Physical merchandise sales suspended

From 13 August 2026, all physical merchandise sales from ANÚNA/SYSTIR/M’ANAM are suspended online.

This is not something we want to do.

New EU packaging regulations mean that selling physical products directly from Ireland into other EU Member States now brings additional country-by-country EPR obligations.

EPR means Extended Producer Responsibility. In very simple terms, if we send a CD or record from Ireland to someone in another EU country, we can be made legally and financially responsible in that country for the cardboard, envelope, plastic or other packaging in which we send it. This can mean registering separately in that country, reporting the packaging we send there, paying into its packaging-waste system and appointing an authorised representative there.

So if we sell into France, we have to deal with the French system. Germany has its own system. The Netherlands has its own. And so on.

The obvious solution for us would simply be to stop shipping physical products to those EU countries while continuing to sell normally to Ireland and everywhere outside the EU.

Unfortunately, the online systems available to us do not currently provide a practical way of doing that. It is effectively all or nothing.

We therefore have to withdraw our CDs, vinyl and other physical merchandise from online sale altogether.

This means, absurdly, that supporters in the UK, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the USA, Asia and everywhere else outside the EU are also unable to buy physical releases from us online, even though these new EU requirements are not preventing us from selling to them.

We are an independent artist. Direct sales are one of the principal ways we can get our recordings and other work directly to the people who follow and support us.

We very much regret having to do this.

All digital music and digital products remain available worldwide as normal.

We hope this is temporary and will restore physical sales as soon as either the regulations or the systems through which we sell provide a workable solution.

M’ANAM have been busy. This week we release a remix of our song “M’anam”, Irish for My soul to all streaming services. Later this month we will be in Belfast for the first time as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival (see On Tour) and we are looking forward to the release of our award-winning film M’ANAM: Between Two Worlds to streaming (free access) later this month.

These two videos were made last week in Italy when we had a chance to record in a tiny chapel overlooking the mountain town of Pauvullo nel Frignano where our tenor Massimo Orlandini comes from.

Eilífð featuring ANÚNA, M’ANAM & Systir Released

anuna.ie/eilifd

This Friday the new ANÚNA album, featuring collaborations with Ordained & Isaac S.Cates, Systir and M'ANAM will release to all streaming services. 8 original tracks composed by Michael McGlynn and 2 arrangements - texts spanning over a thousand years with a multitude of voices represented from 10 countries.

This is the extraordinary title track. You can find all texts, information and credits from the link below.

You can purchase the CD from Bandcamp (and download the digital album) from anuna.ie/eilifd

Sólás - An Evening of Music at Ulster Hall, Belfast on 15 February 2025

M’ANAM are thrilled to be part of the lineup for the Sólás special needs event at the Ulster Hall, Belfast. Compered by broadcasting stalwart Noel Thompson and featuring performances from Northern Ireland Opera; Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble; M’ANAM; The Ulster Consort and The Cross Border Youth Orchestra as well as the children and youth of Sólás who will perform a new piece composed by Matthew Owens.

Tickets are available from HERE - proceeds will help raise funds for the charity’s new purpose built community facility

New Video “Deyr Fé” (Cattle Die)

M’ANAM Special Edition 2024 Release

October 12th 2024 marks the release of a new edition of our debut album with added tracks and extended edits. Visit HERE for a special interview to mark the release.

Listening Party on Bandcamp October 14th

https://manam.bandcamp.com/live/manam-special-edition-listening-party

  1. Bitter Wind - Extend Mix

  2. The Hound's Cry

  3. Ag Iascaireacht

  4. Gunnarshólmi

  5. The Sheep Stealer

  6. Bandó Ribineann

  7. Victimae

  8. Blackbird

  9. Deyr Fé

  10. Celeuma

  11. Ardaigh Cuan

  12. M'ANAM

  13. La Chanson de Mardi Gras

  14. Tenebrae

New Single “Mo Ghille Mear”

Text and story are here at www.manam.ie/moghillemear

30 years ago in 1994 Michael McGlynn arranged this iconic traditional song for ANÚNA, Sting and The Chieftains for their hugely successful album "The Long Black Veil". This year he has rearranged it for M'ANAM and it was recorded in the same space, Windmill Lane Recording Studios in Dublin, Ireland.

"Back in 1994, the same year ANÚNA and Riverdance were to change the face of Irish music, we were part of an extraordinary series of session in Windmill Lane Studios" says Michael. "Stories of the sessions have become legendary over the years and I spent a lot of time in Windmill recording ANÚNA's second album "Invocation" at the time. It is all part of Irish history now, but the joyous performance by Sting was actually a huge catalyst for how I would approach the wild setting behind him on the track. With M'ANAM I wanted to try something a bit different as the Icelandic/Irish fusion of the group is unique."

MO GHILLE MEAR / My Spirited Lad DK UPC: 198086537708
RELEASED February 15th 2024

Brand new single - soloist Cian O’Donnell, percussion Noel Eccles & uileann pipes Massimo Orlandini

Our latest single, releasing March 15, 2024, on all platforms, dives into the Jacobite risings' emotional legacy. It intertwines the 1746 lament "Bímse Buan ar Buairt Gach Ló" with elements from "The White Cockade" and Mac Domhnaill's Jacobite poetry, presenting a rich narrative of historical yearning and cultural identity.