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c 18 - wu‘ElLoo CHRONICLE - THURSI)A\, NOVEMBER 3. 2016 ‘ m-W ”lhe V isit revisted Canadian music star Lareena McKennit goes back over hallowed ground BY Boa Vnmc albums like The Mask and Mirror and The Book Chmm‘deStafl ofSecrets. "â€"â€"â€"'â€"â€" "There's a few things that connected with . t's been 25 years since Canadian songstress people,’ said McKennitt, who grew up in ,, , a ‘ ILoreena McKennitt released her break- Morden. Manitoba and is of lrish and Scotâ€" ’ ' ‘ , through album The Visit, that firmly estab» tish descent. She moved to Stratford in 1981. . li'shed her on the world music stage and saw “There's something quite infectious in Celtic her go on to sell more than 14 million albums music. ‘ I _ worldwidewidtherCeltic-inspired work. “Even though that recording has more - ‘3 \ It's a bit of a homecoming for her in a lot original music than being overtly Celtic, it was of Ways as she wraps up her North American derived from a Celtic modality for the mest tour Nov. 9 at the Centre in the Square. revisitâ€" part. -- ing her classic album with long-time musical ”There is also the eclecticism of the arrange- If? collaborators, guitarist Brian Hughes and cel- merits and the instruments. l think the third ' list Caroline lavelle. That will be the second element is that there is a visceral element to last tour stop for the Stratford native before my voice that people seem to connect to. and she ends her tour at Toronto's Massey Hall on I think it was the combination of those three Nov, to. just blocks away from the St lawrenoe things that played a role.‘ Market. That's where she performed and sold McKennitt is known for her haunting sopra- recordings of her independent music before no voice as much as she's known for her play- announcing herself on the world stage. ing of the harp, piano and accordion during her Revisiting an old favourite might have some very intimate performances, artists trying to reinvent the classic, but McKr Some people are touched by the lyrics, par- ennitt said she is staying true to her musical ticularly the literary interpretations. but McK» roots, as she has for much of her career, and is ennitt said it's not the best part of what she simply reflecting on her past, does -- it's the music interpretation that trans- “lt's sobering in some ways to think, 'Wow forms ll. ;- . l've been at this that lon," said McKennitt. “But “Particularly in cultures around the world Q it‘s also nice to be able to look back on things where English is not the first language or even in a way. a major language,’ she said. “This album has “On a personal level I don't listen to my own found favour with people around the world. 0. music very often, so when there is occasion to "It's something that's connected on a visr ” listen to it. it‘s interesting to review the creative t eral level, and beyond that I don't know why." - ideas I had at the time.’ McKennitt is quite the world traveller her- l‘he Visit hid some of the insecurities she self, and her many journeys infuse pan of her wild she had about her music and left her performance in this tour She shares some of wondering how it all fit together it included those stories with the audiences .. interpretations oftraditional songs like Greens "I feel more comfortable relaying to people ‘ leaves and Bonny l’ortmore along with her some of the stones and the travels behind the R' 7, q, _. interpretations of Alfred. Lord Tennyson‘s songs," said McKennitt. "I like to go over abit of if w poem The Lady of Shalott and (Iyrnbeline by (‘eltic history " .. William Shakespeare McKennitt is also telehrating the 75th anniv _ , , , . q . . g ~-â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"râ€"â€"â€"v~5 , “It was kind of a hodge podgv of pier es," vr-rsary of The Visit by releasing it on vinyl in a ‘ «I . "" ...; 3, ' i" "" ‘ said McKennitt. 'But it was ania7ii.14 to see how limited edition " a, \,â€"‘ “we . ‘ Kll((‘(‘\5flllll betatne My mus" is unite (lasstcal, and when . a " g ., » “when one explains it academically to you think of a format that expresses that quite ,_ fl , Q ‘ .. someone without hearing it, from the mnsn well, and warmly and richly. vinyl is certainly 5 “Kt-fig .. ’,F;i.~ fig“ t a M my 9 industry perspr't two something like that regarded as the king" said McKt‘nnltt "llicre " 4 Pl.» ‘ g “ $133.12 VHF“) Va shouldn't haw worked but it did ' is a whole other set of horror-mics on Vinyl that 1&3.“ h ” _ _ _ _ .. 1-1, at "é; yr 3 Mt Kt-nnitt thinks the miisit connected the human ear can den-wt that just aren't avail & ' 7 M ' ‘ ' " 7,1"; , . with people in a number of ways making it a able mother formats ' ' 1... in“ -‘<.'-.’ 9,7”, A, , surprise hit in (.ariarla. the U H and Britain. for more information. or lI( lit-ts not (en Canadian Celtic songstress Loreena McKennitt is celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of and load to thr- follow up than cut reset-s oi treintliesquare coin ortall ”no “378 1174) her seminal works, The Visct. 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