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Community and Christmas meet in Loreena McKennitt’s latest album

Loreena McKennitt’s new live album is a homecoming.

The Canadian songwriter and harp player usually travels to far-flung locations – Spain, Morocco, Turkey – to find inspiration for her “eclectic Celtic” music. She’s sold 14 million albums that are rooted in Irish traditions but also include influences spanning from southern Europe to the Far East. 

But in the wake of the pandemic, she yearned to create a Christmas show reminiscent of community concerts from her childhood. “Under

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