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Multi-platinum, eclectic-Celtic, composer and singer. GRAMMY® nominated, two time Juno Award winner. https://linktr.ee/loreenamckennitt

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McKennitt to kick off seasonal tour in Stratford : My Stratford Now Award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt is launching her beloved Under a Winter’s Moon concert in Stratford in December. The performance features carols and tales that […]
24.06.2025 16:36 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Loreena McKennitt bringing back popular seasonal show Under a Winter's Moon, which debut in 2021 will be preformed at five shows in December.

Under A Winter's Moon - Live 2025
Stratford, London and Toronto (Ontario)

On sale now, ticket link 🔗 in bio:
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20.06.2025 16:34 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Loreena McKennitt's Under A Winter’s Moon returns this December The holiday favourite features carols and tales that blend Celtic, Indigenous and Welsh cultures, interwoven with strands of the natural world revealed through an Indigenous lens

Under A Winter's Moon - Live 2025
Stratford, London and Toronto (Ontario)
On sale now, ticket link 🔗 in bio:
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19.06.2025 14:56 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Loreena remounts her 'love letter to the season - Loreena McKennitt Loreena remounts her ‘love letter to the season This December Loreena […]

Loreena is remounting her celebrated seasonal performance of Under A Winter’s Moon this December at Toronto’s Koerner Hall, in her home base of Stratford and in neighbouring London, Ontario.

On sale now, ticket link 🔗 in bio:
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17.06.2025 15:15 — 👍 33    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 3
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Connecting heartbeat to heartbeat - Loreena McKennitt Connecting heartbeat to heartbeat Loreena was recently a guest on […]

Loreena was recently a guest on the podcast The Gould Standard, hosted by Brian Levine and sponsored by the Glenn Gould Foundation. Their conversation was wide-ranging, covering Loreena’s “self-managed, self-produced and self-invented” career, as Levine put it.

06.06.2025 19:59 — 👍 25    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Friends of Canadian Media presents Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio - National Canadian Film Day This film and Q&A will go live at 7:00 PM EDT, and will be available for 48 hours.

Friends.ca hosts an online conversation between acclaimed singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt and Friends of Canadian Media's Director of Government & Media Relations Sarah Andrews, discussing the enduring impact of the CBC, followed by a screening of Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio.

10.04.2025 19:37 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A Mummers' Dance Through Ireland ☘️
Final copies of transparent green vinyl debut in Loreena’s UK Artist Store 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🌐 @burningshed.com

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12.03.2025 15:38 — 👍 32    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Citizens' Rally for Canada - March 1 (Stratford, ON)

On Saturday March 1st at 12:00 p.m. in Stratford’s Market Square a local Citizens’ Rally for Canada will be held to demonstrate solidarity of purpose at this pivotal moment in time, just three days before U.S. President's 30-day tariff reprieve is set to end.
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26.02.2025 21:34 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Citizens Rally for Canada set for Saturday The event will be held in the Stratford Market Square

Citizens Rally for Canada set for Saturday 🍁
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#CanadiansStandTogether #LesCanadiensSontUnis

28.02.2025 16:01 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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12.02.2025 21:34 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Loreena McKennitt says Juno-nominated album was 'really a second thought' | CBC News Manitoba's Loreena McKennitt says she didn't set out to record the album that has put her once again in contention for a Juno Award.

Juno-nominated album was 'really a second thought'
Morden-born songwriter among Manitobans in contention at this year's awards
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

12.02.2025 14:20 — 👍 46    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Sign the Pledge for Canada This petition is intended as an invitation to Canadians to reflect on the current challenges Canada faces and what we can all do to respond to the risks and to contribute to building a more resilient ...

“Canadians will decide Canada’s future and place in the world.” actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

03.02.2025 21:00 — 👍 24    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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From Morden to global fame: Loreena McKennitt honoured Acclaimed Canadian musician Loreena McKennitt receives one of the highest honors in the country’s music industry this spring: induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The live ceremony will tak...

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22.01.2025 15:57 — 👍 35    🔁 2    💬 5    📌 0
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McKennitt's success shows the benefits of hard work 'You can't help but look back to the beginning and to Morden where I spent the first 16 years of my life in a very musical community' - Loreena McKennitt

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21.01.2025 15:49 — 👍 40    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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“I grabbed one guitar and one pair of underwear—I thought we’d be back”: This Canadian couple lost their home to the LA fires - Toronto Life Brian and Pamela Hughes’s place in Eaton Canyon was their refuge for more than 20 years. After the Eaton fire ripped through their neighbourhood, nothing...

This Canadian couple’s LA home was their refuge for more than 20 years. After the Eaton fire ripped through their neighbourhood, nothing remains

16.01.2025 19:43 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Stratford's Loreena McKennitt one of five 2025 Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees Stratford's Loreena McKennitt is one of five 2025 Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees in May.

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16.01.2025 14:31 — 👍 48    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Loreena to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame
Recognized for her ‘astounding contributions’
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15.01.2025 21:46 — 👍 65    🔁 6    💬 6    📌 2
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Skates, a guitar and grandma’s quilt: What Canadians saved from L.A. fires Many Canadians are among the Los Angeles residents who lost almost everything in the wildfires. They’re now figuring out how to rebuild their lives with the few things they saved from the flames.

Skates, a guitar and grandma’s quilt: What Canadians saved from L.A. fires

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15.01.2025 14:18 — 👍 26    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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𝘎𝘰𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘔𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢’𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥
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13.01.2025 21:23 — 👍 39    🔁 15    💬 5    📌 0
Loreena McKennitt - End of Year Message (2024)
YouTube video by Loreena McKennitt Loreena McKennitt - End of Year Message (2024)

In recent years I’ve sat down to reflect on the year ahead and the year gone by with hands poised on a computer keyboard. Of course it wasn’t always thus, having grown up in an era long before computers.
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20.12.2024 15:39 — 👍 63    🔁 9    💬 5    📌 3
STRATFORD – To help get children and families into the holiday spirit, the Falstaff Family Centre (FFC) is inviting the community to its annual Cookies & Carols event Wednesday Dec. 11th from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (Doors open at 6 p.m.)

The event will be hosted by Michael Fox, with carols, music and readings by Loreena McKennitt, as well as Gemini Award-winning actor Cedric Smith, who will narrate a portion of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas. Santa Claus himself will make an appearance at 7:15 p.m. and there will be lots of carol singing in between with everyone invited to join in.  Cookies and beverages will also be on offer.

“This is a cherished tradition we love hosting for the community,” says McKennitt, owner and director of the FFC. “We look forward to seeing people again in person and enjoying the spirit of the season.”

The event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted for Optimism Place, Women's Shelter and Support Services.

STRATFORD – To help get children and families into the holiday spirit, the Falstaff Family Centre (FFC) is inviting the community to its annual Cookies & Carols event Wednesday Dec. 11th from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (Doors open at 6 p.m.) The event will be hosted by Michael Fox, with carols, music and readings by Loreena McKennitt, as well as Gemini Award-winning actor Cedric Smith, who will narrate a portion of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas. Santa Claus himself will make an appearance at 7:15 p.m. and there will be lots of carol singing in between with everyone invited to join in. Cookies and beverages will also be on offer. “This is a cherished tradition we love hosting for the community,” says McKennitt, owner and director of the FFC. “We look forward to seeing people again in person and enjoying the spirit of the season.” The event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted for Optimism Place, Women's Shelter and Support Services.

The event will be hosted by Michael Fox, with carols, music and readings by Loreena McKennitt, as well as Gemini Award-winning actor Cedric Smith, who will narrate a portion of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas. Santa Claus himself will make an appearance at 7:15 p.m.

03.12.2024 18:41 — 👍 49    🔁 13    💬 5    📌 0
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BLACK FRIDAY: All CD, vinyl* and DVD titles from Loreena’s store will be discounted 20% until December 5.

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- Discount will be applied at checkout.
- Sale excludes two most recent coloured vinyl releases: Elemental (transparent green) and The Visit (crystal clear).

29.11.2024 16:17 — 👍 64    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1
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Ambitious new album for UK bassist Dudley Phillips Dudley Phillips, the double bassist who has played with Loreena since 2010, has just released his third and most ambitious album to date. Crayon Scrawl was inspired by “spontaneous musical sketches” a...

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29.11.2024 16:05 — 👍 52    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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