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Loreena McKennitt

K-pop
K-popWorld music

Loreena McKennitt is a K-pop and World music act. Their sound grew out of Enya, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot and Mike Oldfield. Those roots explain a lot about how Loreena McKennitt arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Clannad, Sarah Brightman, Mike Oldfield, Era and Cécile Corbel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Haris Alexiou and Phase, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Loreena McKennitt, reaching back through Enya and forward to Haris Alexiou. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Loreena McKennittEnyaNeil YoungJoni MitchellGordon LightfootMike OldfieldManu KatchéHaris AlexiouPhaseClannadSarah BrightmanMike OldfieldEraCécile CorbelKarlieneOmniaGregorian

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Loreena McKennitt connections

Loreena McKennitt grew out of Enya, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot, shares an orbit with Clannad, Sarah Brightman, Mike Oldfield and Era, went on to shape Haris Alexiou and Phase. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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