She blends her Irish-Newfoundland-Celtic background with more contemporary folk and roots elements coming up with a refreshing blend of acoustic music with an easy appeal for all to enjoy. She combines tried and tested traditional material with new fresh originals to present a musical balance that has one foot rooted in the past while the other moves forward.
Teresa Ennis grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in a home filled with music, singing and playing songs with her family and friends. This early life experience, lead Teresa to a professional career in music as a member of The Ennis Sisters, a Juno, ECMA, MNL Award winning folk/roots group that played stages across the world. After a decade of touring and releasing 6 CDs with her sisters, Teresa decided it was time to release her first solo CD, Space, in fall 2007.
Space, recorded in her spare time with her good friend, producer Joel Hunt, earned Teresa a 2008 Nova Scotia Music Award nomination for Best Female
Artist with a Roots Showcase at the conference. In 2009, Teresa was nominated for Best Roots Solo Recording at the ECMA’s and was invited to showcase at the
conference. During the event, she performed on CBC Radio and Television and was featured as a live performer on the live awards gala show with her band.
Now, Teresa’s sophomore CD, Stars, which draws heavily on her early influences, is set to be released early in the fall of 2009. Stars, is a natural progression from her debut release and serves as a bridge to her next project as well; which is already in progress. Stars includes several new original songs composed and/or co-written by Ennis as well as beautiful new interpretations of traditional material. Guest musicians include: Boyd MacNeil (fiddle, bodhran) of the Barra MacNeils, Jeff Bird (bass, harmonica, mandolin) of the Cowboy Junkies, Darren McMullen (mandolin, banjo), Shannon Quinn (fiddle, accordion), Glen Coolen (whistles, lowland pipes), Rheo Rochon (bass) and producer Joel Hunt on a variety of instruments.
More information will be made available closer to the release date.
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