Enda Kenny is an Irish-born Australian folk-singer and songwriter. Kenny was born in

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, and migrated to

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in 1987. He released his debut album, ''Twelve Songs'', in 1994. Though self-recorded and self-released, the album received generally solid reviews, and was described by the ''

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'' as "the best folk album to be released in this country since

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's "Scraps of Paper". It was followed by ''Baker's Dozen'' in 1996, which received similarly positive reviews. A song from that album, ''Rabin'', about assassinated former Israeli Prime Minister

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, won the Lawson Paterson Award for Songwriting at the

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. This was followed with a third album, '' Six of One'' in 1998, which featured a number of covers, and was less well reviewed. Kenny's song ''The Language of the Land'' from ''Twelve Songs'' was covered by English folk singer Roy Bailey in the same year. After a brief hiatus, Kenny released his fourth album, ''

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'', in 2001, again receiving positive reviews. He released his most recent album, '' Here and There'' in 2005. In his review of ''Here and There'', ''

'' music reviewer Bruce Elder described Kenny as "the best folk singer-songwriter working in Australia."Elder, Bruce. "Insert". ''

'', 28 May 2005. He has regularly performed at a number of music festivals around the country, including the National Folk Festival,

and

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Discography

* '' Twelve Songs'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Six of One'' (1997) * ''

'' (2001) * '' Here and There'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2013)

References

External links

Enda Kenny's website
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