Comments on: Loreena McKennitt at the Barbican Centre, London

By: Eileen O'Malley

Eileen O'Malley — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:32:11 +0000

I googled to many sites to find out why the drowned girl starts out being a farmer’s daughter and winds up being royalty, and yours is the first to make mention of that inconsistency. How does that happen? A mystery, I guess. Magic. By the way, you’ve probably realized by now that she has only one brother, Hugh. The other male is her true love William.

By: MaW

MaW — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:11:19 +0000

Indeed it was Raglan Road, it’s on the Nights from the Alhambra album and I recognised it immediately.

By: Maddy

Maddy — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:43:32 +0000

I also had the fortune to attend a Loreena McKennitt concert this spring in Boston and I agree, it was a truly magical experience. If you haven’t already found out, I do believe the song you didn’t know was Raglan Road, a staple of the Ancient Muse tour. It’s always fun to hear of other people’s concert experiences; I’m glad to have found yours!

-Maddy

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:56:13 +0000

I will be attending the Nashville, TN concert as well on April 27. Thank you for the review as I was wondering what she might play and I see that I won’t be disappointed as it looks like she will be playing almost everything! Excellent! I’m sooo excited!!!!!!

By: Kali

Kali — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:48:21 +0000

My beloved and I will be attending the Nashville, TN USA concert to be held this Friday (27th April 2007). I’m grateful to you & others for posting about your experiences. It makes me all the more excited!

Namaste,
Kali

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:52:09 +0000

We saw Loreena just a couple of days ago, here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Not an empty seat in the house, it seemed, even tho she did two concerts here. Absolutely outstanding! I’d never seen her live before. I expected her voice to have lost some of its power, as I was used to listening to recordings. But it has only strengthened, gaining more depth while still able to move into the high ranges. If you haven’t seen her live, and if she is appearing anywhere near you, go! the best two hours I’ve spent in a long time.

By: Paulo

Paulo — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:26:01 +0000

I also was fortunate enough to attend the Barbican performance and agree totally with your review (and don’t think its over enthusiastic at all – a week later and i’m still reeling from that amazing experience). We travelled down fron North Scotland for this concert and would travel twice as far without hesitation – i just hope its not a long wait until LM returns to our shores. I’ve been to a few concerts (i like a range of music from opera to heavy metal) and i think the Barbican experience will go down as one of, if not the best.

P.S. We also travelled by train and sympathise with your experience – but as a wise old gent once said you gotta pay for your pleasure in this life!