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Loreena McKennitt : The Visit
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Internationally reknowned artist, Loreena McKennitt, one of the most influential celtic/new age artists of contemporary music.
Genre: Pop: Folky Pop
Release Date: 1991
The Visit Record Label: Quinlan Road
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
All Souls Night 5:08 Album Only
Bonny Portmore 4:21 Album Only
Between The Shadows 3:41 Album Only
The Lady Of Shalott 11:33 Album Only
Greensleeves 4:25 Album Only
Tango To Evora 4:09 Album Only
Courtyard Lullaby 4:57 Album Only
The Old Ways 5:43 Album Only
Cymbeline 7:36 Album Only
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Album Notes

Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt is self-managed, self-produced, and the head of her own internationally successful record label, Quinlan Road. In a recording career spanning nearly two 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.

Born in the province of Manitoba, Canada, 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 Verve (US), Universal Music (Canada and other territories including Italy and Spain) and a number of independents including Keltia Music (France) and SPV (Germany).

Loreena continues to manage her career from her Stratford base. An active member of her community, she has founded and oversees important charitable undertakings in the fields of water safety and family/childhood support services.

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REVIEWS

What a find!
author: Lise Winne
Loreena was the one who inspired me to stretch boundries and take wild chances in my own recording of music from the Renaissance. Her version of "Greensleaves" on this album is still one of the most haunting versions I have ever heard. It is as though it is an acting part, with a narrator who sounds truly obsessed, if a little sick with desperation and heartbreak, for his lady Greensleaves. Brilliant CD! Hurrah for including Loreena at CD Baby!
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