| | Loreena McKennitt Parallel Dreams CD Loreena McKennitt Discography of CDs
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Parallel Dreams, the Canadian harpist/songwriter's quietly moving sophomore release, finds the mystical red-haired siren in true balladeer form. By far McKennitt's most romantic venture -- the liner notes describe the project's central theme as a "yearning toward love, liberty and integration" -- Dreams is more ambitious than her sparse, impeccably recorded debut, Elemental, tripling the amount of players and laying the groundwork for the immense scope she would go on to attain on future recordings. The heartbreaking trio of "Standing Stones," "Annachnie Gordon," and "Dickens' Dublin" -- the latter features an effective radio-show sample of an unnamed Irish school child detailing the birth of Christ -- stand among the artist's finest works, and the range and clarity of her voice is undeniably powerful. Parallel Dreams was an emotional and career-turning point for McKennitt, as her next recording would be the major-label spectacle The Visit. ~ James Christopher Monger
Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, various instruments); Brian Hughes (guitar); George Koller (cello); Shelly Berger (bass instrument); Rick Lazar (drums, percussion); Ritesh Das (tabla).
Parallel Dreams Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $2.99) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Jazz, International, Pop, New Age, Live Performances, Celtic | | Label | Verve | | Orig Year | 1989 | | All Time Sales Rank |  40877  | | CD Universe Part number | 7306046 | | Catalog number | 000795202 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 14, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Live | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Loreena McKennitt | | Personnel | Loreena McKennitt - vocals, various instruments
Rick Lazar - drums, percussion
George Koller - cello
Shelly Berger - bass instrument
Ritesh Das - tabla
Also: Brian Hughes | | Additional Info | Remastered |
Loreena McKennitt Parallel Dreams Songs Parallel Dreams Music Review Purchase Parallel Dreams CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Loreena McKennitt Book Of Secrets CD (1997)
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Loreena McKennitt began her career as a New Age pop chanteuse, steeped in Celtic folk mysticism and possessed of an airy, ethereal voice. Over the course of her career she has dabbled to varying extremes in the pop format, but she remains true to the spirit of the traditional balladeer on THE BOOK OF SECRETS. With the aid of top-flight musicians like Danny Thompson and David Rhodes, she weaves a web of fanciful, wispy folk-rock that's not afraid to be beautiful as it pulls listeners in with it's comforting hypnotic qualities.
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| | Loreena McKennitt Mask And Mirror CD (1994) Remastered
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Although grounded in Celtic mysticism, Loreena McKennitt ranges beyond her roots in THE MASK AND THE MIRROR, searching for the confluence of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic cultures. As its title suggests, "The Mystic's Dream," ...
| | Loreena McKennitt Visit CD (1991) Remastered
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| | Loreena McKennitt Elemental CD (1985) Remastered
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| | Best Of Celtic Christmas CDs (2002)
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Narada Records has a long history of brilliant world music compilations and Christmas samplers, and this enjoyable, joyous yet often poignant gathering of Celtic music's brightest stars adds another beautiful ornament to that evergreen tree. The key to any successful musical smorgasbord is variety, and ...
| | Poozies Changed Days, Same Roots CD (2004)
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Changed Days, Same Roots finds the always-adventurous Poozies melding their native U.K. folk tradition with chillier sounds from Scandinavia, as well as modern folk and country influences. Like the best folk music, Changed Days invites the listener into the players' circle with revealing anecdotes about the songs chosen, and the paths by which each piece found the Poozies. The energetic "Daniel's Potatoes," for example, contains components of three different reels and stories, while "All I Want" was inspired by a Rosanne Cash reading of "Wouldn't ...
| | Mame CD (1974) Original Soundtrack
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Although it was Angela Lansbury who starred as Mame Dennis in the mid-'60s Broadway version of Mame (1966), she was not enough of a box-office draw to secure the silver screen adaptation. Despite the advice of her former husband and concurrent business associate Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball took the role, all but ruining her career in the process. The cinematic update retained Jerry Herman's score and this soundtrack boasts a baker's dozen of those numbers with Ball backed by a cast that included Jane Connell (Agnes Gooch), Kirby Furlong (Young Patrick), Bea Arthur (Vera Charles), Robert Preston (Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside) and Bruce Davidson (Old Patrick). At her peak, Ball was never considered a songbird, and at the age of 60 it took vocal coaches and copious soft-focus camera ...
| | Jennifer Cutting Ocean: Songs For The Night Sea Journey CD (2005)
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Jennifer Cutting isn't a huge name in the folk-rock world, but if Ocean: Songs for the Night Sea Journey is any indication, the Washington, DC-based songwriter, arranger and producer is well worth getting to know -- especially if one fancies folk-rock with a strong British Isles influence. Cutting, in fact, has so many British, Irish and Celtic influences that one could easily assume she has from that part of the world. But Cutting is definitely an American; she just happens to have a major appreciation of British, Irish and Celtic folk -- and that British Isles influence asserts itself quite strongly on original material like "The Gladdest Breeze," "Call of the Siren" and "My Grief on the Sea" (all of which underscore the tranquil, pastoral nature of her work). There are a few songs on this CD that aren't entirely original; "If You Are Near," for example, combines a classical aria by Johann Sebastian Bach with English words. But Cutting's own songs dominate this 2004 release, which demonstrates that she's a stellar writer able to coax superb performances out of the assembled group. So who is the target audience for Ocean? Anyone who has spent a lot of time savoring British folk will appreciate the way Cutting draws on influences like Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, June Tabor and Steeleye Span; in fact, two of Cutting's guests on this album (Maddy Prior and Peter Knight) have been with Steeleye Span. Prior is one of the four vocalists bringing Cutting's vision to life, the others are Polly Bolton, Grace Griffith and Lisa Moscatiello. \Celtic folk enthusiasts will also enjoy the way Clannad and the Chieftains have affected some of Cutting's writing. But Cutting is her own person, and this pleasing effort lets us know that she has an appealing folk-rock vision of her own. ...
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| | Phil Coulter Country Serenity CD (2006)
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| | Teada Inne Amarach CD (2006) Yesterday Tomorrow; Bonus DVD
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| | Light Crust Doughboys 1936 -1941 CD (2007) (Import) United Kingdom
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Although a group called the Light Crust Doughboys existed sporadically from 1929 (when legendary Texas border radio figure, future governor, and all-around scalawag W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel first dubbed a Fort Worth Western swing band starring a young Bob Wills with the name of his radio show's flour company sponsor) ...
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