Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (accordion); Brian Hughes (acoustic 12-string guitar); Nigel Eaton (hurdy-gurdy); Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra); Haig Yazdjian (oud); Hugh Marsh (violin); Caroline Lavelle (cello); Donald Quan (keyboards); Tim Landers (acoustic bass); Tal Bergman (drums); Steaffan Hannigan (bodhran); Rick Lazar (percussion); Panos Dimitrakopoulos (unknown instrument).
Canadian singer/harpist Lorenna McKennitt has been typecast as a performer of soothing music, but she is really much more. True, much of her music is ethereal and relaxing, but McKennitt is a true creative spirit, drawing inspiration from the poetry of Yeats, Blake, and Tennyson. NIGHTS AT THE ALHAMBRA was recorded live at the Alhambra, a fortress on the eastern border of the city of Granada in the south of Spain. On this set, McKennitt delves into the overlapping aspects of the folk music of the British Isles, Spain, and North Africa, balancing yearning melodies with pulsating, swirling rhythms. The stunningly recorded NIGHTS features traditional material along with tunes from McKennitt's albums from 1985 on.
DVD Features:
Track List
1. The Mystic's Dream
2. She Moved Through The Fair
3. Stolen Child
4. The Mummer's Dance
5. Penelope's Song
6. Marco Polo
7. The Bonny Swans
8. Dante's Prayer
9. Caravanserai
10. Bonny Portmore
11. Santiago
12. Raglan Road
13. All Souls Night
14. The Lady Of Shalott
15. The Old Ways
16. Never-Ending Road (Amhran Duit) Encore
17. Huron Beltane Fire Dance
18. Cymbeline
