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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
Richard Thompson’s Acoustic Classics
Richard Thompson’s style and competence as a solo performance have evolved a lot in just the past 20 years, and even more since he broke up with his former wife and singing partner Linda Thompson and set out on his … Continue reading
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Tagged English folk rock, folk-rock, Richard Thompson
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Locust Honey String Band’s Never Let Me Cross Your Mind
What?! Another youthful string band? Yes, and to my ears this one rises above most of its peers. Here’s the short version: Fourteen songs in the old-time Appalachian tradition, sung in two- and three-part harmony by young women who also … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music
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Ataloft’s Ataloft
After about 20 years fronting the alt-country band Frog Holler, singer and songwriter Darren Schlappich has gone off on a side project to record some songs that don’t quite fit that band’s mold. The new band is called Ataloft, after … Continue reading
Cannonball Adderley’s The Black Messiah
Three and forty years after it was recorded, this amazing set of live jazz by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet is seeing its first release on CD. It’s a revealing snapshot of where jazz and especially Adderley were in those heady … Continue reading
Bumper Jacksons’ Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In
Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy, Come In is jazz of a populist kind, blending all sorts of Americana influences into a sweet, funky stew. The Bumper Jacksons at their core are two vibrant, multi-talented musicians from different backgrounds. Jess Eliot Myhre … Continue reading
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Angel Olsen’s Burn Your Fire For No Witness
“I feel so lonesome I could cry,” Angel Olsen sings in the first line of “Hi-Five,” the first single off her new album Burn Your Fire For No Witness. It is an apparent reference to Hank Williams, although she warbles … Continue reading
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Tagged Alt-Americana music
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Johnny Cash’s Out Among The Stars
In spite of being a fan since the 1960s, I only saw Johnny Cash one time, and it was during what many consider his lost decade, the 1980s. It was the first time I’d had a press pass to a … Continue reading
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West’s I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands
Acoustic Americana just doesn’t get much better than Cahalen Morrison & Eli West’s I’ll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands. This is the second release by this duo who have quickly become very popular on the theater and festival … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music
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June Tabor, Iain Ballamy & Huw Warren’s Quercus
In a world filled with young divas and wannabes whose role models are the imitators of Whitney Houston’s double-barreled melisma and the manufactured pop and hip-hop princesses who can’t sing without auto-tune, it’s good to know that there are still … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, English folk music, Jazz music, June Tabor
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Liz Carroll’s On the Off Beat
I’m certain that if you’re reading this review you don’t need to be told all about Liz Carroll, but she’s so amazing I aim to tell you, anyway. She has been receiving awards and honors for her Irish-style fiddling since … Continue reading