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The
music on the Loughcrew Equinox Video is the track Procession by Jillian LaDage from her album
The Ancestry.
In the album Jillian steps through the temples of memory on a journey that leads from the medieval sands of Turkey
and the Byzantine Empire to the moors and legends of the ancient Celts.
The nine self-produced tracks range from the intricately woven instrumental Manzikert into the hauntingly
melodic, traditional folklore inspired strains of Bonny Was The Lady to the balladry of
Endless Knot and the evocative rhythms of Midsummer's Night.
The eclectic Celtic singer/composer's rich musical tapestry of harp, piano,
bodhran, tabla, hurdy gurdy, guitar, clarinet, viola, violin, cello, uillean
pipes and more, embraces the quest of the medieval mystic, unifying the ancient and modern world.
"I came across a reference
to the Celts in Asia Minor early in the eleventh century as the Mediterranean world and the world
around them came to a crossroads and began to follow the migration of the many Celtic tribes as
the Byzantine Empire declined and the Normans invaded the British Isles," Jillian explains.
"The memories that had passed into the resting places of myth and legend,
and forgotten happenings were events that drew me to the stepping stone of
remembrance and lineage. In turn this became the foundation of the music, and as
I experienced it, the common thread that held the Celts together through the
opening of this great cultural Pandora's Box."
Jillian was born in rural Illinois in the USA to a dairy farmer and stay-at-home mom in 1980.
She grew up around the prairies her Scots/Irish ancestors settled when they immigrated to America nearly two centuries ago.
Pouring over books of fiction and non-fiction alike, she became enthralled with the world and music
of the Celts.
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