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The Mask And Mirror (CD)

By: Loreena McKennitt (Artist)

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Loreena McKennitt Artist Snapshot:

Seemingly from another world (but really just from Canada) harpist/songwriter Loreena McKennitt possesses a multi-octave singing voice that lights up her celestial, Celtic-derived compositions. She often matches classic British poetry with original music that mines neoclassical terrain mixed with Elizabethan folk, Middle Eastern styles, and other ethnic influences. She has been releasing albums of her unique music since the mid-1980s to a devoted following, and she'd remained an independent artist until the late '90s, when she signed a distribution deal with Warner Brothers. McKennit continued to record and tour selectively on her own schedule into the 2000s.

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DISC 1 for The Mask And Mirror (CD) Album By Loreena McKennitt (Artist)
1   Mystic's Dream, The  
2   Bonny Swans, The  
3   Dark Night Of The Soul, The  
4   Marrakesh Night Market  
5   Full Circle  
6   Santiago  
7   Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt?/The Two Trees  
8   Prospero's Speech  
 

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Title Note

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.

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