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Celtic fervor Loreena McKennitt
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Brief introduction McKennitt was born in Morden, Manitoba, a town of Irish, Scottish, German, and Icelandic inhabitants in the middle of the Canadian prairies. The daughter of a nurse mother and a livestock trader father, she studied classical piano and vocal training and learned to dance in the Highland style as a youngster. She was first exposed to the Celtic folk boom in a Winnipeg folk club down the street from the girls' school she was attending. Inspired by Yeats and the music of Breton harpist Alain Stivell, Planxty and the Bothy Band, McKennitt traveled to Ireland in 1982 where she found a kindred spirit in the life and the land of the emerald isle. After returning home she recorded a Celtic interpretation of Yeats' "The Stolen Child" on harp and with a self-help book on manufacturing and selling independent music, she set up her own record company, Quinlan Road, in 1985. During the new millennium, McKennitt allowed herself some healing time. She didn't disappear from music altogether. In 2002, she was back in the studio and negotiating a new record deal. References: Official Website of Loreena McKennitt Discography of Loreena McKennitt Lyrics: To Drive the Cold Winter Away 1994 Background music: The Wexford Carol |
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Stars' data Born in 1957 From Canada Styles Celtic |
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Audios online 8
Albums on All
Of Mp3
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Universe
Album
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Of Secrets on 9SKY
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