A Magical, Musical Experience: Loreena McKennitt’s Nights from the Alhambra on PBS
by Pamela LeaveyI took the weekend off from the Dem Daily, as many of readers may have noticed, to take some time to re-focus and catch up on business and personal stuff. This evening, I settled in with my daughter to watch what I can only describe as a magical, musical experience: Loreena McKennitt’s Nights from the Alhambra.
I’m intensely proud of my Celtic heritage and since I was very young, I have loved Irish and Celtic music. A few years ago, I discovered Loreena McKennitt whose “eclectic Celtic” music transcends the boundaries of time and borders. McKennitt is currently touring in Europe and the U.S. and last September she performed at the “Alhambra Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Granada, Spain.” It was an amazing performance. I highly recommend to our readers to take a night and watch it this month. If you are familiar with her music the performance included a meld of her classics as well as songs from her new CD: An Ancient Muse
PBS’s Great Performances will be featuring Loreena McKennitt’s Nights from the Alhambra throughout the month of March. The complete schedule is available here. Here’s a clip of the show from You Tube featuring Caravanserai from An Ancient Muse
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Beautiful that you settled in with your daughter and saw that. Pay attention to it young lady, your Mom is showing you your heritage!
Lovely, Pamela. Thanks. I”ll keep an eye out.
Thanks for the heads up! I love Loreena McKennitt and have 4 of her CDs, but not this latest one.
Donnie
Seems to me that you might want to learn more about your Celtic roots too!
McDaniel is an adopted name. I am actually pure French. My research shows generations of Acadians. Many of my people came here on the 7 ships that brought the first Acadins over at the expense of the then Spanish Gov. No wonder I don’t like Bill O’Reilly huh?
Donnie
I forgot that you told me that before. It’s okay you still need to watch it!
Beachmom
Her latest CD is wonderful. I heard the other night that the 2nd release has 3 songs from the Alhambra show that were not on the 1st release that I bought in December. My daughter and I are going to her show here in L.A. in May.
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