{"product_id":"loreena-mckennitt-the-road-back-home","title":"Loreena McKennitt - The Road Back Home (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLoreena’s\u003c\/strong\u003e new album, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Road Back Home\u003c\/strong\u003e, is an homage to simpler times, offering comfort, warmth and familiarity. It’s like going home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album was recorded last summer when Loreena performed at four folk festivals in Ontario, Canada. It’s a joyous return to her roots, a kind of musical winding back to the beginning of her career, her earliest days on the folk circuit and its characteristic culture of community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Road Back Home is set for release on March 8th – just in time for St. Patrick’s Day and features 10 songs, many of which have remained unrecorded until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e“There are so many ways to define the meaning of home,”\u003c\/em\u003e says \u003cstrong\u003eLoreena\u003c\/strong\u003e. “\u003cem\u003eIt may well be the structure in which we live, but it can also be the cultural expressions of community which somehow reach into our hearts and souls and draw us together without us completely understanding why.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of Celtic musicians (\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bookends\u003c\/strong\u003e) she met in her home base of Stratford accompanied her at the summer folk festivals, along with long-time bandmate cellist \u003cstrong\u003eCaroline Lavelle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoreena\u003c\/strong\u003e and her musical cohort of collaborators are flawlessly captured on this new album – a recording which reflects the deep affection and sense of community these festivals foster in performers and attendees alike. The early songs, the local musicians, the bursts of energy and spontaneity in those performances are what inspired\u003cstrong\u003e The Road Back Home,\u003c\/strong\u003e which will soon to be on offer to a global audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Searching for Lambs\u003cbr\u003e2 Mary \u0026amp; The Soldier\u003cbr\u003e3 On a Bright May Morning\u003cbr\u003e4 As I Roved Out\u003cbr\u003e5 Custom Gap\u003cbr\u003e6 Bonny Portmore\u003cbr\u003e7 Greystones\u003cbr\u003e8 The Star of the County Down\u003cbr\u003e9 Salvation Contradiction\u003cbr\u003e10 Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór \/ Wild Mountain Thyme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zT_Xiu0Quvc?si=LpHeoFnctC1S8iPf\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Loreena McKennitt","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596877762895,"sku":"QRLP121","price":7.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/lm_3b5826ce-07ea-4bc1-9ace-9c3b74681a67.jpg?v=1787985136","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/loreena-mckennitt-the-road-back-home","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}