Oona McOuat

Like Loreena McKennitt eating chocolate cream pie… Soothing, grooving eco-celt, organic and emotive, pure and wise. African overtones enfold a golden voice and the Celtic harp rises to a new dimension A Brief Bio... Once upon a time she was a war correspondent, a wild dolphin swimmer, an organic farmhand, a clown... Now, rooted in the earthy and the ethereal, an alchemist of song, Oona’s evocative Celtic harp and piano entwine with her pure voice to evoke a primal beauty. Sweet and sou...

Like Loreena McKennitt eating chocolate cream pie… Soothing, grooving eco-celt, organic and emotive, pure and wise. African overtones enfold a golden voice and the Celtic harp rises to a new dimension A Brief Bio... Once upon a time she was a war correspondent, a wild dolphin swimmer, an organic farmhand, a clown... Now, rooted in the earthy and the ethereal, an alchemist of song, Oona’s evocative Celtic harp and piano entwine with her pure voice to evoke a primal beauty. Sweet and soulful, Oona McOuat’s (pronounced oo-na mick-you-it) new album Honey and Holy Water flows with urgency and wonder. The honey bees are disappearing. The oceans are in peril. It’s been 40 years since Woodstock (the only cover tune on the disc). Will we make it "back to the garden" before the jig is up? From the fun and funky re-creation of the trad tune Drowsy Maggie to The Wild Ones’ heartfelt plea for preservation, through the broken-open love song, Where the Emptiness is Full, this album navigates mystery and loss with purity and grace while encouraging us to cherish what might yet be saved. Oona’s music is a river connecting song to sustainability, heartache to hope, passion to possibility, inspiring us to not only love the world, but believe we can transform it. ”Mysterious and reverent” “A near angelic voice” - Michael Henningsen, Albuquerque Weekly Alibi “Music to lift your soul”- Volcano Gazette “Sublime. If this can't make you be glad to be alive, well... listen to it again. Michael McKinley, Harp Bell Media “Oona McOuat, harp player, is a genuine songbird/diva. When she sings one is moved to close their eyes and contemplate beauty.” - Richard Diamond, The Kauai Oversoul “Oona McOuat is an unsung female lark whose music/moods/song transport the listener to the heights and depths of their submerged feelings… Her melodies and messages burn brightness into the brain…with honey and holy water and McOuat Magic.” -Jacqueline Landeen …”Not believing my ears or trusting my eyes welling with tears of pure delight and enjoyment at a true treasure discovered … more water than music, more valuable than Spanish doubloons." - Charles Collins Performance Highlights: Halifax International Buskers Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fish Aid Festival, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Islands Festival, Duncan, BC. Volcano Art Center, Volcano National Park, Hawaii, Elora Festival, Elora, Ontario, Loch Lomond Festival, Scotland, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, Portpatrick Festival, Portpatrick, Scotland, Kispiox Festival, New Hazelton, BC, Pacific Rim Summer Festival, Tofino, BC, Alex Goolden Hall, Victoria, BC with Ferron, Tony Childs & Jami Sieber, The Filberg Festival, Comox, BC, Diversity Festival, Texada Island, BC