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- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
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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
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- 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
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- 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
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- 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
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
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
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