Artist
Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt is a folk artist from Morden, MB, Canada formed in 1982. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Folk · Morden, MB, Canada · Best folk albums
- 48
- Releases
- 1985–2025
- Active years
- 1982
- Formed
Artist
Loreena McKennitt is a folk artist from Morden, MB, Canada formed in 1982. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Folk · Morden, MB, Canada · Best folk albums
Most popular
The Book of Secrets
1997
The Mask and Mirror
1994
The Visit
1991
An Ancient Muse
2006
Lost Souls
2018
A Midwinter Night's Dream
2008
Parallel Dreams
1989
A Mediterranean Odyssey
2009
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
1987
Elemental
1985
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2010
The Road Back Home
2024
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2019
Live in Paris and Toronto
1999
The Journey So Far: The Best of Loreena McKennitt
2014
A Mummers' Dance Through Ireland
2009
Troubadours On The Rhine
2012
Elemental / To Drive the Cold Winter Away
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Elemental / A Winter Garden
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Live In Madrid 2024 - The Mask and Mirror 30th Anniversary Tour
2025
Under a Winter's Moon (Expanded Edition)
2025
In Her Own Words: The Mask and Mirror
2024
The Mask and Mirror Live (Live at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca, 19 May 1994)
2024
In Her Own Words: The Road Back Home
2024
The Visit: Highlights from the Definitive Edition
2021
In Her Own Words: The Visit
2021
In Her Own Words: Lost Souls
2018
From Istanbul to Athens
2009
The Olive and The Cedar
2009
A Moveable Musical Feast
2008
The Journey Begins
2008
Nights from the Alhambra
2007
Nights from the Alhambra (Live)
2006
The Best of Loreena McKennitt
1997
Under a Winter's Moon - Encores (Silent Night)
Single · 2025
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Wild Mountain Thyme (Medley / Live in Owen Sound, Ontario / 2023)
Single · 2024
Huron Carol (Edit Live)
Single · 2022
The Lady of Shalott (Live Trio - October 28, 2016 Gaillard Centre)
Single · 2021
Bonny Portmore (Live Trio - October 28, 2016 Gaillard Centre)
Single · 2021
Courtyard Lullaby (Live - 1992 Wxpn's World Cafe 1992, Solo)
Single · 2021
Spanish Guitars and Night Plazas (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Single · 2019
Lost Souls - Single (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Single · 2019
Spanish Guitars and Night Plazas
Single · 2018
Sun Moon and Stars
Single · 2018
A Hundred Wishes
Single · 2018
Breaking of the Sword (Single)
Single · 2017
A Winter Garden - Five Songs for the Season
EP · 1995
Live in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts
EP · 1995
The daughter of a nurse mother and a livestock-trading father, songstress Loreena McKennitt studied classical piano and vocal training, and learned to dance in the highland style as a youngster. Her love of traditional music was strengthened in the folk clubs of Winnipeg, which she frequented during the brief period she studied veterinary science at the University of Manitoba. Relocating to Stratford, Ontario, she continued to sharpen her skills as a composer and performer. In 1981, she auditioned for a role in the city's Stratford Festival of Canada. Although she did not get the role, she remained inspired. After reading Diane Sward Rapaport's book How to Make and Sell Your Own Recording, she formed her own label, Quinlan Road. After releasing two albums, a nine-song cassette, Elemental, in 1985, and a collection of Christmas tunes, To Drive the Cold Winter Away, in 1987, she had her first breakthrough with her 1989 album,Parallel Dreams. Distributed through a network of small independent distributors, the album sold more than 40,000 copies within four months. Its success was surpassed by McKennitt's fourth album, The Visit. Distributed by Warner Canada, the album sold over 600,00…