Album Name: Troubadours on the Rhine
Product Details
Release Date: (March 13, 2012)
Format: Audio CD
Number of Discs: 01
Label: Quinlan Road
Price: $13.59 (cduniverse)
Track Listings
01. Bonny Portmore
02. Down By the Sally Gardens
03. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
04. Between the Shadows
05. The Lady of Shalott
06. The Stolen Child
07. Penelope’s Song
08. The Bonny Swans
09. The Parting Glass
Artist Biography
Birth name: Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt
Born: 17 February 1957 (age 55)
Morden, Manitoba, Canada.
Origin: Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Genres: Celtic, world, New Age
Occupations: Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments: Voice, piano, harp, accordion
Years active: 1985–present
Labels: Quinlan Road, Warner Bros., Verve Forecast/Universal
Website: www.quinlanroad.com
Early life: McKennitt was born in Morden, Manitoba of Irish and Scottish descent to parents Jack (died 1992; a livestock dealer) and Irene McKennitt (1931-2011; a nurse). She moved to Stratford, Ontario in 1981, where she still resides. When Loreena was young she wanted to become a veterinarian but she found that music chose her rather than she it. Developing a passion for Celtic music, she learned to play the Celtic harp and began busking at various places, including St. Lawrence Market in Toronto in order to earn money to record her first album. Career : McKennitt’s first album, Elemental, was released in 1985, followed by To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987), Parallel Dreams (1989), The Visit (1991), The Mask and Mirror (1994), A Winter Garden (1995), The Book of Secrets (1997), An Ancient Muse (2006), A Midwinter Night’s Dream (2008), and The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2010). All of her work is released under her own label, Quinlan Road. In 1990, McKennitt provided the music for the National Film Board of Canada documentary, “The Burning Times” a feminist revisionist account of the Early Modern European witchcraft trials. The main theme would later be rerecorded by her and her band and called “Tango to Evora,” a track which appears on her album, The Visit. In 1993, she toured Europe supporting Mike Oldfield. In 1995, her version of the traditional Irish song “Bonny Portmore” was featured in the Highlander series. McKennitt’s single “The Mummers’ Dance” received airplay in North American markets during the spring of 1997, and was used as the theme song for the short-lived TV series, Legacy. It also saw use in the trailer for a wide-release 1998 Drew Barrymore film, Ever After. Her music appeared in the movies The Santa Clause, Soldier, Jade, Holy Man, The Mists of Avalon and Tinkerbell; and in the television series Roar, Due South, and Full Circle (Women and Spirituality). (Collect from wikipedia)
Discography
Singles
1991 “The Lady of Shalott” (Album: The Visit)
1991 “All Souls Night” (Album: The Visit)
1991 “Courtyard Lullaby” (Album: The Visit)
1993 “Greensleeves” (Album: The Visit)
1994 “The Bonny Swans” (Album: The Mask and Mirror)
1994 “Santiago” (Album: The Mask and Mirror)
1994 “The Dark Night of the Soul” (Album: The Mask and Mirror)
1995 “The Mystic’s Dreams” (Album: The Mask and Mirror)
1995 “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” (Album: A Winter Garden)
1997 “The Mummers’ Dance” (Album: The Book of Secrets)
1998 “Marco Polo” (Album: The Book of Secrets)
2006 “Caravanserai” (Album: An Ancient Muse)
2007 “Penelope’s Song” (Album: An Ancient Muse)
2008 “The Seven Rejoices of Mary” (Non-album single)
2008 “Noël Nouvelet!” (Album: A Midwinter’s Night Dream)
2009 “Dante’s Prayer” (Non-album single)
Studio Albums
Elemental, Year 1985 (Label: Quinlan Road)
To Drive the Cold Winter Away, Year 1987 (Label: Quinlan Road)
Parallel Dreams, Year 1989 (Label: Quinlan Road)
The Visit, Year 1991 (Label: Warner Bros., USA, Quinlan Road)
The Mask and Mirror, Year 1994 (Label: Warner Bros., USA, Quinlan Road)
The Book of Secrets, Year 1997 (Label: Warner Bros., USA, Quinlan Road)
An Ancient Muse, Year 2006 (Label: MRA/Quinlan Road)
A Midwinter Night’s Dream, Year 2008 (Label: Universal/Quinlan Road)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Year 2010 (Label: Quinlan Road)
Live albums
Live in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts, Year: 1995 (Label: Quinlan Road)
Live in Paris and Toronto, Year: 1999 (Label: Quinlan Road)
Nights from the Alhambra, Year: August 21, 2007 (Label: Verve/Quinlan Road)
A Mediterranean Odyssey, Year: October 20, 2009 (Label: Quinlan Road)
Troubadours on the Rhine, Year: 2012 (Label: Quinlan Road)
Videos
H.M.S. Pinafore Live performance recorded during the 1981 Stratford Festival in Stratford Ontario, Canada, starring Michael Burgess, Katherine Terrell, Eric Donkin, Kenneth Pearl, Jim White, et al.; Loreena McKennitt performed in the chorus. (CBC VHS 1986) / The Mummers’ Dance (1997) / The Bonny Swans / Nights from the Alhambra (2007, Live concert in Spain premiered on PBS) / A Moveable Musical Feast (2008, A tour documentary from Loreena’s 2007 North American Tour)
Other
No Journey’s End (half-hour profile, aired on PBS; DVD)
Heaven on Earth (TV Movie 1987 – played “Lady Traveler”)
Highlander III (Soundtrack contribution)
The Santa Clause (Soundtrack contribution, “The Bells of Christmas”)
Léolo (Soundtrack contribution)
Una casa con vista al mar (Soundtrack contribution)
The Mists Of Avalon (Soundtrack use)
The Burning Times (Soundtrack contribution)
Due South (Soundtrack use)
Northern Exposure (Soundtrack use)
Tinker Bell (Direct to DVD movie, 2008 – Narrator)
Soldier (Soundtrack use)
Honours
Juno Award, Best Roots/Traditional Album 1992, for The Visit.
Juno Award, Best Roots/Traditional Album 1994, for The Mask and Mirror.
Billboard Music Award for International Achievement, 1997.
Headline performer for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at The Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Province of Manitoba, 2002.
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2002.
Member of the Order of Manitoba, July 2003.
Member of the Order of Canada, July 2004.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Manitoba, June 2005
Canadian Ambassador, Hans Christian Andersen Bicentennary, June 2005
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Queen’s University, October 2005
Investiture as Honorary Colonel, 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, December 2006
Nominated for a Grammy award, Best Contemporary World Music Album, in 2007
Western Canadian Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, September 2009
Performed at Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Opening Ceremonies, February 12, 2010. & Honorary Bachelor of Applied Business, George Brown College, June 2010.
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