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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
June Tabor’s Rosa Mundi
Eric Eller penned this review. Rosa Mundi, June Tabor’s latest album, is a collection of songs from different eras to celebrate aspects of and ideas surrounding the rose. Framing an album around a central theme or idea is a popular choice … Continue reading
June Tabor’s A Quiet Eye
A new recording by June Tabor allows me to pursue further the special relationship which, unknown to her, we have had since the late Sixties. Tabor left her home in Leamington Spa in the English Midlands, where she had begun … Continue reading
Various Artists’ Elizabeth’s Music
Brendan Foreman penned this review. The Elizabethan era (1533-1603) was one of the highpoints of English culture in music, the arts, and literature. As England was settling its many religious wars, it was also expanding its economy beyond the myopic feudal … Continue reading
Various Artists’ Shakespeare’s Music
Brendan Foreman penned this review. A few months back, I had the pleasure of reviewing the fine compilation CD, Elizabeth’s Music. Virtually a celebration of the recording accomplishments of Dorian, it provided an excellent retrospective of the first Golden Era of English … Continue reading
Wild Asparagus’ Best of Wild Asparagus
Wild Asparagus is one of the premier contradance bands in New England. But what works well at a contra dance doesn’t always translate to an excellent CD. The very things that are necessary for dancers — a steady beat and … Continue reading
Scrod Pudding’s Food For Your Feet
One of the first things I liked and found amusing about this album was the band’s name: Scrod Pudding. Well, for years I’ve been one of the Marrowbones and I’ve had to endure the endless and sometimes embarrassing jokes people … Continue reading
Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Concert Program
I really, really hate it when my arsenal of comparisons, parallels, antecedents and influences doesn’t work. It is one of my chief means, as a reviewer, of giving my audience a handle, an entrée, so to speak, into something that … Continue reading
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Tagged Contemporary Classical music
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A Loreena McKennitt Retrospective, The First Decade More or Less
JoSelle Vanderhooft penned this review. From her beginnings in the mid 1980s selling self-produced tapes from her car and by mail order, to international stardom — Loreena McKennitt has come a long way in her long career. For those just discovering … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Loreena McKennitt
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Loreena McKennitt’s Live in Paris and Toronto
Naomi de Bruyn penned this review. Loreena was born and raised in Morden, Manitoba, a small prairie community in central Canada. In 1978, she won the Du Maurier Search For Talent and represented Canada at UNESCO in Paris that year, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Loreena McKennitt
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Loreena McKennitt’s An Ancient Muse
JoSelle Vanderhooft penned this review. Normally, I can’t stand winter. It’s cold, it’s dismal, and I tend to get sick a lot. Nonetheless, winter 2006 has made me one happy woman, in spite of the general nastiness. This is largely thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Loreena McKennitt
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