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<th id="th2"><i>Biography</i></th>
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<td id="td2">Renowned for her multi-textural musical arrangements and dynamic voice, Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt was born on February 17, 1957, in Morden,
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Manitoba to Irene and Jack McKennitt.
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Even though Loreena Mckennitt initially desired to become a veterinarian, she developed a passion for music;
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especially Celtic music and subsequently took up learning the Celtic harp. Before she knew it, she was working to accumulate money to release her first album.
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Her first album was, <a id="bio" href="Albums.html#elemental">“Elemental”</a>(1985), but it was her third album, <a id="bio" href="Albums.html#paralleldreams">“Parallel Dreams”</a>, which proved to be the breakthrough of her career.
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McKennitt’s next album, <a id="bio" href="Albums.html#thevisit">“The Visit”</a>, was released in 1991 and yielded an even greater success than “Parallel Dreams. Both “Parallel Dreams” and McKennitt’s next album,
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<a id="bio" href="Albums.html#maskandmirror">“The Mask and Mirror”</a>, released in 1994, earned her Juno Awards.
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Her fame soon spread to America and subsequently with her album, <a id="bio" href="Albums.html#bookofsecrets">“The Book of Secrets” </a>, released in 1997,
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she established herself as an exceptional musician both amongst audiences and the critics.
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Loreena Mckennitt’s lyrics are often inspired from the poetry of people like William Blake, Alfred Lord Tennyson and W.B Yeats.
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Her talent for blending different genres of music and instruments like Turkish Clarinet, Kanoun and Bouzouki with guitar, piano and drums,
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sets her apart from many others in her field of work. McKennitt’s music has also been a part of numerous television shows and movies.
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The striking thing about McKennitt’s music is the amount of research she invests in before working on any album. Before starting work on her next album, “Ancient Muse”,
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McKennitt researched and read up on the various cultures across the Silk Road. Similarly, her album, “The Mask and the Mirror” came after her trip to Spain
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where she researched and studied Galicia. In 2009, she released her album, “A Mediterranean Odyssey” which contained two discs;
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the first was titled, “From Istanbul to Athens” and hosted songs made in her Mediterranean tour, and the second was titled, “The Olive and Cedar”
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which comprised of her recordings made during 1994 to 2006. Most recently in 2010, she released the album, “The Wind That Shakes the Barley”.
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Apart from being a musician, Loreena Mckennitt is also a successful businesswoman and has her own recording label.
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She has won numerous awards and as well as have received several honorary degrees.</td>
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<p><a id="footer" href="https://loreenamckennitt.com/about/biography/">More on Loreena McKennitt's official site</a></p>
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