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Music recs: 10,000 Maniacs, Enya, Loreena McKennitt
...so it turns out I hit the end of my alphabetical "underappreciated music artists I should rec" list. Which means I get to close the tab I've had open for (*checks*) more than a year now. Yowza.
Just in time to avoid migrating it to the new computer, too!
But there's this separate folder of Soft Songs by Soft Female Vocalists that I skipped over, so I'm circling back and doing one last post.
Enya: Irish singer-songwriter; occasionally gets close enough to "mainstream pop" to have a mainstream hit, but most of her stuff is dreamier, stranger, slow and wistful. Inspiration from mythology, astronomy, and natural scenes around the globe; lyrics in English and Gaelic, and, at least once, in Quenya. (Enya playlist.)
Loreena McKennitt: Canadian composer-harpist-accordionist-pianist-soprano. Lots of influence from Celtic and Middle Eastern myth/legend. First choice if you need a soundtrack for being kidnapped by faeries. (Loreena McKennitt playlist.)
Just in time to avoid migrating it to the new computer, too!
But there's this separate folder of Soft Songs by Soft Female Vocalists that I skipped over, so I'm circling back and doing one last post.
10,000 Maniacs: The softest of alt-rock, with Natalie Merchant as the lead singer. Their peak years happened back when I was a toddler, but their songs give me college feelings anyway. (10,000 Maniacs playlist.)
Enya: Irish singer-songwriter; occasionally gets close enough to "mainstream pop" to have a mainstream hit, but most of her stuff is dreamier, stranger, slow and wistful. Inspiration from mythology, astronomy, and natural scenes around the globe; lyrics in English and Gaelic, and, at least once, in Quenya. (Enya playlist.)
Loreena McKennitt: Canadian composer-harpist-accordionist-pianist-soprano. Lots of influence from Celtic and Middle Eastern myth/legend. First choice if you need a soundtrack for being kidnapped by faeries. (Loreena McKennitt playlist.)