Eleanor McEvoy

Ireland

Born: 22 January 1967

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock, New Age, International

Styles: Adult Alternative, Contemporary Instrumental

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Celtic pop singer/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy was born in Dublin on January 20, 1967, beginning piano lessons at age four; she took up the violin two years later, and as a teen joined the Junior Irish Youth Orchestra. Upon graduating college, McEvoy was tapped for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, but after four years she quit to pursue a career as a pop performer; in 1992, her "Only a Woman's Heart" highlighted the anthology A Woman's Heart, which went on to become the best-selling album in Irish chart history. The record's success mad...

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