1. Eleanor McEvoy was born on 22 January 1967 and is an Irish singer-songwriter.
26 Facts About Eleanor McEvoy
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Eleanor McEvoy composed the song "Only a Woman's Heart", title track of A Woman's Heart, the best-selling Irish album in Irish history.
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Eleanor McEvoy graduated from Trinity with an Honors Degree in music in 1988, and spent four months busking in New York City.
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Eleanor McEvoy built up a following in clubs in Dublin with her three-piece band, Jim Tate on bass, Noel Eccles on drums, and latterly Bill Shanley on guitar.
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Mary Black, of whose band Eleanor McEvoy was a member, was in the audience and invited her to add the track to an album of Irish female artists.
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Back on Irish soil, Eleanor McEvoy was awarded Best New Artist, Best New Performer, and Best Songwriter Awards by the Irish entertainment and music industries.
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Eleanor McEvoy was invited to contribute to a number of movie and TV soundtracks.
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Toward that goal, Eleanor McEvoy teamed up with producer Rupert Hine and recorded the album at Rupert's "Chateau de la Tour de Moulin" and then in Metropolis Studios in London.
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Eleanor McEvoy decided to take her fourth album and head down the independent road.
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For Eleanor McEvoy it was a new departure and one that found favour with music media.
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Eleanor McEvoy continued to tour with Brian Connor until April 2005.
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Eleanor McEvoy then began performing solo, accompanying herself on bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin and violin.
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On track 5, Vigeland's Dream, Eleanor McEvoy eloquently describes a walk she once took in Vigeland Sculpture Park which is a part of Frogner Park, a public park located in the borough of Frogner, in Oslo, Norway.
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Eleanor McEvoy toured the album extensively in Britain, Ireland, Spain and Australia throughout 2007 and early 2008.
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The lead single, "Old, New, Borrowed and Blue", written by Eleanor McEvoy and long-time friend Dave Rotheray, is a twist on the jaundiced over-optimism of the standard wedding song.
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In 2008, Eleanor McEvoy received her third "Record of the Year" award from Hi-Fi+ Magazine.
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In 2007, Eleanor McEvoy was awarded "Best Traditional Act" at the 7th annual Big Buzz Awards, which are voted for entirely by the general public.
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In 2008, Eleanor McEvoy toured from January to November in the UK, Australia, Spain, Germany, Poland and Ireland, with additional one-off dates in the Far East and elsewhere in Europe, including an appearance at Glastonbury in June 2008.
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On 21 November 2008, "Easy in Love" from the album Love Must Be Tough was released as a single to highlight Eleanor McEvoy's visit to Uganda on behalf of Oxfam Ireland.
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Eleanor McEvoy's album Singled Out was released on 28 September 2008.
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The album is a compilation of singles taken from Eleanor McEvoy's four award-winning, independently released albums.
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Alone, Eleanor McEvoy's ninth album, released on 12 September 2011, is a collection of twelve stripped-down solo numbers.
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Eleanor McEvoy chose the songs from her collection of single mixes, audiophile tracks, and songs written and performed on other artists' records.
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Eleanor McEvoy then went into the studio to record tracks that weren't found in her collection.
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In January 2019, Eleanor McEvoy appeared as a contestant on RTE's Celebrity Home of the Year.
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The Secret of Living, a song written by Eleanor McEvoy, was released in July 2012 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the iconic A Woman's Heart.