![]() ![]() “You make it sound very dramatic, like I was kidnapped or something!” Having managed Enya’s real musical family in Clannad, the group including three of her siblings, it was Nicky who persuaded the then 20-year-old to go solo in a move that prompted an “it’s the Ryans or us” showdown with her parents and a falling out with her siblings that dragged on for years.Īsked whether she still sees her family in County Donegal, Enya is characteristically guarded, although she chuckles at the notion of being forced into anything against her will. One gets the impression that whatever happens, Enya will have the final say, with the help of the couple she describes as her “musical family”, producer and manager Nicky Ryan and his lyricist wife Roma. “That was an idea that has been strongly put forward, so we’ll see,” she says. I almost quite like not knowing what’s coming next.”Įnya has just returned from New York, where she was introduced to the Metropolitan Opera’s pioneering “live” series when her performance was simultaneously beamed into cinemas around the world. ![]() “The album has just happened so there’s a lot to think about. “Today we can have an orchestra but in 1988 it wasn’t really seen as practical, especially for a debut album. ![]() “It’s much easier to talk about touring now that stage productions are massive. Yet with album sales in terminal decline thanks to downloading and piracy, and record companies pushing live performances more than ever, could Enya’s first “gig” be just a whisper away with her latest album Dark Sky Island? As ever, the Celtic queen is keeping her cards close to her chest. How does Enya do it? As Ireland’s most successful solo artist her ethereal, almost hypnotising music is instantly recognisable but if you passed her in the street you probably would not have a clue who she was.Īnti-fame, publicity-shy and fond of taking years out between albums, the 54-year-old singer songwriter has sold more than 80 million records worldwide without doing any concerts, a phenomenon labelled Enyanomics.ĭefined as the inexplicable growth in sales of an artist in inverse relation to how much exposure they have, it is how Enya has rocked since she urged us all to sail away in her 1988 hit Orinoco Flow. ![]()
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