Debra (debra.hale@gsb.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: I've played Loreena McKeenitt's last two records to death (The Visit
: and the Mask and the Mirror.) I don't care as much for her earlier
: stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions on other artists who do work in
: the same vein? I've tried buying Celtic samplers (some of the Narada
: ones) but I haven't come across anything else very appealing. I also
: like Cape Breton fiddling, or any fiddling really, and pipes. Any
: suggestions?
: --Debra
If you're into Cape Breton fiddling and haven't heard Natalie MacMaster
yet, you should give her music a try. Ashley McIsaac is another Cape
Breton fiddler of note, although I much prefer Natalie's fiddling style
to Ashley's -- he's much more "aggressive-sounding" and has taken of late
to "jazzing up" his repertoire by playing things such as the fiddle
version of "Staying Alive" (from Saturday Night Fever). Natalie is much
more traditional in her approach and is great to see live as she steps
dances the entire time she's playing. Ashley does a bit of step-dancing
too, but not to the extent Natalie does.
As for people who are like Loreena McKennitt.... I can't think of anyone
who is a dead-ringer to her sound-wise, but in terms of people who are
doing what she does -- namely, stretching the boundaries of a certain
musical tradition by mixing in sounds from other cultures -- I would
suggest the following:
Sheila Chandra: mixes East Indian vocal styles into music from a wide
range of traditions (including Celtic, Spanish and Middle Eastern). The
two albums of hers I'm familiar with are Weaving My Ancestors Voices and
The Zen Kiss.
Andy Irvine: formerly of the Irish group Planxty; his album East Wind
(with uillean piper Davey Spillane) was a sort of Bulgarian-Irish fusion.
If memory serves me right, Andy was the one who introduced the bouzouki
to Ireland after his travels in Greece and Eastern Europe.
If you liked the middle-eastern aspects of Loreena's Mask & Mirror you _might_ like the Robert Plant/Jimmy Page (both formerly of Led Zeppelin,
in case you're too young to remember) live album "No Quarter". Page and Plant performed with a group of middle eastern musicians, and I think produced an interesting mixture of middle eastern sounds combined with
their normal bluesy, "dinosaur-rock" style.
I'm sure there are many more performers who are into the ethnic fusion
thing, but those are the few I can think of off the top of my head. And
I should reiterate that these people DON'T SOUND LIKE Loreena McKennitt
-- I can't think of anybody who does -- but they do seem to have a
similar approach to their music (if that makes any sense? :-) ).
-- Linda Slater
lslater@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
Debra (debra.hale@gsb.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: I've played Loreena McKeenitt's last two records to death (The Visit
: and the Mask and the Mirror.) I don't care as much for her earlier
: stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions on other artists who do work in
: the same vein? I've tried buying Celtic samplers (some of the Narada
: ones) but I haven't come across anything else very appealing. I also
: like Cape Breton fiddling, or any fiddling really, and pipes. Any
: suggestions?
: --Debra
If you're into Cape Breton fiddling and haven't heard Natalie MacMaster
yet, you should give her music a try. Ashley McIsaac is another Cape
Breton fiddler of note, although I much prefer Natalie's fiddling style
to Ashley's -- he's much more "aggressive-sounding" and has taken of late
to "jazzing up" his repertoire by playing things such as the fiddle
version of "Staying Alive" (from Saturday Night Fever). Natalie is much
more traditional in her approach and is great to see live as she steps
dances the entire time she's playing. Ashley does a bit of step-dancing
too, but not to the extent Natalie does.
As for people who are like Loreena McKennitt.... I can't think of anyone
who is a dead-ringer to her sound-wise, but in terms of people who are
doing what she does -- namely, stretching the boundaries of a certain
musical tradition by mixing in sounds from other cultures -- I would
suggest the following:
Sheila Chandra: mixes East Indian vocal styles into music from a wide
range of traditions (including Celtic, Spanish and Middle Eastern). The
two albums of hers I'm familiar with are Weaving My Ancestors Voices and
The Zen Kiss.
Andy Irvine: formerly of the Irish group Planxty; his album East Wind
(with uillean piper Davey Spillane) was a sort of Bulgarian-Irish fusion.
If memory serves me right, Andy was the one who introduced the bouzouki
to Ireland after his travels in Greece and Eastern Europe.
If you liked the middle-eastern aspects of Loreena's Mask & Mirror you _might_ like the Robert Plant/Jimmy Page (both formerly of Led Zeppelin,
in case you're too young to remember) live album "No Quarter". Page and Plant performed with a group of middle eastern musicians, and I think produced an interesting mixture of middle eastern sounds combined with
their normal bluesy, "dinosaur-rock" style.
I'm sure there are many more performers who are into the ethnic fusion
thing, but those are the few I can think of off the top of my head. And
I should reiterate that these people DON'T SOUND LIKE Loreena McKennitt
-- I can't think of anybody who does -- but they do seem to have a
similar approach to their music (if that makes any sense? :-) ).
-- Linda Slater
lslater@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
Debra (debra.hale@gsb.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: I've played Loreena McKeenitt's last two records to death (The Visit
: and the Mask and the Mirror.) I don't care as much for her earlier
: stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions on other artists who do work in
: the same vein? I've tried buying Celtic samplers (some of the Narada
: ones) but I haven't come across anything else very appealing. I also
: like Cape Breton fiddling, or any fiddling really, and pipes. Any
: suggestions?
: --Debra
If you're into Cape Breton fiddling and haven't heard Natalie MacMaster
yet, you should give her music a try. Ashley McIsaac is another Cape
Breton fiddler of note, although I much prefer Natalie's fiddling style
to Ashley's -- he's much more "aggressive-sounding" and has taken of late
to "jazzing up" his repertoire by playing things such as the fiddle
version of "Staying Alive" (from Saturday Night Fever). Natalie is much more traditional in her approach and is great to see live as she steps dances the entire time she's playing. Ashley does a bit of step-dancing too, but not to the extent Natalie does.
As for people who are like Loreena McKennitt.... I can't think of anyone who is a dead-ringer to her sound-wise, but in terms of people who are
doing what she does -- namely, stretching the boundaries of a certain musical tradition by mixing in sounds from other cultures -- I would
suggest the following:
Sheila Chandra: mixes East Indian vocal styles into music from a wide
range of traditions (including Celtic, Spanish and Middle Eastern). The
two albums of hers I'm familiar with are Weaving My Ancestors Voices and
The Zen Kiss.
Andy Irvine: formerly of the Irish group Planxty; his album East Wind
(with uillean piper Davey Spillane) was a sort of Bulgarian-Irish fusion. If memory serves me right, Andy was the one who introduced the bouzouki
to Ireland after his travels in Greece and Eastern Europe.
If you liked the middle-eastern aspects of Loreena's Mask & Mirror you _might_ like the Robert Plant/Jimmy Page (both formerly of Led Zeppelin,
in case you're too young to remember) live album "No Quarter". Page and Plant performed with a group of middle eastern musicians, and I think produced an interesting mixture of middle eastern sounds combined with
their normal bluesy, "dinosaur-rock" style.
I'm sure there are many more performers who are into the ethnic fusion thing, but those are the few I can think of off the top of my head. And
I should reiterate that these people DON'T SOUND LIKE Loreena McKennitt
-- I can't think of anybody who does -- but they do seem to have a
similar approach to their music (if that makes any sense? :-) ).
-- Linda Slater
lslater@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
Debra (debra...@gsb.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: I've played Loreena McKeenitt's last two records to death (The Visit
: and the Mask and the Mirror.) I don't care as much for her earlier
: stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions on other artists who do work in
: the same vein? I've tried buying Celtic samplers (some of the Narada
: ones) but I haven't come across anything else very appealing. I also
: like Cape Breton fiddling, or any fiddling really, and pipes. Any
: suggestions?
: --Debra
If you're into Cape Breton fiddling and haven't heard Natalie MacMaster
yet, you should give her music a try. Ashley McIsaac is another Cape
Breton fiddler of note, although I much prefer Natalie's fiddling style
to Ashley's -- he's much more "aggressive-sounding" and has taken of late
to "jazzing up" his repertoire by playing things such as the fiddle
version of "Staying Alive" (from Saturday Night Fever). Natalie is much
more traditional in her approach and is great to see live as she steps dances the entire time she's playing. Ashley does a bit of step-dancing
too, but not to the extent Natalie does.
As for people who are like Loreena McKennitt.... I can't think of anyone
who is a dead-ringer to her sound-wise, but in terms of people who are
doing what she does -- namely, stretching the boundaries of a certain musical tradition by mixing in sounds from other cultures -- I would
suggest the following:
Sheila Chandra: mixes East Indian vocal styles into music from a wide
range of traditions (including Celtic, Spanish and Middle Eastern). The
two albums of hers I'm familiar with are Weaving My Ancestors Voices and
The Zen Kiss.
Andy Irvine: formerly of the Irish group Planxty; his album East Wind
(with uillean piper Davey Spillane) was a sort of Bulgarian-Irish fusion.
If memory serves me right, Andy was the one who introduced the bouzouki
to Ireland after his travels in Greece and Eastern Europe.
If you liked the middle-eastern aspects of Loreena's Mask & Mirror you _might_ like the Robert Plant/Jimmy Page (both formerly of Led Zeppelin,
in case you're too young to remember) live album "No Quarter". Page and Plant performed with a group of middle eastern musicians, and I think produced an interesting mixture of middle eastern sounds combined with
their normal bluesy, "dinosaur-rock" style.
I'm sure there are many more performers who are into the ethnic fusion thing, but those are the few I can think of off the top of my head. And
I should reiterate that these people DON'T SOUND LIKE Loreena McKennitt
-- I can't think of anybody who does -- but they do seem to have a
similar approach to their music (if that makes any sense? :-) ).
-- Linda Slater
lsl...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
On Wednesday, November 1, 1995 at 6:00:00 PM UTC+10, Linda Slater wrote:
Debra (debra...@gsb.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: I've played Loreena McKeenitt's last two records to death (The Visit
: and the Mask and the Mirror.) I don't care as much for her earlier
: stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions on other artists who do work in : the same vein? I've tried buying Celtic samplers (some of the Narada
: ones) but I haven't come across anything else very appealing. I also
: like Cape Breton fiddling, or any fiddling really, and pipes. Any
: suggestions?
: --Debra
If you're into Cape Breton fiddling and haven't heard Natalie MacMaster yet, you should give her music a try. Ashley McIsaac is another Cape Breton fiddler of note, although I much prefer Natalie's fiddling style
to Ashley's -- he's much more "aggressive-sounding" and has taken of late to "jazzing up" his repertoire by playing things such as the fiddle version of "Staying Alive" (from Saturday Night Fever). Natalie is much more traditional in her approach and is great to see live as she steps dances the entire time she's playing. Ashley does a bit of step-dancing too, but not to the extent Natalie does.
As for people who are like Loreena McKennitt.... I can't think of anyone who is a dead-ringer to her sound-wise, but in terms of people who are doing what she does -- namely, stretching the boundaries of a certain musical tradition by mixing in sounds from other cultures -- I would suggest the following:
Sheila Chandra: mixes East Indian vocal styles into music from a wide range of traditions (including Celtic, Spanish and Middle Eastern). The two albums of hers I'm familiar with are Weaving My Ancestors Voices and The Zen Kiss.
Andy Irvine: formerly of the Irish group Planxty; his album East Wind (with uillean piper Davey Spillane) was a sort of Bulgarian-Irish fusion. If memory serves me right, Andy was the one who introduced the bouzouki
to Ireland after his travels in Greece and Eastern Europe.
If you liked the middle-eastern aspects of Loreena's Mask & Mirror you _might_ like the Robert Plant/Jimmy Page (both formerly of Led Zeppelin, in case you're too young to remember) live album "No Quarter". Page and Plant performed with a group of middle eastern musicians, and I think produced an interesting mixture of middle eastern sounds combined with their normal bluesy, "dinosaur-rock" style.
I'm sure there are many more performers who are into the ethnic fusion thing, but those are the few I can think of off the top of my head. And
I should reiterate that these people DON'T SOUND LIKE Loreena McKennitt
-- I can't think of anybody who does -- but they do seem to have a
similar approach to their music (if that makes any sense? :-) ).
blends world music elements with lyrics based on many of the world's great spiritual traditions. I use a lot of similar instruments to Loreena. Check out Fiona Kernaghan, The Art Of Being - on Spotify, iTunes and the usual places. :)-- Linda SlaterHi! I just went looking to find similar artists to Loreena McKennitt, too! I went searching because I'm building a Facebook Ad for my music and can't think of many people I'm similar to. My latest album is broadly categorised as contemporary folk and
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