Loreena Mckennitt - To Drive The Cold Winter Away

Genre: Folk.
Style: Celtic, New Age, Harp Fusion.
Similar Artists: Anam, Rose Among Thorns, Spiral Dance
Recording Year: Quinlan Road, 1987. 


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 folk clubs of Winnipeg, which she frequented during the brief period she studied veterinary science at the University of Manitoba. Relocating to Stratford, Ontario, she continued to sharpen her skills as a composer and performer. In 1981, she auditioned for a role in the city's Stratford Festival of Canada. Although she did not get the role, she remained inspired. After reading Diane Sward Rapaport's book How to Make and Sell Your Own Recording, she formed her own label, Quinlan Road.

Recorded in various halls and abbeys in Ireland, and completed in the Church of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, harpist/arranger/vocalist Loreena McKennitt's first foray into the crowded field of holiday music -- she would go on to release an EP called Winter Garden in 1995 -- is steeped in old-world atmosphere. To Drive the Cold Winter Away celebrates the winter solstice through eight traditional English, Scottish, and Irish carols and ballads and two Mckennitt originals. The artist's reverence for her source material is moving, and her meticulous yet simple arrangements help tracks such as "The Wexford Carol," "The Kings," and "Let Us the Infant Greet" resonate with all of the grace and piousness that the lyrics and poems strive for. McKennitt has succeeded in making a beautiful, haunting, and ambitious yuletide song cycle that despite taking itself a little too seriously, ranks among her finest. 

 

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Género /Gender: Contemporary, Folk, Alternative

Artistas similares / Similar Artist: Toni Childs, Suzanne Vega, Black

Año de grabación / Recording year: Legacy, 2001.


Tanita Tikaram, compositora, artista y cantante inglesa nacida en 1969 en Alemania. Sus influencias son una mezcal entre rock y folk.

Los orígenes de Tanita Tikaram son multirraciales y multiculturales. Su madre es de Malasia y su padre de las Islas Fiji, donde trabajaba de funcionario para el ejército británico. La familia se traslada a Gran Bretaña cuando Tanita tiene 12 años. Desde muy joven, Tanita canta en clubes londinenses hasta que la descubre un responsable de una discográfica que le permitirá grabar un disco individual. Good Tradition sale en 1988 y alcanza inmediatamente un éxito que hace prever una brillante carrera.

El álbum Ancient Heart, escrito y compuesto por Tanita en su totalidad, la lanzó definitivamente al éxito. Se venden más de 4 millones de ejemplares y da a Tanita fama en todo Europa.


Tanita Tikaram, composer, artist and English singer born in 1969 in Germany. Their influences are a mixture between rock and folk.

The origins of Tanita Tikaram are multiracial and multicultural. Her mother is from Malaysia and her father of the Fiji Islands, where he worked as a civil government employee for the British army. The family moves to Great Britain when Tanita was 12 years old. From very young, Tanita sangs in London clubs until she discovers a person who will allow her to record an individual disc. Good Tradition get out to the market in 1988 and immediately achieves a success that makes anticipate a shining career.

The album 'Ancient Heart', written and composed entirely by Tanita definitively sent her to success. Were sold more than 4 million units and gives Tanita fame in all Europe.



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