On November 20, 2006, “Quinlan Road” and “MRA” labels released “An Ancient Muse”, the seventh Loreena McKennitt studio album. It was recorded June – August 2005, and was produced by Loreena McKennitt. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”.
Personnel:
- Loreena McKennitt– vocals, keyboards, accordion, harp, percussion, piano
- Steáfán Hannigan – Turkish clarinet, vocal drone, uilleann pipes
- Brian Hughes– electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, vocal drone, oud, Celtic bouzouki, nylon string guitar
- Charlie Jones: acoustic bass
- Manu Katché– drums
- Tal Bergman – drums, percussion
- Stuart Bruce – vocal drone, percussion
- Clive Deamer– drums
- Panos Dimitrakopoulos – kanoun
- Nigel Eaton– hurdy-gurdy
- Ben Grossman – hurdy-gurdy
- Ed Hanley – tabla, udu drum
- Jason Hann– percussion
- Georgios Kontogiannis – Greek bouzouki
- Tim Landers– bass
- Caroline Lavelle– cello
- Rick Lazar – percussion
- Annbjørg Lien– nyckelharpa
- Hugh Marsh– violin
- Marco Migliari – vocal drone
- Donald Quan– viola, vocal drone
- Hossam Ramzy– percussion
- Sokratis Sinopoulos – lyra
- Haig Yazdjian– oud
- Choristers of Westminster Abbey; Alex Pott, Elliot Thompson, Nicholas Morris – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Loreena McKennitt except where noted.
- Incantation
- The Gates of Istanbul
- Caravanserai
- The English Ladye and the Knight – lyrics by Sir Walter Scott
- Kecharitomene
- Penelope’s Song
- Sacred Shabbat (Kâtibim) – Loreena McKennitt
- Beneath a Phrygian Sky
- Never Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)
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