Artist Lounge: Loreena McKennitt
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Just 'cause . . . When I was a music buyer, back before everyone had little wires sticking out of their ears and talked to themselves in public, I looked forward to the holiday season with a mixture of excitement and dread. Dread for the coming of the lines, the lost souls who only ventured into record stores once a year armed with lists of dead-on music descriptions like "the Bon Jovi record with the blue cover, New Kids Edition, and some piano Christmas thing by a steam... MORE
I was groping for a CD at my father's music 'stash' and found 'The Book Of Secrets' album. Since then i really like many Loreena's music creations, i enjoy celtics as well.
Do u recommend anything particular to this kind of music?..
In May, my husband and I will have the fantastic opporutnity to see Loreena McKennitt LIVE in concert in LA. I am looking forward to this because her newest CD "Ancient Muse" is one of her best, imho. After show, I'll blog about it.
Peace in Music,
K
Here is a link to live video footage of "Caravanserai", the first single from Loreena McKennitt's upcoming release - An Ancient Muse. Loreena McKennitt and her fellow musicians are captured performing the song in the breathtaking environment of the Carlos V Rotunda at the historic Alhambra monument in Granada, Spain in September 2006. The streaming video footage of "Caravanserai" offers viewers an advance taste of the forthcoming television concert special Loreena McKenn... MORE
In our house, we are very excited at the upcoming Nov. 21 release of Lorrena McKennitt's "An Ancient Muse" “Tell me, O Muse, of those who travelled far and wide” Aptly, it is an echo of Homer’s timeless Odyssey that introduces Loreena McKennitt’s seventh studio recording, the latest volume of a project she describes as “musical travel writing”. This time, the journey takes her in search of the Celts’ easternmost paths, from the plains of Mongolia to the kingdom of ... MORE
Penelope's Song
I am in the grueling process of getting my next book, "Beloved," a novel about a young woman who discovers what family, war, country and swordfighting mean to her (I'm still working on my "elevator quote.") ready for publication. I was correcting the manuscript the other night while listening to Loreena McKennit's new album, and "Penelope's Song" came on. That's when I heard the lines: Now that the time has comeSoon gone is the dayThere upon some distant shoreYou’ll he... MORE







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