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Loreena McKennitt is tagged as: celtic, folk, new age, female vocalists, ethereal

Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt 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 op...
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Top 10 Loreena McKennitt Songs
The Mystic's Dream
Skellig
Bonny Portmore
The Mummers' Dance
Tango to Evora
Marco Polo
Dante's Prayer
All Souls Night
The Highwayman
Prologue
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Top 10 Loreena McKennitt Albums
The Book Of Secrets
The Visit
The Mask and Mirror
An Ancient Muse
Parallel Dreams
Elemental
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Nights From The Alhambra
Live in Paris and Toronto
Book of Secrets
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