Name: Wind That Shakes the Barley
Brand: Quinlam Road
SKU: 53811561
Price: 37.15 SGD
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Wind That Shakes the Barley

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Album: Wind That Shakes the Barley
#	Song Title		Time
1)	As I Roved Out	More Info...	0:05
2)	On a Bright May Morning	More Info...	0:05
3)	Brian Boru's March	More Info...	0:04
4)	Down By the Sally Gardens	More Info...	0:05
5)	The Star of the County Down	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	More Info...	0:06
7)	The Death of Queen Jane	More Info...	0:06
8)	The Emigration Tunes	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Parting Glass	More Info...	0:05

Album: Wind That Shakes the Barley
#	Song Title		Time
1)	As I Roved Out	More Info...	0:05
2)	On a Bright May Morning	More Info...	0:05
3)	Brian Boru's March	More Info...	0:04
4)	Down By the Sally Gardens	More Info...	0:05
5)	The Star of the County Down	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	More Info...	0:06
7)	The Death of Queen Jane	More Info...	0:06
8)	The Emigration Tunes	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Parting Glass	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Canadian singer/harpist Loreena McKennitt returns to her roots on The Wind That Shakes the Barley, making an album more in the traditional style of her 25-year-old debut, Elemental, than the more adult alternative hybrid efforts that have been more typical of her work since. Thus, the Celtic side of her music is emphasized in the inclusion of Scottish and Irish traditional songs like the title track, "The Star of the County Down," and "On a Bright May Morning." The last song prominently features her harp, as does the instrumental "Brian Boru's March," and she is accompanied by her usual backup musicians, including Ben Grossman (hurdy-gurdy), Brian Hughes (guitar), Caroline LaVelle (cello), and Hugh Marsh (violin). The chief attraction continues to be her haunting voice, which she employs to ethereal effect much of the time, although "The Star of the County Down" finds her taking a livelier, more direct approach, while in "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" her vocal is not so much ethereal as eerie. For many of McKennitt's fans, this will be an album they have been waiting to hear for a long time. For others, it may be a change of pace in which an artist reveals the sources of her individual style. ~ William Ruhlmann