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McKennitt is compared to Enya, but McKennitt's music is more grounded in traditional and classical invocations, using literary works as sources of lyrics and springboards for interpretation such as " The Lady of Shalott " by Lord Tennyson, " Prospero's Speech " ( the final soliloquy in William Shakespeare's The Tempest ), " Snow " by Archibald Lampman, " Dark Night of the Soul " by St. John of the Cross, Dante's Inferno, William Blake's " Lullaby ", Yeats ' " The Stolen Child ", " The English Ladye and the Knight " by Sir Walter Scott and " The Highwayman " by Alfred Noyes.
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McKennitt and is
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM ( born February 17, 1957 ) is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes.
McKennitt is known for her refined, clear soprano vocals.
" Every once and again there is a pull to return to one's own roots or beginnings, with the perspective of time and experience, to feel the familiar things you once loved and love still ", said McKennitt.
Ms. McKennitt remarked, " There is a fascinating interplay between architecture and sound, visually and sonically.
It is maintained by its sole artist, Loreena McKennitt.
The theme song for the series is from " The Mummers ' Dance " by Loreena McKennitt.
McKennitt and Enya
Traces of Clannad's legacy can be heard in the music of many artists, including Enya, Donna Taggart, Altan, Capercaillie, The Corrs, Loreena McKennitt, Anúna, Riverdance and U2.
McKennitt and music
Celtic music singer Loreena McKennitt, hard rock group Saving Abel, Christian rock groups Jars of Clay and dc Talk, R & B / Old school hip hop band Force MDs, R & B / electro-soul band The System, and jazz artist Grover Washington, Jr. are popular within their respective genres, but known to the greater public for a single song each.
In 1990, McKennitt provided the music for the National Film Board of Canada documentary The Burning Times, a feminist revisionist account of the Early Modern European witchcraft trials.
Before McKennitt composes any music, she engages in considerable research on a specific subject which then forms the general concept of the album.
Late in the 1990s, McKennitt created No Journey's End, a half-hour documentary, for American television in which she discussed the influences behind her music.
The DVD included interviews with McKennitt, her band, crew, fans and professional colleagues from the Canadian music industry.
Celtic new age music from Clannad ( Ireland ), harpist Loreena McKennitt ( Canada ) and Nightnoise ( Ireland ) were popular in a low-key way in the USA.
* Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt adapted the poem to music, and featured it on her 1991 album, The Visit.
Before entering provincial politics, Dyck was a public school music teacher ( one of his students was Loreena McKennitt ).
Alanis Morissette, along with Shania Twain, are the only Canadian artists, male or female to have sold two million units in Canada, receiving the Double diamond award Other female Canadian musicians have achieved international success in the highly competitive world of popular music, including Joni Mitchell, Ginette Reno, Diane Dufresne, Diana Krall, Avril Lavigne, Loreena McKennitt, Amanda Marshall, Holly Cole, Chantal Kreviazuk, Diane Tell, Jann Arden, Deborah Cox, Sarah Harmer, Susan Aglukark, Melissa Auf der Maur, Emily Haines, Kittie, Bif Naked, Nelly Furtado, and Feist.
" The music has been rearranged by the Canadian songwriter Loreena McKennitt under the title " Breton Carol " in 2008.
Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt set the poem to music on her album The Mask and Mirror.
The opening and closing theme music, composed by Loreena McKennitt, was released as the track titled " Tango to Evora " on her album " The Visit ".
McKennitt and traditional
*" The Mummers ' Dance ," a hit song from the album The Book of Secrets by Loreena McKennitt, refers to traditional mummers ' play as performed in Ireland.
McKennitt and for
In 2008, McKennitt wrote and composed a song she titled " To The Fairies They Draw Near " as the theme song for Disney's direct-to-video animated film Tinker Bell.
Canadian singer / songwriter Loreena McKennitt wrote the song " Skellig " for her 1997 album The Book of Secrets.
Nominees for the 50th Grammy Awards ( 2008 ) included Céu for CéU, Gilberto Gil for Gil Luminoso, Bebel Gilberto for Momento, Angélique Kidjo for Djin Djin, and Loreena McKennitt for An Ancient Muse.
After learning how the mainstream recording industry operates, in 2003, inspired by the examples of Ani DiFranco and Loreena McKennitt, and Creative Commons licensing opening new avenues for musicians, Allison Crowe launched her own record label, Rubenesque Records Ltd. She has released the following albums independently.
It has also recorded for Robbie Williams ( Supreme ) and Loreena McKennitt ( for the album An Ancient Muse ).
McKennitt and such
Some Celtic-pop crossover bands and artists such as Clannad and Loreena McKennitt include folk harps, following Alan Stivell's work.
McKennitt and by
* " Santiago ", a song by Loreena McKennitt from The Mask and Mirror
*" The Bells of Christmas "; Written and Performed by Loreena McKennitt
* " Full Circle ", a song by Loreena McKennitt on the album The Mask and Mirror
The 2010 album " The Wind That Shakes the Barley " by Loreena McKennitt was recorded here in the summer of 2010.
* Elemental ( Loreena McKennitt album ), a 1985 album by Canadian singer and harpist Loreena McKennitt
* " The Highwayman ", a song by Loreena McKennitt from The Book of Secrets, based on the Noyes poem ( see above )
In Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Queen performed a walk-about at The Forks, re-dedicated the newly restored Golden Boy statue atop the Manitoba Legislative Building, and attended an evening performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, accompanied by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Loreena McKennitt.
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* Loreena McKennitt sings a slightly altered version of the epilogue speech on her 1994 album The Mask and Mirror.
After the release of the live album, McKennitt decided to substantially reduce the number of her public performances and did not release any new recordings until the studio album An Ancient Muse in 2006.
In 2005, McKennitt was involved in an acrimonious court case in Britain when her former friend and employee, Niema Ash, published a book that contained intimate details of their friendship.
McKennitt argued that much of the book contained confidential personal information that Ash had no right to publish.
In September 2006, McKennitt performed live at the Alhambra.
Since the release of An Ancient Muse, McKennitt has toured consistently, with a European and North American tour in 2007 and another extensive tour across Canada and United States later in 2007, a tour of Europe in 2008 and a Mediterranean tour in 2009 with stops in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Hungary and Italy.
On September 17, 2009, McKennitt announced that she planned to release a two-disc album titled A Mediterranean Odyssey.
The second CD, " The Olive and the Cedar ", had a Mediterranean theme which McKennitt herself curated.
In 2008, McKennitt released A Moveable Musical Feast, based on her 2007 An Ancient Muse tour.
Live performers have included Yo-Yo Ma, Pat Metheny, Loreena McKennitt, Steve Roach, Air and many others.
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