Beneath a Phrygian sky (Loreena McKennitt) (LP 674 - 676)

Loreena McKennitt   The Visit (CD, Quinlan Road, 1991) *** 

Loreena McKennitt   An Ancient Muse (CD, Quinlan Road, 2006) *** 

Loreena McKennitt  the wind that shakes the barley (CD, Quinlan Road, 2010) ***

Genre: Fork music/ World music 

Places I remember: Virgin Megastores in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Lady Of Shalott, as i roved out

Gear costume: The English Ladye and The Knight (have the tissue box close by)

Active compensatory factors: I do have these albums inside the bosom of the Folk Music section but they could also fit into the World section (housed inside Maple Grove's music lounge with the CDs that Jacky enjoys). 

The tie break is the wind that shakes the barley (yes, lower case - as are all the song titles). This one is a welcome departure in that all the music and lyrics (for the most part) are traditional. Her voice on the wind... is more earthy and varied which is another nice feature! Call it a three star plus.

The Enya comparisons are valid, especially on the first two listed above - Loreena (a Canadian) has that same velvety smooth vocal delivery, but the instrumentation leans it more to the folk genre (plus the takes on things like Shalott, Greensleeves, Walter Scott's English Ladye and The Knight) and the wind...songs.

Generally, these albums made more sense to me when we lived in the Middle East; the world music tag made more sense to me living in an alien culture. Sitting in Lockdown in Nu Zild? Makes less sense. 

Where do they all belong? And that's it for Loreena, and for the folk genre (CDs that is).