Friday, February 20, 2009

LOREENA McKENNITT (ABO#167)

LOREENA McKENNITT
SONG(E)S
(1985-2008)

This high priestess of celtic music is much more known for her name than for her work and is so often compared with low-quality artists like Enya or other New Age people. Although she belongs in that New Age movement, Loreena's music isn't as poor as her so-called neighbours. Because she travels through different worlds, from non-homeland ireland (she's canadian!) to arabic landscapes in her later job, she brings this easy-listening music to a higher point.
One of the major celtic singers and one of the marvellous voices ever heard, McKennitt knows what she sings and sings what she likes, even if it has to last more than 8 minutes, which is, for (too) many people, a problem... rubbish !




My LOREENA McKENNITT TOP :
1. The Mask And The Mirror (1994)
2. The Visit (1991)
3. To Drive The Cold Winter Away (1987)
4. The Book Of Secrets (1997)
5. Songs For Winter Gardens / A Midsummer Night's Dream (1995/2008)
6. Elemental (1985)
7. An Ancient Muse (2006)
8. Parallel Dreams (1989)



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11 comments:

  1. Raven176February 21, 2009 at 7:52 AM

    From the Priest to Loreena...
    I love this blog.
    lol.
    Thanks.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    What a declaration of love!

    Indeed, If it's a bit abrupt to jump straight from the priests to Loreena, we find it funny to try to span the largest range of musical styles

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  3. Orane MécandFebruary 21, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    Thank you, Loreena is magical and hypnotizing. It is rare to see articles about it

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  4. S.F.P.February 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    Je vois que tu n'as pas inclus "A Winter's Garden" à ta liste... Puis-je t'en demander la raison...

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  5. UnknownFebruary 24, 2009 at 4:39 PM

    Hi, seems like the file is not anymore on megaupload. Could somebody upload it again?

    Thanks

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    I think it's an internal problem with M.U. I'll be looking after it and if it doesn't come back, I'll reup tomrrow.

    Thanks for preventing us ;-)

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    Link has just been updated

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  8. UnknownMarch 2, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    Thanks, got it right this time.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM

    The password please...

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  10. S.F.P.July 13, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    the password is always the same and it can be found on the right column of this very blog.

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  11. AnonymousJune 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM

    You know, if Loreena would read this, she wouldn't like it. She hates to be called a New Age artist ;-)

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