Thanks, Dave, just got back from the concert, truly amazing! It eclipsed her concert I saw back in '95.....
The hall in Boston was the Wang Center, also a fine place visually and pretty much aurally.
The one bad part was a gent who yelled something out. Once was OK, but Loreena made the mistake of answering him. Then, after the intermission, he yelled out about 4 or 5 things. Nice way to make a horse's behind of yourself....
Another person yelled out "I love you, Loreena" at one point. It was all I could do to steal the audience response from Alison Kraus & Union Station Live; somone yelled that line in her show, and then someone ELSE yelled, "I love you more...."
But still, it was beautiful. The band was so in synch, and they clearly had a fun time, lots of smiles back and forth (though the drummer looked like he needed to go back to the Megadeath tour after Loreena's
). Brian Hughes, Hugh Marsh, and Caroline Lavelle were just amazing, feeding a ton of energy and emotion off each other.
Three encores.....
Quite the experience.
I picked up the Video/CD package (2 of them; one will come your way, Michael!). This will surely get a lot of playing time.
Dave, you bring up the visual concept, perhaps it was something Loreena or the concert reminded you of.
I bring up passion. Many of my top/favorite makers of music - the Chameleons UK, Loreena McKennitt, Heather Nova, and others - are very different in style. Yet all have this passion in their music that carries through to the listener IMO. This sets them apart from others I hear, even in the same genres, and makes their music enduring. Seeing the concert tonight brought that out in spades; the entire band had an incredible passion.
OK, enough rambling.....
Good night