Loreena McKennitt

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This paper shows how Loreena McKennitt's contribution to music extends far beyond the realm of music. By understanding her music, the writer explains that we come to understand her culture, literature, faith, and hope. Her influence has also ushered a new interest in Celtic music across the world. Her unique skill of storytelling and her incredible flexibility as an instrumentalist remain unmatched.

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"Her sixth release, The Book of Secrets, is another personal journey. She traveled through Russia, Italy, Greece, and Turkey, taking notes and soaking in her experiences with the landscape and the people she encountered. In fact, according to Jennings, McKennitt often pictures herself as a travel writer, expressing her thoughts and emotions. She does what some of favorite writers, such as Paul Theroux, Bruce Chatwin and Jan Morris do with prose, he notes. Of her music, she explains, "What I'm really doing is making up for my lack of formal education after high school. I have this insatiable curiosity and I've found a way through travel and music to feed it" (Jennings 1994). Of all of her releases, this fact is the most evident."

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