Whoever truly desires to experience the essence of music will need to take time for it, stepping out of the mundane existence of everyday life, perhaps into a different time and place. Today, there ...

Loreena McKennitt’s An Ancient Muse is at times haunting, at other times simply beautiful, but mostly the Canadian alternative/world music artist is spectacular. “The Incantation” provides a dark, ...

McKennitt, the Ontario-based singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist, is arguably the most famous voice in Celtic music today outside Ireland and Scotland. In a recording career more than 20 years ...

Mention Celtic music and many people will think of the songs sung on Saint Patrick's day while downing a pint or two. But for Canada's own Loreena McKenitt those songs are nowhere to be found. While ...

Loreena McKennitt, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (Quinlan Road, Verve, UMG). 4 stars Loreena McKennitt has been a musical world traveler, but on "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" the Canadian ...

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It all started one Christmas as I rummaged through the CD racks at the library, in search of seasonal music different than the usual run-of-the-mill jingles blared constantly on the radio from ...

(UMe) On November 21st award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt, who was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in May, will be releasing a limited-edition seven-inch vinyl ...

Last year, McKennitt released her tenth album, Lost Souls, and this week she’s been on a rare tour in Britain, where she played four gigs before boarding her tour bus and heading through the tunnel ...

Canada’s Loreena McKennitt established herself as the queen of pan-Celtic music with 1998’s double-platinum smash The Book of Secrets, and the two-time Juno winner’s seventh LP, An Ancient Muse, ...

Loreena McKennitt will perform at Massey Hall at Allied Music Centre in Toronto, Ontario, on Nov. 1, 2026. The internationally acclaimed Canadian singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist returns to ...

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