Eleanor McEvoy (born 22 January 1967) is one of Ireland's most accomplished contemporary singer/songwriters. McEvoy composed the song "Only A Woman's Heart", title track of A Woman's Heart, the best-selling Irish album in Irish history.
Biography
McEvoy's life as a musician began at the age of four when she began playing piano. At the age of eight she took up violin. Upon finishing school she attended Trinity College, Dublin where she studied music by day and worked in pit orchestras and music clubs by night.
McEvoy graduated from Trinity with an Honors Degree in music, and spent four months busking in New York City. In 1988, she was accepted into the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra where she spent four years before leaving to concentrate on songwriting.
She 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.
During a solo date in July 1992, she performed a little-known, self-penned song, "Only a Woman's Heart". Mary Black, of whose band McEvoy was a member, was in the audience and invited her to add the track to an album of Irish female artists. The album was subsequently titled A Woman's Heart and the track was released as the lead single.
Eleanor McEvoy is the 1993 studio album debut of Eleanor McEvoy, released on Geffen Records. International radio hits followed with the release of the two main singles "A Woman's Heart" and "Apologize." The former track had originally gained fame (in a different recording with Mary Black) as the title track for A Woman's Heart, the biggest-selling Irish album in Irish history.
McEvoy toured the USA, Europe and the Far East in support of the album and racked up international sales of over 250,000 copies. Hot Press, Ireland's premier music magazine, named her Best Solo Performer in 1992 and Best Songwriter in 1993 and placed the album amongst the top debuts of that year.
In June 2003, Eleanor McEvoy followed up the release of her award winning fourth album, Yola, with the relaunch of her debut album. The remastered album appears under the title Eleanor McEvoy 'Special Edition' on Market Square Records (MSMCD127). In its new guise it is presented with an additional four tracks, two of which although from the same recording period, have never been released before. The album contains both English- and Spanish-language versions of "Only A Woman's Heart." However, the English-language version of "Only A Woman's Heart" on the remastered album is a different mix than that found on the original 1993 Geffen release.
Save a little of your energy Spend a little of your time with me What is it that holds you here to me? You must be moved by something that you see Strains of magic in the moonlight hours Render useless all your earthly powers Souvenirs of childhood haunt your face It must be that they've fallen from your grace And the rage burns inside Like a cage that's open wide Empty now but once it held The boundaries of your mind Privacy and loneliness They overlap sometimes, sometimes Subtleties betray you everywhere That's a secret you forgot to share Like how auburn still brings out your guilty streak And seemingly it adds to your mystique Moody silhouettes you soon replace With swarms of passersby that flood your space Your superficial scars you can conceal There are others left with wounds that will not heal And the rage burns inside Like a cage that's open wide Empty now but once it held The boundaries of your mind Privacy and loneliness They overlap sometimes Empty now but once it held The boundaries of your mind Privacy and loneliness They overlap sometimes And the rage burns inside Like a cage that's open wide Empty now but once it held The boundaries of your mind Privacy and loneliness They overlap sometimes Save a little of your energy Spend a little of your time with me
Fresh from her sold-out tours in Ireland, Australia and Germany, the celebrated Irish singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy will play four dates in Scotland in November as part of the star’s extensive 21-date UK tour ....
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Clannad’s founder Noel Duggan has died aged 73, his band confirmed (Picture. Redferns). Tributes have been flooding in for Clannad’s founding member Noel Duggan, who died suddenly on Saturday evening aged 73 ... She wrote ... MusicianEleanor McEvoy said ... More.
In reference to the Covid-19 impact on the industry, chairwoman of IMRO, Eleanor McEvoy stated that “whilst the recent past has been testing, we have learned a great deal as individuals and as an ...
Eleanor McEvoy with her record collection and record player ...It’s a little-known fact about Eleanor McEvoy; the singer-songwriter and composer of Only a Woman’s Heart is also a favourite artist of ...
Hothouse Flowers have paid tribute to their former saxophonist Leo Barnes who has passed away ... Every note he played blew us all away…. Play on Leo Barnes… RIP ❤️ ... "Every note he played blew us all away... — Eleanor McEvoy (@eleanormcevoy) April 19, 2022.
