Author Archives: Reynard

About Reynard

I'm the Pub Manager for the Green Man Pub which is located at the KInrowan Estate. I'm married to Ingrid, our Steward who's also the Estate Buyer. If I'm off duty and in a mood for a drink, it'll be a single malt, either Irish or Scottish, no water or ice, or possibly an Estate ale or cider. I'm a concertina player, and unlike my wife who has a fine singing voice, I do not have anything of a singing voice anyone want to hear!

A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness

Posted on 9th August 2026 by Reynard

E Nearly Midsummer, and life around the Green Man offices has started getting a little weird. Oh, all right, a little weirder. Zina Lee here, reporting in from Kinrowan Hall on a beautiful warm July day. I’ve been noticing that the young plants in the gardens and … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances

Posted on 2nd August 2026 by Reynard

Ahh, you noticed the poster for tonight’s event — let me pour you a Banish Misfortune stout while I tell you about it … We’ve got a new contradance band here on the Estate. Drink Down The Moon is the … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme

Posted on 26th July 2026 by Reynard

The power of a name, that’s old magic. The Doctor in The Shakespeare Code So we’ve got on this warm summer’s day, a bevy on fictional books and films on witches and witchcraft. Some like The Witches of Eastwick film will likely … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops

Posted on 28th June 2026 by Reynard

It was three in the morning, the time most babies are born and more people die than at any other hour. The Pub was empty but for me and The Old Man writing in his journal as His Ravens looked … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live

Posted on 7th June 2026 by Reynard

When I was young and in my prime (in my prime) I left my home in Caroline Now all I do is sit and pine, for all those folks I left behind I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, and … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives

Posted on 16th March 2026 by Reynard

Maybe there’s something you can learn from being a cat instead of a little girl. — Charles de Lint’s The Cats of Tanglewood Forest Iain here. So winter ends in just six days; sure, tell that to the weather outside. It’s been warm with temperatures … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music

Posted on 1st March 2026 by Reynard

I’m worried about you I’m worried about me The curves around midnight Aren’t easy to see Flashing red warnings Unseen in the rain This thing has turned into A runaway train Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’ There’s always music playing here … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more

Posted on 1st February 2026 by Reynard

I don’t think humanity just replays history, but we are the same people our ancestors were, and our descendants are going to face a lot of the same situations we do. It’s instructive to imagine how they would react, with different … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar

Posted on 18th January 2026 by Reynard

But that is the nature of grammar—it is always tense, like an instrument, aching for release, longing to transform present into past into future, is into was into will. — Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots I’ve been listening to the … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 4th of January: Favorite books and music of 2025

Posted on 4th January 2026 by Reynard

To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven Pete Seeger’s “Turn! Turn! Turn!” We’ve given over this edition to Gary, our music editor extraordinaire, who’s telling us about the … Continue reading →

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