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Archive-name: music/enya-faq Posting-frequency: monthly Last-modified: 1995/4/3 Version: 18 +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Enya - Frequently Asked Questions Issue 18 3 April 1995 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Too many people to mention individually have contributed information or ideas to this FAQ either directly or via Usenet or mailing list postings. To all of you: many thanks. For those with World Wide Web browsers, an HTML version of this FAQ is available via the Enya home page at URL: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsdra/enya/home.html Please send any new material, comments, corrections, and suggestions you may have to: D.R.Allum@bath.ac.uk Enjoy, Dave Allum. FAQ ARCHIVE ================================================================= The most recently posted issue of this FAQ can usually be obtained from: Anonymous FTP rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/enya-faq Email Send a message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with a blank subject line and "send usenet/news.answers/music/enya-faq" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of the message. Gopher Type=0 Name=music_enya-faq Path=0/FAQ/Faq_by_name/music_enya-faq Host=gopher.physics.utoronto.ca Port=70 World Wide Web http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsdra/enya/faq/plain.txt | QUESTIONS =================================================================== * = New Changes in the text from the previous issue are marked with + = Updated change bars in the right hand margin. Background ---------- 1.1 Is 'Enya' her real name? 1.2 When was she born, where does she come from, what's her background? 1.3 Was she ever a member of Clannad? 1.4 And after Clannad? 1.5 What was her 'big break'? 1.6 I keep hearing that 'Enya' is three people. What does this mean? Records, Videos, Songs, Etc. ---------------------------- 2.1 What records and videos have been released? 2.2 Is there a more detailed discography available? 2.3 Are there any books of her music? 2.4 Some of her songs aren't in English. What other languages does she use? + 2.5 Where can I get translations? 2.6 Have I heard Enya at the movies and on TV? + 2.7 Apart from Clannad has she appeared on any other artists' records? 2.8 Is _Storms_In_Africa_(Part_II)_ on _Watermark_ or not? 2.9 Can you tell which _Book_Of_Days_ is on a copy of _Shepherd_Moons_? 2.10 When is her next album coming out? 2.11 Who is Ridley Scott and why is _Aldebaran_ dedicated to him? 2.12 Who are Rob Dickins and Ross mentioned in _Orinoco_Flow_? Other Information, Clannad, Etc. -------------------------------- 3.1 Does she tour? 3.2 How many records has she sold? 3.3 Have any articles or interviews been transcribed? 3.4 Any news of Clannad and the rest of the family? + 3.5 Are any Enya posters available? 3.6 What's her address? Is she on the net? Miscellaneous ------------- 4.1 Is a font of the _Watermark_ artwork script available? 4.2 Some say Enya sings in Irish, others say Gaelic. What's the difference? 4.3 Are there any Enya sound files available? Finding Out More ---------------- 5.1 Which Usenet newsgroups discuss Enya? 5.2 Is there a mailing list? 5.3 Where is all this information archived? 5.4 I don't have FTP access. Can the archives be accessed by Email? 5.5 Which music papers or magazines have the best Enya coverage? ANSWERS ===================================================================== 1.1 Is 'Enya' her real name? , , Her real name is Eithne Ni Bhraonain, an Irish name which translates to Eithne Brennan in English. Eithne is pronounced 'Enya' and she chose to use this pseudo-phonetic spelling professionally so that she could be known by her own name but avoid the inevitable pronunciation problems. 1.2 When was she born, where does she come from, what's her background? Eithne was born on May 17th 1961, the fourth youngest of nine children. She comes from the small village of Dore (Dobhar in Irish) in the Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) region of County Donegal in the northwest of the Republic of Ireland. She now lives in Dalkey, a coastal district on the southern outskirts of Dublin. The family is very musical and her parents played in a family dance band before settling down. Her father Leo owns a local pub - Leo's Tavern in Meenalech (Min na Leice) - and her mother Baba taught music in the local school. , , , , , , In 1968 elder brothers Ciaran & Pol, and uncles Padraig & Noel O Dugain, formed the band An Clann As Dobhar to perform traditional Irish music at festivals etc. , Changing their name to Clannad, and recruiting sister Maire in 1973, the band have gone on to international success performing both their own and traditional material. They have recorded a number of albums. 1.3 Was she ever a member of Clannad? After leaving school she joined Clannad in 1980 and, credited under her real name, provided keyboards and (mostly) backing vocals. She appears on their 1982 album _Fuaim_. It is often said that she also appeared on their 1980 album _Crann_Ull_ although she is not listed in the credits. If so then her presence is not obvious from listening to the album. 1.4 And after Clannad? In 1982 Clannad split with their long time manager and producer Nicky Ryan. Eithne, apparently frustrated with being left in the background, left at the same time and in response to Ryan's belief that she had talent in her own right, moved to Dublin to live with him and his wife Roma and develop her own musical career. The first real fruits of this collaboration came when film producer David Puttnam heard some demonstration tapes sent to him by Roma Ryan. He commissioned Eithne to write music for his film _The_Frog_Prince_ which was released in 1985. In the end only a couple of her pieces were used and these were arranged and performed by others. , , The titles on _The_Frog_Prince_ credit music to Enya Ni Bhraonain and the transition of Eithne to 'Enya' had begun. In 1986 BBC-TV began work on a six part documentary series charting the history and continuing cultural influence of the Celts. Enya was signed to write and perform music for the series. _The_Celts_ was first shown in 1987 and a selection of its music released under the title _Enya_ giving the artist her first album, largely unnoticed at the time. 1.5 What was her 'big break'? This really began in 1987 when she was signed by Rob Dickins, head of WEA Music UK, after he had heard and been entranced by the _Enya_ album. Reknowned as one of the most arrogant men in the business, Dickins has a talent for promoting 'difficult' artists - no matter how long it takes. WEA's backing made the recording of _Watermark_ possible and the album was released in 1988. Although no singles were originally planned, it was the release _Orinoco_Flow_ that brought Enya to public attention and resulted in an unexpected chart number 1 in several countries. The rest, as they say, is history... 1.6 I keep hearing that 'Enya' is three people. What does this mean? Although fronted by Enya herself, the music released under her name is the result of a collaboration between Enya (music/arrangements), Nicky Ryan (production/arrangements) and Roma Ryan (lyrics). Enya has said in several interviews that without any one of them 'Enya' could not exist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2.1 What records and videos have been released? Albums: 1987 Enya 1988 Watermark 1991 Shepherd Moons 1992 The Celts (Remastered reissue of _Enya_) Some pressings of _Watermark_ have _Storms_In_Africa_(Part_II)_ as an extra track. The original release of _Shepherd_Moons_ featured _Book_Of_Days_ with an Irish lyric. Pressings from mid-1992 onwards have replaced this with the English lyric version used in the film _Far_And_Away_. _The_Celts_ is the same as _Enya_ except that _Portrait_ is replaced with an extended version of itself. Singles/EPs: 1987 I Want Tomorrow 1988 Orinoco Flow / Evening Falls... 1989 Storms In Africa / 6 Tracks / Oiche Chiun 1990 3 Tracks EP 1991 Exile / Caribbean Blue / How Can I Keep From Singing? 1992 Book Of Days / The Celts 1994 The Christmas EP The singles dates refer to the first release of the title. Many have been issued in several track combinations and a number contain tracks that are not featured on any of the album releases. Videos: 1991 Moonshadows (Orinoco Flow / Exile / Storms In Africa / Evening Falls... / Caribbean Blue) Promo videos have also been seen for _How_Can_I_Keep_From_Singing?_, _Marble_Halls_, _Book_Of_Days_ and _The_Celts_. 2.2 Is there a more detailed discography available? There are two discographies currently available on the Internet from ftp.uwp.edu (see 5.3) in directory /pub/music/artists/e/enya: File Maintainer Current Issue ---- ---------- ------------- discog Steven Seidman (sseidman@isis.cs.du.edu) 2.0 (04 Apr 92) discog2 Dave Allum (D.R.Allum@bath.ac.uk) 6 (03 Feb 95) For those with World Wide Web viewers, an HTML version of discog2 is available via the Enya home page at URL: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsdra/enya/home.html A book has also been published: _ENYA_A_Beginning_Discography_ by Matt Hargreaves (apparently a private publication bearing neither publisher's imprint nor ISBN). It is a 126 page, illustrated softback book detailing worldwide releases up to early 1991. _Shepherd_Moons_ and later material are not covered. 2.3 Are there any books of her music? Two music manuscript books have been published: Watermark (Wise Publications, 1988, ISBN 0-7119-1771-X) Shepherd Moons (Wise Publications, 1992, ISBN 0-7119-2903-3) 2.4 Some of her songs aren't in English. What other languages does she use? Enya's non-English songs are generally sung in Irish which is her first language. Of the others, two are sung in Latin (_Cursum_Perficio_ and _Afer_Ventus_) and one is in Welsh (_Dan_Y_Dwr_). 2.5 Where can I get translations? An excellent set of translations has been compiled by Lyle Corbin (lylec@microsoft.com). The current version is Revision 2.8 and copies | are available in both plain text and Word for Windows 6 formats from | ftp.uwp.edu - see 5.3. | World Wide Web users can find a hypertext versions at: http://astrowww.astro.indiana.edu/personnel/link/enyaidx.html by Robert Link (link@ebif.astro.indiana.edu) http://www.best.com/~quinlan/enya/lyrics.html | by Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@best.com) | 2.6 Have I heard Enya at the movies and on TV? Several of her pieces have been used in films: Age Of Innocence - Marble Halls Far And Away - Book Of Days (English lyric version) Green Card - River, Storms In Africa, Watermark L.A. Story - Epona, Exile, On Your Shore Sleepwalkers - Boadicea Toys - Ebudae A number of her tracks have been used in TV commercials and also as incidental music in numerous shows and documentaries. 2.7 Apart from Clannad has she appeared on any other artists' records? , , 1983 Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy / Ceol Aduaidh Synthesizer on track _An_Clar_Bog_Deil_. The duo later formed the folk band Altan. 1985 Christy Moore / Ordinary Man Keyboards and backing vocals. Also credited as one of the album's arrangers. , 1987 Sinead O'Connor / The Lion And The Cobra Spoken passage from the Bible (Psalms 91:7-13), in Irish, on track | _Never_Get_Old_. 1991 Terry Reid / The Driver | Recorded at London's Sarm West studios at the same time that the | Enya team were there mixing _Shepherd_Moons_. The album features | several uncredited guest artists with Enya providing a typical | multi-tracked backing vocal on _The_Whole_Of_The_Moon_. Any other | contributions from her are less obvious. | 2.8 Is _Storms_In_Africa_(Part_II)_ on _Watermark_ or not? Yes and no. The original issue of _Watermark_ (1988) did not feature the track which was first released as a single in 1989. The 1989 reissue of the album added the track but current pressings have now reverted to the original format. 2.9 Can you tell which _Book_Of_Days_ is on a copy of _Shepherd_Moons_? Unless you get the store to play it for you then, generally, you can't tell as the numbers and copyright dates on the sleeve are the same in both cases. However it is unlikely that any of the original pressings are still on general release. An exception is the current US pressing on the Reprise label. Although both versions have the same number the copyright dates are different. The original has 1988 and 1991 copyrights whereas the new pressing with the English lyric version has an additional 1992 copyright. 2.10 When is her next album coming out? According to an article in a recent issue of _Billboard_, Enya and the Ryans are currently working on a new album, as yet untitled, which is expected to be released worldwide in 1995. 2.11 Who is Ridley Scott and why is _Aldebaran_ dedicated to him? Ridley Scott is a British film director with _Alien_, _Blade_Runner_, and _Thelma_&_Louise_ among his better known works. The dedication is believed to be the result of Roma Ryan (Enya's lyricist) being a big fan of _Blade_Runner_. 2.12 Who are Rob Dickins and Ross mentioned in _Orinoco_Flow_? we can sail, we can sail... we can steer, we can near with Rob Dickins at the wheel, we can sigh, say Goodbye Ross and his dependencies we can sail, we can sail... Rob Dickins is the head of WEA Music UK and was the executive producer of _Watermark_. Ross Cullum was the album's engineer, and also its co-producer with Nicky Ryan and Enya. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3.1 Does she tour? Not yet. She is on record as wanting to put her music on stage but, not wanting to sit surrounded by tape decks, would have to rearrange it for live performance. 3.2 How many records has she sold? Around 14 million worldwide. _Shepherd_Moons_ passed the 5 million mark last August with _Watermark_ making up the majority of the other sales. _Enya_ was re-released as _The_Celts_ in some countries in late 1992 and is selling well but not in similar quantities. Earnings from these sales have reportedly put Enya among Ireland's top hundred richest people. 3.3 Have any articles or interviews been transcribed? A number of magazine articles and TV and radio interviews have been transcribed and posted as the Enya Papers. Most of these have been done by Peter Warburton (pwarburt@ibmpcug.co.uk) who administers the papers. Copies - 26 papers have been posted at the last count - are archived at ftp.uwp.edu and are also available on the World Wide Web (see 5.3). 3.4 Any news of Clannad and the rest of the family? Clannad have continued to perform and record. Their most recent album, _Banba_, was released in 1993. , Pol left the band in 1989/90 and now records with the trio Trisan. An album, _Trisan_, has been released. , , Maire has released two solo albums, _Maire_ (1992) and _Misty_Eyed_ Adventures_ (1994). , , Sisters Deirdre, Olive and Bridin feature on both of Maire's albums, and Bridin has also toured and recorded with Clannad as a backing vocalist. Olive is the manager of Leo's Tavern (see 1.2). 3.5 Are any Enya posters available? The only posters seen so far are those used in record promotions. It's worth checking out the advertisements in music and record collecting magazines. In the UK a small selection is usually available from: Push Posters, PO Box 327, Clydebank, Dunbartonshire G81 3HE, U.K. Tel: (+44) (0)141 951 4460 / Fax: (+44) (0)141 951 4464 | A list is available and the company will take international orders. 3.6 What's her address? Is she on the net? You can write to Enya through her management company: c/o Aigle Music, 6 Danieli Drive, Artane, Dublin 5, Ireland. Nobody has reported getting a reply recently. As far as we know she is not on the net. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.1 Is a font of the _Watermark_ artwork script available? A TrueType font similar to the _Watermark_ script can be obtained via anonymous FTP from various archive sites. For example: System Location ------ -------- Apple II ftp.cco.caltech.edu:/pub/apple2/addons/truetype/Enya.shk Macintosh sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/font/tt/enya.hqx Windows ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/fonts/truetype/enya.zip Please check (e.g. using archie) for the availability of these files at more local archives before downloading from those above. 4.2 Some say Enya sings in Irish, others say Gaelic. What's the difference? Irish belongs to the Goidelic, or Gaelic, branch of the Celtic family of languages. This branch consists of Irish, (Scottish) Gaelic and Manx. Irish speakers refer to their language as 'Gaeilge' (i.e. Gaelic), but the English word 'Gaelic', unqualified, normally refers only to Scottish Gaelic. So when using standard English to describe Enya's native tongue it is correct to say 'Irish' or 'Irish Gaelic' but not simply 'Gaelic'. 4.3 Are there any Enya sound files available? A selection is available for anonymous FTP from ftp.luth.se in directory /pub/sounds/songs/enya. World Wide Web access is also available at URL: http://multivac.ludd.luth.se/pub/sounds/songs/enya/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5.1 What Usenet newsgroups discuss Enya? The newsgroup alt.music.enya is dedicated to Enya. There was previously a group called alt.fan.enya but this has now merged with alt.music.enya and all postings should be made to the latter. Sadly not all sites take the alt groups. Enya is also discussed occasionally in rec.music.newage and rec.music.celtic. 5.2 Is there a mailing list? Yes there is. It's run by Tim Hunter and you can subscribe by sending mail with the string "subscribe enya <Your Name>" (without the quotes) in the body of your message to majordomo@cs.colorado.edu. To remove yourself from the list, send mail with the string "unsubscribe enya <Your Email Address>" in the body of your message to the same address. An archive of the mailing list is available at refuge.colorado:/pub/enya for anonymous ftp. 5.3 Where is all this information archived? A lot of Enya information is available from the music archive run by Dave Datta. Access is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.uwp.edu but Gopher access has been suspended until further notice. Look in directory /pub/music/artists/e/enya ('cd enya' will make it the current directory). The archive contains the following items: Name Type Contents ---- ---- -------- discog file Discography (see 2.2). discog2 file Discography (see 2.2). lyrics directory Lyrics and translations. mail.list directory Transcripts including the Enya Papers (see 3.3). pictures directory GIF and JPEG pictures. reviews directory Miscellaneous articles. This archive is a goldmine of material on a wide range of artists and is well worth exploring. Various Enya related documents, including this FAQ, a discography, and HTML versions of the Enya Papers are available on the World Wide Web via URL: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsdra/enya/home.html Another useful ftp archive for those also interested in Celtic music and artists in general is the Celtic Music Archive run by Gerard Manning at: http://celtic.stanford.edu/ceolas.html ftp://celtic.stanford.edu/pub 5.4 I don't have FTP access. Can the archives be accessed by Email? There are a number of mail servers that will do FTP on your behalf. You send the server commands in a mail message, it does the FTP and returns the retrieved file(s) to you by mail. Probably the best known server on the Internet is ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com. Send it mail containing "help" (without the quotes) in the body of the message for instructions. Your system administrator may know of other, more suitable servers. 5.5 Which music papers or magazines have the best Enya coverage? The best coverage, by far, has been in the Irish monthly music paper _Hot_Press_. A couple of its articles have been transcribed and posted as part of the Enya Papers series (see 3.3). =============================================================================