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Loreena McKennitt: 'I Never Wanted To Be A Singer...'

In a recent interview, the mystical soul singer talks about her career, how her latest album may be her last and how her quest for knowledge has affected her explorations in music.

Loreena McKennitt: 'I Never Wanted To Be A Singer...'

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“I wouldn’t have even known what the Order of Canada was. I never wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a vet.


I studied Agriculture in the University of Manitoba, but never finished my degree as I went into music. But the decision to go into music was always at arm’s length. It was always, ‘I will continue on but on my terms.’

I never planned or knew what I was going to do, but I always knew what I didn’t want to do.”

Loreena McKennitt, Spill Magazine

 

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Catherine O'Hara attends the U.K. premiere of 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' at Cineworld Leicester Square on Aug. 29, 2024, in London.
Catherine O'Hara attends the U.K. premiere of 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' at Cineworld Leicester Square on Aug. 29, 2024, in London.
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Obituaries: Canadian Comedy Queen Catherine O'Hara, Pioneering Reggae Drummer/Producer Sly Dunbar

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Canadian jazz trombonist and composer Ian MacDougall, Toronto bassoonist Jeff Burke and American percussionist Mingo Lewis.

Catherine O’Hara, an award-winning Canadian comic actor and screenwriter known for her roles in acclaimed comedy series SCTV and Schitt's Creek plus such hit movies as Home Alone and Beetlejuice, died on Jan. 30, at age 71.

An obituary in Billboard reported that "O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles 'following a brief illness,' according to a statement from her agency, CAA."

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