Susan Enan is an English singer and songwriter. Susan Enan is known for writing and performing the 2009 song "Bring on the Wonder" which was featured in the

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''. The song featured

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on backing vocals, and was subsequently featured on both Enan's (''Plainsong'') and McLachlan's ('' Laws of Illusion'') albums. Enan's debut album, ''Plainsong'', was released independently in 2009. ''

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'' included the album on its list of "Eight Criminally Underrated Albums From 2009", while

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named it one of the top 50 albums of the year.

Biography

Susan Enan was born in

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. She went to university in

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and studied for a music degree. After university, she moved to

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. She moved to

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in 2005, and

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, in 2012. In February 2010, after Susan gave a concert in a fan's house in

, she began to get requests from all over the world for more house concerts. And so began the worldwide house concert tour. Enan cites

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and

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as influential to her.

Discography

*1998: ''Inside'' (EP) *2000: ''#one'' (EP) *2002: ''Moonlight'' (EP) *2009: ''Plainsong''

References

External links

Official siteInterview at ''ctnmusic.com''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Enan, Susan Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English women singers