Enya

Genres:	Holiday & Seasonal • New Age • Pop / Rock • World Music
Descriptive "tags":	new age • celtic • female vocalists • ambient • irish • chillout
Decades Active:	1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Discography • IMDb • MusicMoz • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, 17 May 1961, Dore, Gweedore, Co. Donegal, Eire. Enya, a classically trained pianist, was formerly a member of Clannad before embarking on a solo career that blossomed unexpectedly with her 1988 UK chart-topper, ‘Orinoco Flow’. Daughter of noted Irish Showband leader Leo Brennan (Brennan is the non-Gaelic form of Bhraonáin) who led the Slieve Foy Band, Enya was born into a highly musical family. Her mother was also a musician, and in 1968 two of her brothers and two of her uncles formed the band An Clann As Dobhar (Gaelic for a family from the townland of Dore). The name was soon shortened to Clannad and another family member, harpist/vocalist Máire Brennan, added to the line-up. Enya joined the band on keyboards in 1980 and shared in some of their success as they recorded haunting themes for a variety of television programmes, giving them their first chart success. However, Enya, who has professed she has...

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