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To Drive the Cold Winter Away is Canadian musician Loreena McKennitt's second studio album, released in 1987. It pays homage to her childhood memories of music for the winter season, the most vivid of which "came from songs and carols recorded in churches or great halls, rich with their own unique ambience and tradition."
Loreena McKennitt - To Drive the Cold Winter Away released (made) in 1987.
To Drive The Cold Winter Away - Loreena McKennitt. Traditional winter and seasonal songs recorded on location in a Canadian church and in a monastery and artist’s retreat in Ireland. Listen. Info. Buy.
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"To Drive The Cold Winter Away" is the second studio album by Canadian musician, composer, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Loreena McKennitt, released in 1987 by her owned independent label Quinlan Road. It pays homeage to her childhood memories of music for the winter season, the most vivid of which "came from songs and carols recorded in churches or great halls, rich with their own unique ambience and tradition." It sold 84,000 pieces worldwide.
To capture that remembered ambiance, McKennitt kept the arrangements sparse, celebrating the beauty of simplicity. She also chose to leave the found sounds of life in the performances, which were recorded on location in churches and great halls:
•The Church Of Our Lady in Guelph, Ontario, Canada
•Glenstal Abbey, A Benedictine Monastery near Limerick, Ireland
•"The King" features vocals by Cedric Smith. Shannon Purves-Smith plays Viols on the two other tracks. Everything else was done by McKennitt.
•The lyric of "Snow" uses the words of the poem of the same name Snow by Canadian poet Archibald Lampman. It was included on a Windham Hill Records compilation album titled Celtic Christmas (1995). And later arranged by Swiss musical project Bandari from their ninth studio album Breezy Valley (2003), released by Taiwanese label Jingo Records and licensed from Swiss label AVC.
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To Drive the Cold Winter Away by Loreena McKennitt released in 1987. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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