Her real name is Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, one of nine children born to a couple who ran a pub in Ireland. Today, Enya lives in a castle and has mammoth record sales, yet she is private, almost reclusive. William Langley … Continue reading
It was a hot and sultry summers day when I stepped down from the bus which had taken me from Milford Loretto College to my home in Ghaodobhair, County Donegal. I had just turned seventeen and It was the last … Continue reading
It’s a nerve-racking, soul-searching business making music to soothe the world. You’d think that 70 million album sales, four Grammys, an Oscar nomination and a legion of fans would make the creative process easier. No so for Enya. Every time … Continue reading
It is one of the most extraordinary stories in contemporary music. Very few people would have seen the potential fully, when a young slip of a girl from Donegal, on the remote north western tip of Ireland, by the name … Continue reading
I am due to take tea with one of the world’s most successful recording artists at 3pm but at 3.05pm there is no sign of her in the Dorchester’s tea room and I am shuffling anxiously in the foyer, wondering … Continue reading
Imagine a place where a calm atmosphere surrounds your every step as you walk through exquisite rooms. A place where the echoes of history expand the heart and soothe the mind, and where the spirit can find repose. A haven … Continue reading
Like the misty, ethereal music that she’s made her global calling card, Grammy-winning singer and instrumentalist Enya keeps herself cloaked in an aura of mystery. The reclusive artist let nearly five years elapse between her last album, Memory of Trees,and her … Continue reading
“I’ve always been very private and shy, even though I have four brothers and four sisters. I need a lot of space and time to myself, so I live alone. Thinking is important. During the night I’ll go through the … Continue reading
When Enya’s Watermark was released last September, few outside her closest associates could have predicted the runaway success which would ensue. To date, the album has clocked up worldwide sales of over 3 million copies with the Orinoco Flow single … Continue reading
From a darkened studio in Artane to the bright lights of Top Of The Pops and beyond that ‘Orinoco Flow’ has taken Enya and all who sail with her on an unprecedented voyage of discovery. Niall Stokes joins the key … Continue reading