#TuesdayTune ~ Enya

Hello my dear friends! Welcome to NatshaInOz.com and welcome to this week's #TuesdayTune post!

Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer. She was born Eithne Ni Bhraonain in Co. Donegal, Ireland. She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad, before leaving to perform solo. She then gained much wider recognition for her music in the BBC series The Celts in 1986. (Source)

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Shortly afterwards, her 1988 album Watermark propelled her to further international fame with the hit single "Orinoco Flow." She became known for her unique sound, characterised by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesised backdrops and ethereal reverberations.

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This was followed by "Shepherd Moons" "The memory of trees" "Paint the sky with Stars" "A day without rain" which produced the single 'Only Time' "Amarantine" and for "Lord of the Rings; the fellowship of the Ring" the songs "Aniron" and "May it be". Enya, Nicky and Roma were nominated for a Golden Globe Award and for an Academy Award for the song "May it be" and have also merited many other nominations and awards, including the Ivor Novello for International Achievement.

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The latest honours bestowed on Enya were two Honorary Degrees, the University of Galway honoured her with Doctor of Music and the University of Ulster honoured Enya with Doctor of Letters. She is Ireland's best-selling solo musician and is officially the country's second-largest musical export after the band U2. (Source)

Today's #SundaySong is "Trains and Winter Rains" from the album And Winter Came....

The music video shows a boy's journey home on a train in London. It also shows Enya on a train with some shots of the New York skyline.

City streets passing by

Underneath stormy skies

Neon signs in the night

Red and blue city lights

Cargo trains rolling by

Once again someone cries

Trains and winter rains

No going back no going home

Trains across the plains

And in the sky a star alone.

Agnus Dei (Latin for Lamb of God)

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I hope you enjoy it!

(Please click here to go to the official Enya YouTube Channel if this link doesn't work).

If you have ever posted a song on your blog I would love it if you could link up with me today! I love listening to all kinds of music and I absolutely love listening to the music that my blogging friends from all over the world share each Tuesday for #TuesdayTune. Just copy and paste the URL of the blog post, link up and join in the fun!

Thanks so much for visiting today and I hope that you have a wonderful week.

Best wishes,

Natasha In Oz

17 comments:

Julie HarwardOctober 24, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Just beautiful...she has always been a favorite of min. Such pretty pictures of her here. :D
BlondeeOctober 24, 2010 at 11:39 AM
I love her!! We have listened to Enya for years, my sister walked down the aisle to one of her beautiful songs. Timeless, classical, and ethereal. Love it.

A happy week to you, too!
The Charm of HomeOctober 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Oh, Natasha,
I love Enya. I have several of her CD's and I first became aware of her around the time of Lord of the Rings. She has some wonderful songs. Great choice of music again!
Thanks for posting this one.
Sherry
LindaGOctober 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Her music is nice. My husband loves it!
Create With JoyOctober 24, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Dear Natasha

I hope you are recovering from that terrible flood!

I have always loved the beautiful music of Enya; thanks so much for the background and feature! Unfortunately, when I went to play the video on your site, it said it was disabled by request(perhaps the code needs to be reloaded and recopied?) I'll check back in a bit as I would love to hear the song you posted!

Have a wonderful week!

Ramona
http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com
SimonyOctober 24, 2010 at 12:54 PM
She is one of my favorites! her music is peaceful and makes my heart sing!
Have a great weekend Natasha!
SarahOctober 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Simply beautiful. You always share the most wonderful music. Sunday Song is one of my favorite memes.
Hope you have a beautiful week ahead. ~ Sarah
LindyLouMacOctober 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM
My husband and I have both loved Enya's music for many years and have all her CD's, thoroughly enjoyed this with my coffee this morning. Thankyou
BeverlyOctober 24, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Oh, Natasha. What a gift you have given me to begin my day. I adore Enya. I can close my eyes and get lost in her music.
alessandraOctober 24, 2010 at 11:54 PM
She makes a great music, thanks for sharing.
Madera y ZincOctober 25, 2010 at 12:12 AM
The perfect music 4 a perfect sunny sunday!!!

Kisses from Barcelona!
Madera y ZincOctober 25, 2010 at 5:19 AM
Nice music for a sunny sunday!
LetiziaOctober 25, 2010 at 5:58 AM
I love Enya!!!!!
MyaOctober 25, 2010 at 6:00 AM
I am enjoying listening to this selection. I have heard her name but was not that familiar with her music. That is one of the things that I like about coming her on Sundays - you get to hear music from many places.
Thank you.
Nikki (Sarah)October 25, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Hi Natasha. I've never heard her before. She's great....love the music too....
KarenOctober 25, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Fantastic post today, Natasha! I just love Enya's music. It makes me feel peaceful. The melodies always flow so beautifully.

Have a wonderful week. blessings!
Katie @ Team SkelleyOctober 27, 2010 at 1:01 AM
I love Enya- I play a lot of ENya in my yoga class. Caribbean Blue is my favorite.

#TuesdayTune ~ Enya

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