《All Souls Night》---灵魂漂浮之夜
歌手：mckennitt loreena 专辑：the visit
Music and Lyrics by Loreena McKennitt
Bonfires dot the rolling hillsides
Figures dance around and around
To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness
Moving to the pagan sound.
Somewhere in a hidden memory
Images float before my eyes
Of fragrant nights of straw and of bonfires
And dancing till the next sunrise.
CHORUS
Mckennitt Loreena
I can see lights in the distance
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
A waltz on ALL SOULS NIGHT.
Figures of cornstalks bend in the shadows
Held up tall as the flames leap high
The green knight holds the holly bush
To mark where the old year passes by.
CHORUS
Bonfires dot the rolling hillsides
Figures dance around and around
To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness
Moving to the pagan sound.
The river that goes out to the sea
The wind is full of a thousand voices
They pass by the bridge and me.
CHORUS
This piece was inspired by the imagery of a Japanese
tradition which celebrate the souls of the
departed by sending candle-lit lanterns out on
waterways leading to the ocean, sometimes in
little boats; along with imagery of the Celtic
All Souls Night celebrations, at which time huge
bonfires were lit not only to mark the new year,
but to warm the souls of the departed. - L.M.
L.M.: Vocals, Keyboard, Accordion
BRIAN HUGHES: Balalaika, Guitar
AL CROSS: Drums
GEORGE KOLLER: Bass, Cello, Mad Fiddle, Tamboura
一位Loreena McKennitt爱好者说：Loreena McKennitt是接触到的加拿大歌手之一，无法忘记她那种柔弱但是充满无限生机的声音，令我最终收集全了她所有的专辑。就快45岁的Loreena , 出生于加拿大缅省草原地区的一个小城镇（Modern），是加拿大著名的爱尔兰竖琴演奏家、键盘手，以及歌手。Loreena 青年时代的梦想是成为一名兽医，并且最终进入Winnipeg 的一所大学就读相关课程。但是在80年，当Loreena 第一次接触到爱尔兰音乐时，她毅然放弃了学业, 并且在81年搬到了安大略省的Stratford，加入了那里的莎士比亚艺术节的演出，从此开始了在乐坛20余年的音乐生涯。
Loreena McKennitt是一位优秀的文学主义作者和演唱者，常年游历海外，经历了旅游航海中失去亲人的痛楚，开始改变自己的音乐风格，更加重了凯尔特元素和民族音乐的质朴，把自己的文学内涵融入音乐中，体现出来的音乐优雅而丰富内涵，让人难以忘怀，曾有人这样形容她的词曲与演唱风格——"象一首中世纪的长诗"。
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