Loreena McKennitt: Difference between revisions

 

{{quote|''Here is my heart, I give it to you,''

 

{{quote|''A clouded dream on an earthly night''

''Where the heart moves the stones''

''It's there that my heart is longing''

 

Loreena McKennitt is a [[Canadian Music|Canadian singer and musician]]. Her songs have a distinct Celtic and Middle Eastern tone (she's of Scottish descent), but are sometimes described as [[New Age]]. Her songs are often ballads, and often notable for a striking or romantic word portrait of a setting, and she's characterized by her high, echoing soprano voice. She found her calling to music after trying to be a veterinarian, and has since then sold more than 13 million copies of her albums. She's often compared to [[Enya]] as they both have Celt roots and use Gaelic in their music, but Loreena's music is more inspired by works of literature (most often Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Blake and William Butler Yeats) and is considered to be more grounded. Many of her songs have roots in English or Celtic folk songs, but more recently her music has been inspired by Arabian/Turkish lore.

 

 

* ''Elemental'' (1985)

* ''A Midwinter Night's Dream'' (2008)

* ''The Wind That Shakes the Barley'' (2010)

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: ''The Highwayman.''

* [[An Asskicking Christmas]]: ''The King'' ..."We have powder and shot to conquer the lot, we have cannon and ball, to conquer them all." Yes this is a Christmas song.