All About Music

It isn’t a surprise for us to see a reject from American Idol make his or her way to the top somehow. They are snatched up by a record label that sees their potential and makes them a star. Clay Aiken is a good example of this. He was a runner up – but for awhile his fame was big and he became more popular to the crowd than the winner Ruben Studdard.

Enya was born May 17, 1961, and spent her childhood in Gweedore (a County Donegal, situated in the north-west of Ireland) amongst nine brothers and sisters. While she was at school, Enya studied the piano and classical music. Three of her brothers and sisters formed, together with their uncles a folk music group, at first with a certain American feel and then more purely Irish, though influenced by jazz and by others such as Pentangle.