Loreena McKennitt - The Journey So Far
Loreena McKennitt's The Journey So Far is a treasured compilation that brings together the most significant works of a remarkable artist who explores an incredibly wide musical geography — spanning Celtic tradition, Middle Eastern melodies, Spanish flamenco, and Renaissance music. McKennitt's enchanting soprano voice, blending academic musicianship with mystical spirituality, reaches the listener with a far richer and more three-dimensional quality in vinyl format.
The orchestral richness created by traditional instruments such as the qanun, harp, oud, and violin achieves extraordinary depth within the warm sonic space of analogue recording. The large physical sleeve allows McKennitt's attention to visual art to be conveyed far more powerfully through photographs and illustrations. For world music, Celtic folk, and mystical music collectors, this album deserves to be among the rarest and most valued pieces in their collections.