
Enya
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17 February 1957, Morden, Manitoba, Canada. Celtic harpist, keyboard player and singer Loreena McKennitt rose to prominence in her native Canada in the mid-80s with a series of independently released albums. The daughter of a livestock dealer, McKennitt's earliest ambition was...
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Clannad
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This family band, from Gweedore in Co. Donegal, Eire enjoyed transatlantic commercial success by skilfully crossing the bridge between folk and rock. Clannad was formed in 1968 by brothers Pól Brennan (Pol Ó Braonáin, Eire; guitar, vocals, percussion, flute)...
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Enigma
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Ambient pop sculptors Enigma are the brainchild of Michael Cretu (18 May 1957, Bucharest, Romania), who enrolled in the Lyzeum No. 2, a college for gifted young musicians, as a pianist, in 1966. After completing his studies Cretu moved to the Academy Of Music in Frankfurt, where...
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Era
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A new age duo of Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry (County Kildare, Eire) and Norwegian composer/keyboard player Rolf Lovland (b. Kristiansand, Norway), Secret Garden shot to fame in 1995 when their song, "Nocturne", won the Eurovision Song Contest. Many cynics, noted, however,...
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