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The Clanns is a Canadian Celtic Rock band founded in 2014 and based in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

In addition to writing and performing original music, The Clanns perform traditional Celtic songs with a Roots Rock-influenced sound. The band have toured with other bands that play Celtic music in Canada.

History
Al Black Davidson had recently left The Nervous Fellas and decided to form a Celtic Rock band after sharing the bill with the The Pogues and Joe Strummer at the Commodore Ballroom years earlier.

In 2014, Al Black Davidson placed an ad in craigslist. He meet Scotty Guy and Earl Upright at a coffee shop in Qualicum Beach. They ended the meeting loudly singing traditional Celtic music. Within a few weeks, Len Imbury and Angela Maharajh had joined and the lineup was complete.

Soon after they started recording a demo CD to send to radio stations and podcasts. By May 2014, it was completed and Vancouver based Celt in a Twist began playing their songs. This international airplay enabled the Clanns to begin touring. This also allowed the band to begin writing new originals for a full release.

By May 2015, they released their debut CD The Clanns. The CD featured the band’s original songs and modern takes of traditional songs.The new release had good reviews and enabled the band to break into Europe.

“I’ll Be Sorry” made it to Rank #10: #219: Siren's Song of the Selkie in the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Al Black Davidson had originally written the song for The Nervous Fellas on their debut Album

In July of 2015, due to the Clanns busy tour schedule, Earl Upright decided to leave the band. At the time Al Black Davidson was also playing with the Chris Andres Band. There he met bass player Warren Fletcher. Warren agreed to help the Clanns with the shows they had committed too until they could find a new bass player. In April of 2016, Terry Parker joined the band as the new bass player.

2016 saw the band sharing the bill at large Celtic festivals with The Irish Rovers and Sharon Shannon. That same year The Clanns debut release was nominated for best CD at the Vancouver Island Music Awards.

They have also had Rick Salt be their soundman, as he is from Nanaimo, where the band is based. Rick is well known as the sound engineer for The Irish Rovers



In January of 2018, the Clanns announced on their Facebook page that they were taking a temporary hiatus from live shows to work on new ventures.

In December 2018, it was announced that the band would soon begin touring again with A new release and major Music distribution was in the works.

On the Clanns Twitter thread, it was announced that a deal had been reached to have their music on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play and Pandora

Awards and nominations

 * 2016 Vancouver Island Music Awards, Best Roots Album - Group, The Clanns (nominated)

Discography
Tracklist:
 * The Clanns Demo Release, 2014
 * 1) - “Dirty Old Town” (MacColl)
 * 2) - “The Night Paddy Murphy Died” (Traditional)
 * 3) - “Worst Day Since Yesterday” (Casey,Schmidt,Regan,Maxwell,King)
 * 4) - “Rise Again” (McConnell)

Tracklist:
 * The Clanns , 2015


 * 1) - “Lucky Bastard” (Angela Maharajh) - 3:38
 * 2) - “Happy Birthday Baby” (Angela Maharajh) -2:53
 * 3) - “Man of the Hour” (Al Black Davidson) - 3:39
 * 4) - “Maggie McVee” (Angela Maharajh) -2:38
 * 5) - “Butterfly” (Traditional) -3:32
 * 6) - “Goodbye Dark Skies” (Al Black Davidson) - 3:18
 * 7) - “West Coast Trail” (Traditional) - 4:12
 * 8) - “I'll Be Sorry” (Al Black Davidson) - 4:12
 * 9) - “Whiskey in the Jar” (Traditional) -3:50


 * Could Only Happen Here, pre-production 2019