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1. Incantation
2. The Gates Of Istanbul
3. Caravanserai
4. The English Ladye And The Knight
5. Kecharitomene
6. Penelope's Song
7. Sacred Shabbat
8. Beneath A Phrygian Sky
9. Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)
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Loreena McKennitt / An Ancient Muse
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| It's been nearly a decade since Loreena McKennitt's last studio album, The Book of Secrets, but An Ancient Muse picks up the caravan exactly where she left off on her mystical journey through the cultures of the Middle East and northern Sahara. The Canadian singer opens this album the same way as she did her last two recordings: with an incantation, calling out in a wordless voice across an echoing space, cleansing the air and the mind. What follows is a lot like those albums as well, a pan-global excursion centered on Middle Eastern themes and instruments cast into a dramatic exotica. Oud, dumbek, kanoun, hurdy-gurdy, duduk, nyckleharpe (a Swedish-keyed fiddle), and other ancient sounds from the region and beyond ornament her music, though "ornament" might no longer be accurate. With the exception of Hugh Marsh's gypsy violin solos and a handful of other players, it's the Western instruments that serve as ornaments on An Ancient Muse. McKennitt long ago evolved the Celtic sound that launched her career. She's virtually abandoned the harp, which hasn't appeared on her CDs since 1991's The Visit. The lone uillean pipe on "Beneath a Phrygian Sky" sounds like an echo calling from the McKennitt's past. Nevertheless, the Celtic ballad form remains central to her music, and she still draws inspiration from ye olde writers of the British Isles. Lyrics from Sir Walter Scott adorn "The English Ladye and the Knight," recalling "The Lady of Shalott." But despite McKennitt's soaring alto, the tale drags under the dirge-like meter and ponderous arrangement. The epic track of this album is the aforementioned "Beneath a Phrygian Sky," with distorted electric guitar accents and an acoustic guitar melody carrying McKennitt on another journey into her romanticized version of the ancient world. |
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INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
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PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 02:35:29
TRACK 03 AUDIO
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PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 09:34:52
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "The English Ladye and the Knight"
PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 17:10:42
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Kecharitomene"
PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 23:59:38
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Penelope's Song"
PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 30:34:36
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Sacred Shabbat"
PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 34:56:17
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Beneath A Phrygian Sky"
PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 38:56:37
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Never-ending Road (Amhrбn Duit)"
PERFORMER "Loreena McKennitt"
INDEX 01 48:25:57 |