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!

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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What’s New for 7 of December: books by Alan Garner, and holiday music new and old, Celtic, Americana, jazz and more

Posted on 7th December 2025 by Reynard

She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting. — Alan Garner’s The Owl Service We’ve got our first snow here at the Kinrowan Estate — not that much but … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 9th of November: rhymers and ravens, folk songs and folk tales, jazz guitar and dark forests and constellations put to music, Hungarian tunes and knights and rakes and tinkers and fools, and more

Posted on 9th November 2025 by Reynard

The fiddle playing that tune had a mute on its bridge, substantially reducing the volume of the music, but it was still loud enough for the woman to lift her head and smile when she heard it. She knew that … Continue reading →

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Whats New for the 26th of October: some Patricia McKillip books and an interview, ’70s jazz reissues, Nordic Americana and American Americana, and some Samhain seasonal albums

Posted on 26th October 2025 by Reynard

She was tall for her age, and lean, a great tree-climber and a magnificent storyteller — Patricia McKillip’s Winter Rose Here in this quite remote Scottish Estate where the nearest town’s a good thirty-five miles away, the group of less than … Continue reading →

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What’s New for the 14th of September: Books, film and music with a piratical theme; plus Corsican polyphony, Balkan sevdah, Americana music, Hardanger fiddle with reindeer, Latin jazz and piano trios

Posted on 14th September 2025 by Reynard

The lie wasn’t meant to be believed. It was just social grease, intended to keep wheels turning. — Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger Ahoy, matey! Gary, music editor, here with another new edition to shiver yer timbers. With International Talk Like … Continue reading →

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A Kinrowan Estate story: Irish Coffee

Posted on 7th September 2025 by Reynard

Let me tell the tale of Irish coffee while I fix you one. It is said the very first Irish coffee was invented by Joseph Sheridan, a barkeep at an airbase located in Foynes, a small town in the West … Continue reading →

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