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The Visit
Loreena McKennit
Code: CD-WEA-26880
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Juno Award-winning exploration of Celtic and folk influences, recast in an adventurous and contemporary light. Features evocative lyrics by Tennyson, Shakespeare, Henry VIII and the artist herself.
Bonus DVD features No Journey's End documentary, "The Mummers' Dance" and "The Bonny Swans" videos in stereo and 5.1 sound, "Explore The Music Of Loreena McKennitt" feature. Multilingual weblinks. Remastered audio.
Includes: All Souls Night, Bonny Portmore, Between The Shadows, The Lady Of Shalott, Greensleeves, Tango To Evora, Courtyard Lullaby, The Old Ways, Cymbeline
Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, accordion, bodhran, keyboards);
Brian Hughes (acoustic & electric guitar, balalaika); George Koller (fiddle, sitar, cello, tamboura, bass); Hugh Marsh (fiddle); Anne Bourne (cello); Tom Hazlett (bass); Patrick Hutchinson (Uillean pipes); Rick Lazar (Udu drum, percussion); Al Cross (drums).
Recorded at Inception Studios, Toronto, Canada. Includes liner notes by Loreena McKennitt.
With her piercing vocals and sensual, exotic sound, Loreena McKennitt has single-handedly made tangible the passions of Celtic and pagan life for her large, devoted audience. Her fourth release, THE VISIT, was her breakthrough, a satisfying mixture of original compositions and adaptations. "The Lady of Shalott" is an 11-minute rendition of the Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, while McKennitt archly notes that she sings the subdued "Greensleeves" in her best Tom Waits impersonation.
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