Loreena McKennitt - Ancient Muse
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Track List: Ancient Muse
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- Incantation
- The Gates Of Istanbul
- Caravanserai
- The English Layde And The Knight
- Kecharitomene
- Penelope's Song
- Sacred Shabbat
- Beneath A Phrygian Sky
- Never-Ending Road (Amhran Duit)
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Album Details: Ancient Muse
- Release Date:
- 11/21/2006
- Label:
- Verve
- UPC:
- 774213121097
User Reviews: Ancient Muse
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Ancient Muse
, December 26, 2006Reviewer: darkraine112 - See all darkraine112's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Ancient Muse
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Canadian Celtic/new age/worldbeat architect Loreena McKennitt may be an odd choice for the legendary jazz label that released benchmark albums from Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, but Verve may have been moved by the undeniably talented harpist/composer/vocalist's large collection of globespanning gold, platinum, and multiplatinum sales awards. McKennitt's records (this is her first set of new material since 1997's Book of Secrets) tend to play like independent soundtracks to National Geographic documentaries kind of like a more ornate, expensive version of Dead Can Dance. An Ancient Muse may break little new ground for McKennitt, but it won't disappoint longtime fans. Her fascination with Celtic, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern instrumentation (hurdygurdy, nyckelharpa, kanoun, uilleann pipes, bouzouki, lyra, and oud) and her preoccupation with mythology and poetry have won her great favor with the new age/adult alternative crowd, and rightly so, as Irishtinged ballads such as "NeverEnding Road (Amhrán Duit)" and "Penelope's Song" are just Enya songs with more instruments than vocal tracks. Her penchant for quality instrumentals, in this case the Turkish delights "Kecharitomene" and "Sacred Shabbat," sets her apart from the more stereotypical new age artists like David Arkenstone and John Tesh, and her extensive, diarylike liner notes invoke ancient archeological sites and obscure Rumi poetry without coming off as too selfabsorbed. - James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide |
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Loreena McKennitt Biography
The daughter of a nurse mother and a livestock trader father, songstress Loreena McKennitt studied classical piano and vocal training and learned to dance in the Highland style as a youngster. Her love of traditional music was strengthened in the fol...Full Loreena McKennitt Biography
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Pros: Haunting, Middle Eastern sounds
Cons: Like other albums
I was very excited when I found out that Loreena Mckennitt's new CD was coming out. I must say that while I enjoyed the Middle Eastern sounds that reminded me of her Mask and the Mirror album, I was also disappointed in that this new CD sounded very much like her other songs so that I grew board of it rather quickly