{"id":3071,"date":"2012-12-20T09:42:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2012-12-20T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T14:42:44","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-375-21st-century-loreena-mckennitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/12\/20\/my-musical-evolution-part-375-21st-century-loreena-mckennitt\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution &#8211; Part 375 21st Century Loreena McKennitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/my-musical-evolution-part-375-21st-century-loreena-mckennitt\/loreena-mckennitt-the-mask-and-mirror\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3072\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3072\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"Loreena McKennitt The Mask And Mirror\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Loreena-McKennitt-The-Mask-And-Mirror-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>After the accidental discovery of <em>The Book Of Secrets, <\/em> I made a serious attempt to fill in the blanks with Loreena McKennitt&#8217;s work.\u00a0 <em>The Mask And Mirror\u00a0<\/em> was the album she released just prior to The Book Of Secrets. It has many of the same ingredients that make it such a haunting and attractive collection.<\/p>\n<p>As we travel back in time with her albums, the middle eastern spice is somewhat diminished and a more traditional Celtic sound is present. That is good too but if I had to point out my favorites to you they would be <em>The Book Of Secrets, <\/em>then <em>The Mask And Mirror.<\/em>\u00a0 <em>The Visit<\/em> should be you next stop if you decide to continue. Actually, I just did a quick scan of all of my Loreena McKennitt CD&#8217;s and I can&#8217;t find one that I&#8217;d be willing to give up.<\/p>\n<p>Her style evolves and I really like what she did in the 1990&#8217;s the best but there are good things to like about her other stuff. I have 5 of her 9 studio albums. I&#8217;m missing the first two and the last two.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago I happened to see her on PBS. They were playing her <em>Nights From The Alhambra <\/em> DVD. You might want to check that out if you like live performances on DVD.<\/p>\n<p>Again I find myself asking the question, Why do we like what we like? As I sit here listening to Loreena McKennitt, I get lost in her voice and her music in a way that is difficult to describe. She is the warm, spicy fragranced vapor\u00a0that drifts above your hot cup of tea on a cold and rainy day. It carries you away as you breathe it in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Mystic&#8217;s Dream<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2R69nV4HOaE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bonny Swans<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JsNJuhBfbPg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Santiago<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l70JdWpJS9Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Prospero&#8217;s Speech<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sc5WPpqn13k?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the accidental discovery of The Book Of Secrets, I made a serious attempt to fill in the blanks with Loreena McKennitt&#8217;s work.\u00a0 The Mask And Mirror\u00a0 was the album she released just prior to The Book Of Secrets. It has many of the same ingredients that make it such a haunting and attractive collection. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/12\/20\/my-musical-evolution-part-375-21st-century-loreena-mckennitt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Musical Evolution &#8211; Part 375 21st Century Loreena McKennitt&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7,378],"class_list":["post-3071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-musical-evolution","tag-21st-century","tag-loreena-mckennitt","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}