Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Canadian musician, Loreena McKennitt, has made 8 albums, has sold 10 million records, and she does this from her home in Stratford, Ontario, all while self producing, self managing and running her own record label. Loreena discusses how she gets her ideas, her interest in Celtic music and history, which continue to be a driving force behind and underneath most of her creative work. She talks about her struggle having felt as though she exhausted the traditional material that had strength, and at that point, she was compelled to test out her own creative impulses. Watch, as Loreena sings a Celtic tune for us, and goes into detail about her thoughts on ideas, creativity and memory, and human nature and psychology.
Canadian musician, Loreena McKennitt, has made 8 albums, has sold 10 million records, and she does this from her home in Stratford, Ontario, all while self producing, self managing and running her own record label. Loreena discusses how she gets her ideas, her interest in Celtic music and history, which continue to be a driving force behind and underneath most of her creative work. She talks about her struggle having felt as though she exhausted the traditional material that had strength, and at that point, she was compelled to test out her own creative impulses. Watch, as Loreena sings a Celtic tune for us, and goes into detail about her thoughts on ideas, creativity and memory, and human nature and psychology.
