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- A Kinrowan Estate story: puppeteers, and their puppets
- 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
- 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
Category Archives: Music
Kaia Kater’s Nine Pin
Kaia Kater’s follow-up to her strong 2014 debut disc Sorrow Bound fulfills that album’s promise and more. The African-Canadian banjo player, singer and songwriter has delivered a personal and social manifesto on Nine Pin. In the tradition of Carolina Chocolate … Continue reading
Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley, and Charlie Pilzer’s Hambo in the Snow
Ahhh, Nordic traditional music. There’s no better to listen to on a cold, snowy day when a good book beckons and there’s no place one has to be. Hambo in the Snow certainly has now made my list of Nordic music for a winter’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Nordic music
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Amy Farris’ Anyway
Amy Farris joins a rather elite group of female singer-songwriter fiddle players — including Alison Krauss and Farris’ Yep Roc labelmate Caitlin Cary — with her debut, Anyway. This CD does a good job of introducing the artist by showcasing the … Continue reading
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John Doe’s Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet
Since the seminal Los Angeles punk band X stopped creating new material (though it does occasional “reunion” tours) in the mid-90s, John Doe has put out a series of somewhat erratic solo albums, sometimes under his own name, sometimes as … Continue reading
Various artists’ 25 Years Of Celtic Music
No’am Newman penned this review. Quoting violinist Kevin Burke’s urbane sleeve notes: “25 years ago, to most people in the United States, the phrase ‘Irish Music’ conjured up images of a jolly red-faced lounge singer wearing a sparkly green jacket … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Green Linnet
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Anna Tivel’s Heroes Waking Up
Anna Tivel sings her songs of world-weariness and hope in a voice that sounds a lot younger than her words. The Northwest-raised Tivel currently calls Portland home, but she’s spent a lot of time on the road and with her … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music, folk-rock
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Tara Nevins’ Mule to Ride
Brendan Foreman penned this review. Rather than bask in the typical “vanity press” atmosphere of most solo outings, Tara Nevin — fiddler and lead vocalist of Donna the Buffalo (see our review of Rockin’ in A Weary World) — acts here … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Bluegrass, Tara Nevins
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Donna the Buffalo’s Rockin’ in the Weary Land
Chris Woods penned this review. Wow! What an incredible debut album from this New York based six piece band. It’s not often I play a CD by a band I have never heard of and am captivated within seconds. Plenty of … Continue reading
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Shane K. Bernard’s The Cajuns: Americanization of a People
In the United States and many other countries, for a time in the mid- to late-1980s, you couldn’t swing a polecat without hitting something that said Cajun on it. It started with Cajun cooking, particularly Chef Paul Prudhomme’s blackened redfish, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cajun history
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Tab Benoit’s These Blues Are All Mine
When I started this review, I had no idea who Tab Benoit was. None whatsoever. All I had to go on was the title of the album and the assumption that he/she/it was a blues singer. Luckily, Tab Benoit has … Continue reading
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