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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
Ruthie Dornfeld’s Duets Abroad & Nils Olof Söderbäck and Peter Michaelsen’s Kvarnresan, Journey to the Mill
These CDs taught me to listen before passing judgment. My initial impression of them when I got them for review was honestly less than enthusiastic. Both are acoustic, traditional, self-published, and packaged in very unassuming cardboard cases. On my first … Continue reading
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Colcannon: The Pooka and the Fiddler / Happy as Larry: Two Stories by Colcannon
Ahhh, there you are. I saw you sitting over in Falstaff’s Chair by the cheerfully cracklin’ fire on this cold, windy, and even rainy night. I see you’re enjoying your novel. . . . Me? I’m reading de Lint’s Moonheart … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Irish folk music
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Duhks’ Duhks
Lenora Rose wrote this review. Leonard Podolak first really broke out into the Winnipeg music scene as a key member of Scrüj MacDuhk, a Celtic band with a rock tinge. After Scrüj MacDuhk broke up, he helped to form a … Continue reading
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Skyedance’s Labyrinth
All of the members in Skyedance are consummate musicians, who have honed their craft to excellence. It is pure pleasure to hear these six phenomenal performers work together with such precision and craftsmanship. Alasdair Fraser brings crisp, accented fiddle lines, … Continue reading
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Hubert Laws’ In The Beginning
Hubert Laws’ In The Beginning is one of my favorite albums of all time, and has been since I first bought the double-LP set in 1976. I feel honored and a little intimidated to have the privilege of reviewing the … Continue reading
Charles de Lint’s Old Blue Truck
I’m not sure what I expected Charles de Lint to sound like as a singer. Whatever it was I expected, it wasn’t what I got. We’re calling Old Blue Truck folk/trad-singer/songwriter music, and I suppose that’s as good a description … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, singer-songwriters
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Caci Vorba’s Szczera Mowa
This abundantly listenable CD of traditional Eastern European music came to us as a promotional copy in a paperboard sleeve with no liner notes. Fortunately, I was able to find information on the ‘net. I also got some much-appreciated help … Continue reading
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Celtic Fiddle Festival’s Play On
Alistair Brown wrote this review. Play On is the fourth release from a group of musicians who had no real intention of continuing as such beyond a one-off concert series in 1993. The enthusiasm, both on and off stage, generated … Continue reading
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Don Sebesky’s Giant Box
Don Sebesky, after starting his career as a trombonist in the 1950s, was one of the best-known jazz arrangers and conductors in 1960s and 1970s. His 1973 double album on CTI Giant Box reached No. 4 on the jazz charts, … Continue reading
Eileen Ivers’ Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul
Mike Stiles wrote this review. Here’s a recording from one of the greatest pioneers of the World Sound today. If this recording doesn’t immigrate its way into your soul, you’re most likely a candidate for relocation under the turf. Eileen … Continue reading
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