Loreena McKennitt’s seventh studio release, An Ancient Muse, was a 2007 Grammy nominee for Best Contemporary World Music Album. 

 

McKennitt’s travels to Mongolia, Northwest China, Turkey and Greece inform the music on this album, which explores our common human quests to love and be loved, and the need for liberty and spirituality.

 

Recorded at Real World Studios and featuring a host of acclaimed musicians, An Ancient Muse proffers a treasure trove of instruments, from harp, hurdy-gurdy and accordion to oud, lyra, kanoun and nyckelharpa (the Scandinavian keyed fiddle). 

 

 CD in digipak.