Listen to To Drive the Cold Winter Away by Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt
To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Album · Worldwide · 1987
A rhapsody in judiciously arranged harp and clarion vocals, Loreena McKennitt’s second album is an uncommon seasonal offering. Rather than rely on a repertoire of familiar holiday chestnuts, the Canadian harpist and singer reaches far back, drawing on centuries-old Celtic and old English carols and delivering them (alongside a few originals) with a stately warmth. McKennitt’s voice rises and resonates as though it’s echoing off the rafters of a neo-Gothic church; the overall feeling is one of sacred devotion.

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