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A Midwinter Nights Dream

A Midwinter Nights Dream

A Winter Garden: Five Songs Fo

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, keyboards); Abdelli (vocals, mandola); Aidan Brennan, Dan Ar Braz (acoustic guitar); Brian Hughes (guitar, synthesizer); Hugh Marsh, Waiel Abo Baker Ali (violin); Caroline Lavelle (cello); Robert A. White (pipes); Donald Quan (tabla, viola, accordion); George Koller (bass); Hossam Ramzy, Rick Lazar (percussion).
Engineers: Theo Mondle, Stuart Bruce.
Principally recorded at Real World Studios, Wiltshire, England. Includes liner notes by Loreena McKennitt.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, keyboards); Brian Hughes (guitar, guitar synthesizer); Dan Ar Braz, Aidan Brennan (acoustic guitar); Hugh Marsh, Waiel Abo Baker Ali (violin); Donald Quan (viola, accordion, tabla); Caroline Lavelle (cello); Robert A. White (pipes); George Koller (bass guitar); Hossam Ramzy, Rick Lazar (percussion).
Recording information: Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire (1995); Metalworks Studios, Mississauge, Ontario, Canada.

2009 Mediterranean Odyssey

The Mask And Mirror

Personnel includes: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, accordion, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, organ pipes, dumbeg); Brian Hughes (guitar, oud, balalaika, electric sitar); Donal Lunny (bouzouki, bodhran), Abraham Tawfik (oud, nai); Hugh Marsh (fiddle); Anne Bourne (cello, background vocals); Ofra Harnoy (cello); Patrick Hutchinson (Uillean pipes); Nigel Eaton (hurdy gurdy); George Koller (bass, tamboura, cello, esraj); Al Cross (drums); Rick Lazar (percussion, dumbek, udu drum); Ravi Naimpally (tabla); The Victoria Scholars Choir (background vocals).
Although grounded in Celtic mysticism, Loreena McKennitt ranges beyond her roots in THE MASK AND THE MIRROR, searching for the confluence of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic cultures. As its title suggests, "The Mystic's Dream," which opens the album, is a highly visual piece that moves from Gregorian monasteries to Moorish markets, employing tabla, oud, and Uilleann pipes.
In "The Dark Night of the Soul," McKennitt sets her voice to a 15th century love poem by St. John of the Cross. The verses were addressed by the mystic to God but could just as well be from one lover to another.

Live in Paris and Toronto

Loreena McKennitt's decision to release a live album from a 1998 tour means fans and newcomers alike get a chance to experience this magical performer in concert even if they've missed her concerts. Live in Paris and Toronto also has another important purpose: all proceeds from the album's sales go to the Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search and Safety. The artist founded the organization after her fiancé, his brother and a friend died in a boating accident, a tragic event that happened while this album was already in production. Sounding as pristine as she does in the studio, McKennitt and her able musical entourage render her best songs, including "The Mummer's Dance" on disc one and "The Lady of Shalott" on disc two, in almost surreal beauty and with near mystical skill.

The Visit

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.

An Ancient Muse [11/21] *

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Personnel include: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, various instruments); Brian Hughes (vocals, various instruments); Tim Landers (bass guitar); Tal Bergman (drums, percussion); Hossam Ramzy (percussion).
Recording information: Real World Studios, Box, England.