Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Gerry Quinn
Publication :: Clare People
THOUGH relatively new on the Celtic and Irish music scene, Nashville-based Compass Records, owned and founded by American banjoist Alison Brown and her bass-playing husband Garry West, is fast becoming one of the most prolific ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Earle Hitchner
Publication :: Irish Echo
A reluctance to accept praise or be singled out for special recognition is an endearing trait among many Irish traditional musicians. Coupled with virtual self-effacement or perceived shyness on stage, however, that trait can lead to neglect ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Siobhan Long
Publication :: The Irish Times
Family history can be as much of a hindrance as a help, but Dónal Clancy wears his inheritance lightly on his solo debut. A founding member of Danú, he's also burnt up the road miles with Eileen Ivers and Solas, and on his solo debut, Clancy's disciplined ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Mark Thompson
Publication :: Phantom Tollbooth
Donal Clancy grew up surrounded by music. His father was a member of the famed Clancy Brothers band. Liam showed his young son a few chords on the guitar and Donal was hooked. After stints in Danu, the Eileen Ivers Band and the acclaimed ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Martin Raybould
Publication :: Whisperin & Hollerin
Donal Clancy was born in 1975 and spent his early childhood in Canada and the US before moving to Waterford , Ireland when he was just 8 years old. His father is Liam Clancy, of Clancy Brothers fame, a group whose rousing ballads and chunky ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
Publication :: Rhythms Magazine
The album showcases the superb solo guitar playing of Donal Clancy, with the artist backing himself on bouzouki and bodhran (the one-sided Irish drum) on a dozen traditional pieces of varying vintage. The guitarist also assumed production ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
Publication :: Vintage Guitars
What would the folk craze of the early 60’s have been without the Clancy Brothers, who made some of the most authentic Celtic music available at the time? Fifty years later Donal Clancy, son of Clancy Brother Liam, continues the family ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Kerry Dexter
Publication :: Folkwax
Donal Clancy has long been known as the go-to guitarist for recording and road work. He has contributed to albums and tours with The Chieftains, Cherish the Ladies, Aoife Clancy, Robbie O'Connell, Eileen Ivers, and Cathie Ryan, among ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
Publication :: Folking.com
If there is such a thing as a guilty pleasure, then mine would be to listen to a traditional melody performed with precision and with a bit of life on the steel strung guitar. Years ago when I was first being introduced to Celtic music I ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Gerry Quinn
Publication :: the Irish Examiner
Other musicians however have to deal with the weight of another type of tradition – the family. The pressure of being an offspring of one of Ireland’s best known musical families must weight heavy on the shoulders of Donal Clancy. Son of ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
Publication :: All Music Guide
Donal Clancy is the son of Liam Clancy, one of the famous Clancy Brothers who brought Irish folksongs to a worldwide audience in the 1960s and 1970s. Donal picked up the guitar as a child after experimenting with both whistle ................................Read More

Review of "Close To Home"
By :: Bob Sullivan
Publication :: Ireland Fun Facts
Guitar lovers won’t often find an album that echoes with as many different influences as Donal Clancy’s "Close to Home." The dozen instrumentals on this artist’s first solo CD have a funny way of sneaking up on you. At first they sound like the ................................Read More