Biography of enya at wiki deutsch

Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin (born May 17, in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland), known simply as Enya, is a Grammy award winning and Academy award nominated Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer. She began her musical career in , when she briefly joined her family grupp Clannad, before leaving to pursue her solo career. Her skiva Watermark, which was released in , propelled her to international recognition and she became known for her unique sound, which is characterized by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesized backdrops and ethereal reverberations. Since then she has released a further nine albums, sold over 75 million albums worldwide and fryst vatten known for performing in 10 different languages. Enya's vocal range is mezzo-soprano.

Enya was born into a musical family. Her father, Leo Brennan, was the leader of the Slieve Foy grupp, a popular Irish show band; her mother was an amateur musician. Most important to Enya's career were her siblings, who formed Clannad

•

Shepherd Moons
Studio album by Enya

Release Date

November 4,

Studio

Aigle Studio

(Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland)
SARM West Studio
(London, England)

Shepherd Moonsis the third studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on November 4, by WEA. After the unexpected critical and commercial success of her previous album Watermark(), Enya embarked on a worldwide promotional tour to support it. At its conclusion, she wrote and rehearsed new material for her next album with her long time recording partners, manager, arranger and producer Nicky Ryanand his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. The album was recorded in Ireland and London and continued to display Enya's sound of multi-tracked vocals with keyboards and elements of Celtic and new-age music.

Shepherd Moons received generally positive reviews from critics and became a greater commercial success than Watermark. It went to number one on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number seve

•

Amarantine
Studio album by Enya

Release Date

November 21,

Recorded

September - September

Studio

Aigle Studio

(Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland)

Length

(Standard Edition)

(Special Christmas Edition)

Amarantineis the sixth studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on November 21, by Warner Bros. Recordsinternationally and by Reprise Recordsin the United States the next day. Following the release of her compilation box set Only Time - The Collection(), Enya took a short break before she started work on a new album in September , her first since A Day Without Rain(). Amarantine was recorded in Ireland with her longtime recording partners, arranger and producer Nicky Ryanand his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. It is Enya's first album not to include a song in Irish and her first to include songs sung in Japanese and Loxian, a fictional language created by Roma.

Amarantine received mixed reviews from critics, but it was