Category Archives: Books

Gearóid Ó h Allmhuráin’s Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music

Chuck Lipsig wrote this review. Here’s a neat little book. Gearóid Ó h Allmhuráin manages to compress a history of Irish music into just over 150 pages and does it clearly and cleanly. I have an aficionado’s knowledge, not a … Continue reading

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P.J. Curtis’s Notes From the Heart: A Celebration of Irish Music

Chuck Lipsig wrote this review. P.J. Curtis is a noted record producer and radio presenter of Irish traditional music. Notes From the Heart: A Celebration of Irish Music is his attempt at creating a summary of the history of Irish music, … Continue reading

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Breanda’n Breathnach’s Folk Music and Dances of Ireland

Laurie Thayer wrote this review. The author of this book is, according to the cover blurb, “one of the foremost authorities on the traditional music of Ireland,” and he certainly lives up to that reputation. In the first few pages … Continue reading

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Fintan Vallely’s Companion to Irish Traditional Music

Here at Green Man Review, we have a special affinity for all things Celtic, which is why nearly 80 percent of our readers visit our award-winning Celtic music reviews. But even we cover just a fraction of all the music … Continue reading

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Donald Reid, Rob Humphreys, et al’s The Rough Guide to Scotland

Rebecca Swain wrote this review. Yes, The Rough Guide to Scotland is great; buy it if you’re planning to go to Scotland. It has maps, information about each part of the country, phone numbers, history, everything you could possibly want … Continue reading

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Kenny Mathiesen’s Celtic Music: Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion, and June Skinner Sawyers’s Celtic Music: A Complete Guide

I was going to wait ’til Green Man had received its review copy of the forthcoming Rough Guide to Irish Music. But I decided that comparing these two books, which cover all Celtic music, and that book, which will cover … Continue reading

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Taylor Moore’s Firestorm

Taylor Moore’s Firestorm is the latest in his series to feature Garrett Kohl. Being the second in the ongoing run, it makes little attempt to prove the lead’s credentials and capabillities. Instead the story quickly gets to the setting and … Continue reading

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Ernst Jünger’s On Marble Cliffs

Ernst Jünger’s On Marble Cliffs is a fascinating little book. It is a fantasy, detailing an ancient society and a man named Otho living through peculiar experiences and changes that occur. A number of parallels exist to real world authoritarian … Continue reading

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Christian Sahlen & Johan Nohr’s Cy_Borg

Christian Sahlen & Johan Nohr’s Cy_Borg is sold as a reskin of the previous Mörk Borg. Well this is technically true karma and aesthetically true to the extent they both very much bring to mind a rough you occasionally disturbing … Continue reading

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Christopher Golden’s All Hallows

Christopher Golden’s All Hallows is a new novel from a best-selling author known for his work in the strange and horror genres. It unsurprisingly focuses on Halloween, and about strange happenings as well as disturbing mundane actions which occur on … Continue reading

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