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That’s what you get when you have five generations of fiddle players
Along the way, Ms Sands has played with everyone from the Hothouse Flowers to Luka Bloom, from Mick Flannery to Albert Hammond and beyond.
Are you sitting comfortably…?
s the lady herself says, Clare Sands was pretty much born to folk.
s the lady herself says, Clare Sands was pretty much born to folk.That’s what you get when you have five generations of fiddle players 
pumping through your veins, and your dad introducing you to the family passion when you’re just two years old.
pumping through your veins, and your dad introducing you to the family passion when you’re just two years old.Not that Clare Sands is complaining, music clearly being her no.1 passion too. To the point that she has become, according to Hot Press magazine, ‘A unique force in Irish music’.
The mighty BBC went one better, describing the fiddler, singer and multi-instrumentalist as ‘An empowering, exceptional talent, channeling the music of her ancestors, reimagining the sound of a new Ireland‘.
The mighty BBC went one better, describing the fiddler, singer and multi-instrumentalist as ‘An empowering, exceptional talent, channeling the music of her ancestors, reimagining the sound of a new Ireland‘.Bejiggers agus –caithfear a rá – begorrah.
Along the way, Ms Sands has played with everyone from the Hothouse Flowers to Luka Bloom, from Mick Flannery to Albert Hammond and beyond. 
And now, finally, she’s about to make her Whale debut on Friday, November 19th.
So, naturally, we had to find out where all this music came from, and what are the songs that can make Clare Sands break down and cry…
Liam tries sean-nós with tai chi