In creating this complex tapestry of sound, Lothlorien’s main influences include Donovan, The Incredible String Band, Andreas Vollenweider, Dead Can Dance and Peter Gabriel. A few others also deserve a mention: The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, traditional musics of Greece, Ireland, Bolivia and Hungary, Steeleye Span, and Pentangle.
Sounds Like
Lindisfarne, Horselips, Clannad, Kila, Shooglenifty, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Kangaroo Moon, Jethor Tull, Dead Can Dance, and Lunasa. Put it all in a bag with trad music from around the globe, and you start getting warm.
Lothlorien’s music is almost a genre on its own, playing both instrumental and song. Fresh with depth and expressed in a multitude of instruments capturing the journey of mood and emotion, they have been enthralling ears and eyes at festivals and events for nearly a decade.
The Lothlorien sound is unique, unlike any folk music you might have come across. Drawing on the increasingly multicultural nature of Australia, the members of the band are also unique in character, energy and presentation. They will often dress in costume, taking their listener on a bard’s journey guided by spoken word accompanyed by Celtic harp as introduction to compositions.
Lothlorien survive on festival performances and sell their CDs independently. They are proud to have sold the most CDs out of 350 acts on their first appearance at Woodford, Australia’s biggest folk festival. They have been repeatedly invited back, always selling within the top 10. To back up the band’s environmental message, they are proud to donate a percentage of CD sales (so far donating over $6000) to either the Australian Bush Heritage Fund www.bushheritage.org or towards the planting of trees on festival sites visited by Lothlorien.
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Thank you very much for the ADD! Your music and fusion of sounds is profoundly soothing, thought-provoking and invigorating...all at once! I am in the process of ordering more of your music off of your official website, and have highly recommended several friends to your amazing work! In a world that is increasingly darkened by bitterness and ill-will, your music breaths a sense of renewed compassion and sharing that casts hopeful rays of light and spiritual awaking in its place. Keep up the incredible work!
Thankyou for your amazing music and wonderful nature.. Im a huge fan of your music and such amazing people to have with us here on Plannet Earth..
Thankyou.. Jeremiah
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Greetings, look forward to seeing u play again - your gig in Byron last year was great! hope u come back to play there again soon. xxx blessings xxx nikki faery
Hey guys, Love your music. Would be fantastic to see you come down and play in tassie, perhaps one of the festivals or something. Hope you're having a beautiful day!
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