Enya
Composer and Musician
Bright Star review...was it the case, as some agnostics suggested, that her swoony, artsy approach to feminist storytelling - a cinematic equivalent of Enya - was no longer in fashion? Bright Star, which she not only directed but adapted from Andrew Motion's... In this article: Jane Campion, Ben Whishaw, Bright Star, John Keats, Abbie Cornish, Oscar, Charles Armitage Brown, and Kerry Fox |
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Zap2it | October 27, 2009
Worst 10 TV theme songs: 'Dollhouse' to 'American Idol,' '90210' to 'Cleveland Show'
...for current shows that have us reaching for the mute button every time. "Dollhouse" If the unholy illegitimate musical love child of Enya and the Cocteau Twins recorded a soft-core porn lullaby, it might sound something like this. I...
In this article: The Cleveland Show, American Idol, Barenaked Ladies, NCIS, Ncis: Los Angeles, Kristen Bell, Big Bang Theory, Gossip Girl, Two and a Half Men, and They Might Be Giants
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NME Reviews | October 22, 2009
Live: Live Review: Yeasayer
...to which Patrick Bateman would disfigure his latest lay. Acknowledging the potential for misjudgement, even the band call their sound "Enya with bounce". We prefer something more like Toto's expanding head music. Since they were last here,...
In this article: Yeasayer, Animal Collective, All Hour Cymbals, Elvis Costello, Gang Gang Dance, Oxford, and UK
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 20, 2009
Atlas Sound - Logos
...Laetitia Sadier-sung incarnation is a better fit here, and still towers above the skyline. The Stereolab singer adds an inescapably Enya-ish quality to the gentle early stages, but by the time the song's swooshing, snowy motorik has kicked...
In this article: Logos, Atlas Sound, Deerhunter, Panda Bear, Turn It Up Faggot, Weird Era Cont., and Microcastle
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The Australian | October 02, 2009
Mixed blessings
...here is a melange of several tongues. So Mauritius quickly becomes much more interesting and textured than its parasailing options and Enya-harmonic massage oils. It first appeared on Europe's map in 1507, through the Portuguese, but they...
In this article: Mauritius, Mark Twain, Port Louis, Perth, Western Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, and Africa
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Ultimate Guitar | October 01, 2009
The Temper Trap: Conditions [Reviews]
...sound in its capacity to perhaps appeal to any language from any walk of life; having comparisions to such accomplished artists as Enya. Each tune manages to forge it's own meaning to the listener, creating an imaginary landscape of clear...
In this article: Coldplay, Infectious Records, Radiohead, U2, Melbourne, and UK
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Miami Herald - Nation | September 27, 2009
William Safire, speechwriter and columnist, dies
...``interrogations May 29-30: Celtic Woman, quintet of lovely lasses, performs a fusion of Irish classics from the traditional Danny Boy to Enya's Orinoco Flow ; 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Dreyfoos Hall, 701...
In this article: William Safire, CIA, Barack Obama, Taylor Dayne, Love Will Lead You Back, Tell It to My Heart, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Justice Department, and Al Qaeda
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Independent.ie | September 26, 2009
Doors open on music industry
...the Irish Independent and RTE's 2fm. A series of panel discussions will include luminaries such as Nicky Ryan, who helped invent the Enya phenomenon; James Morris, founder of the famous Windmill Lane recording studios where U2 made their...
In this article: Horslips, Sunday Independent, RTE 2fm, Nicky Ryan, Jim Sheridan, and U2
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Independent.ie | September 26, 2009
Artists should not escape tax free
...their incomes anyway. The real beneficiaries are wealthy people, some of them multi-millionaires: people such as Bono, Cecelia Ahern, Enya, Graham Knuttel, Ruairi Quinn and others. These are all very fine people in their own right, but why...
In this article: Tax, James Joyce, Charles Haughey, Ireland, Cervical cancer, Cancer, and Colm Toibin
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Gawker | September 13, 2009
Love Song of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to Shatter Brokenhearted Teenage Ear Drums [Gossip Roundup]
...rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez listens to James Taylor before games to get pumped up. Hopefully he won't turn his offensive line on to Enya, lest he get knocked into submission after four snaps. [NYDN] More sports: Mets dynasty player...
In this article: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, John Travolta, Tyson Beckford, Hamlet, Lenny Dykstra, Jude Law, Britney Spears, Malibu, and VH1
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Reuters | November 24, 2008
Singer Enya eyes concert stage as Winter arrives
...change. "For some artists, after 10 years of success, they finally get to make the album they've always wanted to do," Enya says. "But I was able to say that about my first album. I'm very aware that I break all the rules." Reuters/Billboard
In this article: Nicky Ryan, Christmas music, And Winter Came, Silent Night, Roma Ryan, Warner Bros., Clannad, and Amarantine
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Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin on 17 May 1961, Gweedore, County Donegal, sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan) is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer. She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad, before leaving to pursue her solo career. Her album Watermark, which was released in 1988, propelled her to international recognition and Enya became known for her unique sound, which was characterized by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesized backdrops and ethereal reverberations.
She continued to enjoy steady success during the 1990s and 2000s; her 2000 album A Day Without Rain achieved tremendous record sales (15 million) and she was named the world's biggest selling female artist of 2001. She is Ireland's best-selling solo artist and is officially the country's second biggest musical export after the band U2. Her record sales stand at 75 million as of 2008. Her work has earned her, among other things, an Academy Award nomination and she is known for performing in ten different languages during her career thus far. Enya is an approximate transcription of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish, in the Donegal dialect.
- Name At Birth:
- Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin
- Also Known As:
- Enya Brennan
- 'The Silver Lady'
- "The Invisible Star"
- Birth Date:
- May 17, 1961
- Birthplace:
- Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland
- Occupation:
- Singer, instrumentalist, composer, producer
- Instrument Played:
- Piano
- Record Label:
- Warner Music Group
- Years Active:
- 1982 - present
- Associated With:
- Clannad, Moya Brennan, Brídín Brennan
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