I got to thinking after stefanie_bean posted that poetry meme the other day. I have quite a lot of music that is based on well-known poetry, and I'm always curious to see different musicians' takes on the same idea. For example, there's Tennyson's " The Lady of Shalott ", which I posted here the other day. There are three musical versions of it that I know of, all with vastly differing approaches. First, there's Loreena McKennitt, a Canadian singer and harpist who does a very dreamy,... read more
