About Ennis Sisters
Ennis is formerly The Ennis Sisters. Ennis is Maureen Ennis (lead vocals-songwriting-acoustic guitars) and Karen Ennis (backing vocals-acoustic guitar-mandolin-tin whistles). The Ennis Sisters, started playing music at a young age, encouraged by their father John and their mother Ceilie. They released their first album, Red is the Rose, on June 25, 1997. The album sold 15,000 copies within 18 months of release, and has gone on to sell more than 50,000 units. By the end of the year, the album was named Best Folk Album by the Music Industry Association of Newfoundland & Labrador (MIA). The following year, they received Female Artists of the Year and Group of the Year awards from the MIA.
The Ennis Sisters released their second album, Christmas on Ennis Road, in 1998. The album also landed the girls their own Christmas special on CBC, An Ennis Road Christmas. In 1999, Maclean's magazine named the trio one of the Top 100 young Canadians to watch. They returned to the studio to record their third album, Three, in 2000. The same year, they received an East Coast Music Association (ECMA) award for Album of the Year.
The album Three was also named Album of the Year by the MIA. At the 2001 ECMA Awards in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the girls were named Roots/Traditional Group of the Year. That same weekend, The Ennis Sisters received a two-album record deal from Warner Music Canada. The Ennis Sisters' fourth album, simply titled The Ennis Sisters, was released on October 9, 2001. The first single, "It's Not About You," reached the top 5 on Canadian Country Radio, and the top 10 on Canadian A.C. radio. The video was played on both MuchMoreMusic and CMT in Canada where it stayed. In 2002, Maureen won the SOCAN award for top grossing Canadian Country Song of the Year for the album's second single, "I'd Never Walk Away." That same year, the Ennis' won a Juno Award for Best New Country Artist/Group.
They were once again named Group of the Year at the 2002 ECMA Awards. The same album, now titled It's Not About You, was released on Rounder Records in America on April 15, 2003. Meanwhile, they released their fourth album in Canada, Can't Be the Same, on November 18, 2003. That 2003 release went on to win the 2004 ECMA Award for Best Roots/Traditional Group Recording. The Ennis Sisters have two gold records (one in collaboration with the Chieftains) and a Juno (Canadian Grammy) to their credit, and have toured with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Jann Arden as well as sharing the stage with Trick Pony the Chieftains, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rufus Wainright, Ron Sexsmith, and Bruce Cockburn to name a few.
Youngest Ennis Sister, Teresa Ennis, left the group early in 2007 to pursue other interests. Ennis will release their debut album, Be Here for a While, in America in 2008. ‘Be Here for Awhile’, ENNIS debut album, is produced by Randy Scruggs and features remarkable performances from some of the finest studio musicians in Nashville. In addition to Maureen’s (and her writing partner Mark Murphy) latest collaborations with Randy Scruggs, Susan Gibson (Wide Open Spaces), Billy Burnett and Tommy Lee James ‘Be Here for Awhile’ features ‘Worlds Apart’, a duet with Raul Malo (Mavericks), and ‘Touch me if you Dare’ a dynamic instrumental featuring Karen on whistles. Give Me Love, the debut single and video from ‘Be Here for Awhile’ will be released in America in November. ‘Be Here for Awhile’ will be released early in 2008 on Six Thirty Three Records.
Ennis - Give Me Love Music Video
Ennis will release their debut album, "Be Here for a While", in America in 2008. Produced by Randy Scruggs, the album features remarkable performances from some of the finest studio musicians in Nashville.
"Give Me Love", the debut single was released early in 2008 on Six Thirty Three Records.
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