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- What’s New for the 25th of October: Some Autumnal Matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for 11th of October: Music reviews picked by Gary for you to consider, ‘Hotel California’ live by the Eagles for you to listen to, and a biography of the Eagles for you to read. So isn’t that enough for one edition here? I think so.
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Getting Ready for All Hallows Eve
- What’s New for the 27th of September: A tribute to Cape Breton music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 14th of September: books and music to see summer out
- What’s New for the 10th of September: It’s Definitely Late Summer!
- What’s New for the 30th of August: Dolly Pardon
- 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
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- 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
Category Archives: Music
John Fahey’s How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life
Chris Woods penned this review. I first heard John Fahey’s music way back in the ’60’s. His early music albums were not generally available here in the UK then, I think there was just one which came out on Vanguard, … Continue reading
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Baba Zula’s XX
My favorite musical discovery of 2017 was Turkish psychedelia. Who knew this was even a thing? Well, obviously lots of people, but maybe not so many in the U.S.A. I first tumbled onto it with the reissue of many of … Continue reading
Jord’s Vaylan Virrassa
Judith Gennett penned this review. Vaylan Virassa means “in the flow of the river.” The river here is the Torne, at the border between Finland and Sweden, the zipper in the jeans of Scandinavia that extends north from the top … Continue reading
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Beethoven’s Last Night
It’s the spring of 1827, and in Vienna, Ludvig von Beethoven has just completed his Tenth Symphony, which is to stand forever as his masterpiece, his last and greatest work. As he revels in the triumph of such an accomplishment, … Continue reading
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Boiled in Lead’s Alloy2
Sol Foster penned this review. While Boiled in Lead’s fifteenth anniversary collection, Alloy, is equally accessible to the new listener and essential to the old, the companion Alloy2 is a 2 CD set that is aimed squarely at the diehard … Continue reading
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An Interview with Charles de Lint
Chuck Lipsig was the interviewer. I originally interviewed Charles de Lint in 1997 for a now-defunct on- line magazine called Sphere. Charles has had the interview on his Web site, in an altered form, since 1997. Two years later, there … Continue reading
Darol Anger and the American Fiddle Ensemble’s Republic of Strings
American fiddler Darol Anger is just about guaranteed to stretch the boundaries of whatever style of music he takes on, and this project is no exception. He’s gathered a cross-generation and cross-genre bunch of acoustic players to explore many varieties … Continue reading
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Eric Brace’s Cartes Postales
I’ve been reviewing the music of Eric Brace for perhaps 15 years now, and I didn’t think he could surprise me much. I’ve enjoyed him solo and in various permutations – with his band Last Train Home, with Peter Cooper … Continue reading
The Irish Rambling House
Mattie Lennon wrote this review of The Irish Rambling House back seventeen years ago. Their website is thisaway. The Rick is thatched the fields are bare Long nights are here again. The year was fine, but now ’tis time To … Continue reading
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