the past and an anthem for the future".[7]
Discography
Albums
Year | Album details |
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2011 | Mànran
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2013 | The Test
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2017 | An Dà Là
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Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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UK [3] |
UK Indie [4] |
SCO [5] | |||||||
2011 | "Latha Math" | 61 | 6 | 6 | Mànran | ||||
2012 | "Take You There" (with Michelle McManus) |
— | — | 70 | Charity single | ||||
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
References
- "About". Manran. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- "Gaelic band launch charts bid". BBC News. 17 January 2011.
- "Mànran > UK Charts". The Official Charts Company.
- Peak positions for Indie singles in the UK:
- For "Latha Math": "Chart Archive > 29th January 2011 >". Official Charts Company. 29 January 2011.
- Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Latha Math": "Chart Archive > 29th January 2011 >". Official Charts Company. 29 January 2011.
- STV Appeal charity single launched to raise money for children in poverty. STV
- "Mànran: An Dà Là - The Two Days (Featured Album Review) | FRUK". Folk Radio UK - Folk Music Magazine. 17 January 2017.