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About Me

.. MySpace Profile EditorCeltic Roots and Eclectic Influences.Our signature driven acoustic style is a collective product of our upbringing and love of this timeless music of the Gaels. Raised among the hills and valleys of Upstate New York weâ€™ve all played most of our lives. We've become known for our creative and energetic mix of progressive Celtic and fiery traditional, blending the two in an unpredictable but always sincere and appreciative way.The nucleus of our sound is a tribute to our Irish and Scottish roots, our rural upbringing, and our varied musical backgrounds. Collectively, we have played in every genre from blues and americana, to rock, punk and world. As individuals we have played professionally, as studio musicians, as itinerant buskersâ€¦but always for love of the music.cliudan has played extensively though the Northeast from buffalo to boston, Manhattan to Ottawa, Canada and so many great places in between. Weâ€™ve brought our music to small pubs, large clubs, huge festivals, private parties and fundraisers over the last few years, meeting great people all the while. We hope to see you sometime soon.
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Member Since: 2/11/2006
Band Website: cliudan.net
Band Members: Andrew Gracey Vocals, Whistles, Flute.Noah Brown Vocals, Guitar.John Gilligan Percussion
Influences: In no particular order...Planxty, Neil Anderson, The Bothy Band, The Prodigals, Tull, Old Blind Dogs, Ben Folds, Christy Moore, Rusted Root, Dave Brubeck, Cake, Alice in Chains, Pete Seeger, Solas, Charlie Parker, Nirvana, The Chieftains, Neil Young, Jewel, Rage Against the Machine, Donal Lunny, Spirit of the West, Ben Harper, The Clancy Bros. and Tommy Makem, Dave and Tim, Danu, QUIVER, phish and way too many other great artists to ever list...basically everyone we've ever heard, known or been in contact with has influenced us in some way be it large or small.
Sounds Like: DRIVEN ACOUSTACELT
Record Label: Acoustacelt TM
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SAMMY Awards 2008...cliudan wins!

What a great weekend. Friday night in Syracuse for the Sammy Awards...and I'm not going to lie, I was a little tense. We were really hoping to be going home with a SAMMY...and we did. "anymore" was na...
Posted by cliudan on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:57:00 PST

Andrew’s Top 37 Album Picks

Ever wonder what I listen to? Probably not, but here it is anyway, in all of it's consumate (trogdor reference) glory... Why 37? Well because I couldn't get 10, or 20, or 30 without feeling like I'd l...
Posted by cliudan on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:37:00 PST

cliudan nominated for a SAMMY Award

Just got the news, and very excited and honored. Our most recent album, "anymore", has been nominated for a SAMMY Award for Folk/Bluegrass Album of the Year The SAMMY Awards recognize musicians throug...
Posted by cliudan on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:45:00 PST

A Long Overdue Update

Well, what's the excuse this time... ah yes, multiple day jobs, raising families, buying/working on houses, playing shows, and putting in gardens...yup, that's right...gardens. I knew that cliuan...
Posted by cliudan on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:38:00 PST

March Madness drawing to a close

hey folks A HUGE thanks to all of you that showed up in record numbers to support us in Syracuse and Watertown over the past week and change. Let’s start where it started (the weekend that is).....
Posted by cliudan on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:22:00 PST

CLIUDAN...the history (an excerpt from www.cliudan.net)

Hey guys...I know, I know, the .net is beat. It's out of date, whatever, cry me a river. Anyways, here's some reading material for you. And someday, the .net WILL be up to speed again. Here's some his...
Posted by cliudan on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:51:00 PST

an update...last weekend, this weekend, next weekend

hey folks...missed on it looks like last weekend we started out at one of our all time favorite venues...kitty hoyne's in syracuse, ny. As always great crowd, great times and David Hoyne's legend...
Posted by cliudan on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:54:00 PST

an update...last weekend, this weekend, next weekend

March Madness

It's again that time of year. We started off the season just a bit early with our friends from Kilrush. They were by for some tunes, some hard cider, some getting ready for the First Arena Show n...
Posted by cliudan on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:57:00 PST

Where in the world is cliudan?!?! An update...

Well, to head off the same question we keep getting from so many good folks...where are we in February? February is nice and light, historically its studio time for us but not this year. We're all loo...
Posted by cliudan on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:21:00 PST