Canadian Folk Musicians - Loreena McKennitt, Paul Quarrington, Lianna Klassen, Ali Matthews, Glen Soderholm, Jian Ghomeshi, Denny Doherty, Imaad Wasif, Charlie Angus, Don Messer, Mariam Matossian, Ron Cahute, Kat Goldman, Stacy Lloyd Brown (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Loreena McKennitt, Paul Quarrington, Lianna Klassen, Ali Matthews, Glen Soderholm, Jian Ghomeshi, Denny Doherty, Imaad Wasif, Charlie Angus, Don Messer, Mariam Matossian, Ron Cahute, Kat Goldman, Stacy Lloyd Brown, J. P. Cormier, Shelley Posen, James Gordon, Douglas September, Fergus O'Byrne, Garnet Rogers, Harry Manx, Jon Brooks, Evalyn Parry, Jesse Zubot, Aengus Finnan, William Laskin, Brenna MacCrimmon, Sean McCann, Jack Nissenson, Kevin Collins, D'Arcy Broderick, David Francey, Harris Newman, Dominique Dupuis, Allan Fraser, Bob Hallett, Jonathan Seet, Dermot O'Reilly, Eve Goldberg, David Parry, Solon McDade, Lorne Clarke, Daniel Lapp, Andy Vine, Jadea Kelly, Jayme Stone, Jeremiah McDade, Emile Benoit, Jocelyne Lanois, Denis Ryan, Batsheva, Lorne Elliott, Achilla Orru, Db Benedictson. Excerpt: Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM, OM, (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist, accordionist and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. McKennitt is known for her refined, warbling soprano vocals. She has sold more than 14 million records worldwide. McKennitt was born in Morden, Manitoba of Irish and Scottish descent to parents Jack (a livestock dealer) and Irene McKennitt (a nurse). She moved to Stratford, Ontario in 1981, where she still resides. When Loreena was young she wanted to become a veterinarian but she found that music chose her rather than she it. Developing a passion for Celtic music, she learned to play the Celtic harp and began busking at various places, including St. Lawrence Market in Toronto in order to earn money to publish her first album. McKennitt's first album, Elemental, was released in 1985, followed by To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987), Parallel Dreams (1989), The Visit (1991), The Mask and Mirror (1994), A Winter...