Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM OM (born February 17, 1957 in Morden, Ma… Read Full Bio ↴Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM OM (born February 17, 1957 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist, and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. She is self-managed, self-produced and head of her own record label - Quinlan Road. In a recording career spanning three decades, McKennitt's “eclectic Celtic” music has won critical acclaim worldwide and gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales awards in fifteen countries across four continents. Her most successful record is 1997's "The Book of Secrets", which spun off the single "The Mummers' Dance", a surprise hit on American Top 40 and alternative rock radio.
McKennitt blends world-music with folk, Celtic and exotic Mediterranean sounds using instruments such as the hurdy gurdy, kanoun, uilleann pipes, Turkish clarinet, bouzouki and nyckelharpa alongside traditional instruments like guitar, drums and bass and the harp, piano and accordion, the three instruments she plays.
Born in Morden, Manitoba, Canada in February 17, 1957, Loreena moved to Stratford, Ontario, Canada in 1981, where she still resides. She has acted and sung in, and composed music for, Stratford Festival of Canada productions ranging from The Tempest (1982) to The Merchant Of Venice (2001).
Her recording career began in 1985 with the album Elemental. In the fledgling years of her label Quinlan Road, Loreena ran its operations from her kitchen table, selling recordings by mail order and producing her own concert tours across the country. Quinlan Road's catalogue is currently distributed around the world by Warner Music (US), Universal Music (Canada and other territories including Italy and Spain) and a number of independents including Keltia Music (France) and SPV (Germany).
McKennitt blends world-music with folk, Celtic and exotic Mediterranean sounds using instruments such as the hurdy gurdy, kanoun, uilleann pipes, Turkish clarinet, bouzouki and nyckelharpa alongside traditional instruments like guitar, drums and bass and the harp, piano and accordion, the three instruments she plays.
Born in Morden, Manitoba, Canada in February 17, 1957, Loreena moved to Stratford, Ontario, Canada in 1981, where she still resides. She has acted and sung in, and composed music for, Stratford Festival of Canada productions ranging from The Tempest (1982) to The Merchant Of Venice (2001).
Her recording career began in 1985 with the album Elemental. In the fledgling years of her label Quinlan Road, Loreena ran its operations from her kitchen table, selling recordings by mail order and producing her own concert tours across the country. Quinlan Road's catalogue is currently distributed around the world by Warner Music (US), Universal Music (Canada and other territories including Italy and Spain) and a number of independents including Keltia Music (France) and SPV (Germany).
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The Journey So Far - The Best of Loreena Mckennitt (Deluxe Edition)
Loreena McKennitt Lyrics
All Souls Night Bonfires dot the rolling hillsides. Figures dance around and…
As I Roved Out Who are you, my pretty fair maid, Who are you, me…
Beneath a Phrygian Sky Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt The moonlight it was dan…
Bonny Portmore O bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see Such a woeful…
Caravanserai Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt This glancing life is li…
Dante's Prayer When the dark wood fell before me And all the paths…
Down By The Sally Gardens It was down by the Sally gardens My love and I…
Full Circle Stars were falling deep in the darkness As prayers rose soft…
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance Harking is bonny and there lives my love My heart lies…
Marco Polo [Instrumental]…
Night Ride Across The Caucasus Ride on Through the night Ride on Ride on Through the…
Penelope's Song Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt Now that the time has co…
Santiago January, 1992 - Just performed in Santiago de Compostella in…
Stolen Child Where dips the rocky highland Of sleuth wood in the lake The…
The Bonny Swans A farmer there lived in the north country, A hey ho…
The Dark Night Of The Soul Upon a darkened night The flame of love was burning in…
The Lady of Shalott On either side of the river lie Long fields of barley…
The Mummers' Dance When in the springtime of the year When the trees are…
The Mystic's Dream A clouded dream on an earthly night Hangs upon the crescent…
The Old Ways The sea is calling me home, home to you. The pounding…
The Star Of The County Down Near Banbridge town in the County Down One morning last Jul…