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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pudding
- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
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- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
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- What’s New for the 13th of October: Elizabeth Bear tends a pot of turkey stock, Groot and Rocket Raccoon, A Video and Fiction set in India, Tasty music reviews, and music from Irish trad band Clannad
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Autumn is Here (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
- What’s New for the 15th of September: Autumn on the Estate is here
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Pudding Contest
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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 18th of August:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Breakfast, Korean Style
- What’s New for the 4th of August: A raft of Cuban music reviews; Trader Joe’s chocolate peanut butter cookies; Looking at J.R.R. Tolkien; And a Cuban band documentary
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Kedgeree
- What’s New for July 21st: All music — books on The Pogues, Sandy Denny, Lowell George, Zappa, and more; Cajun mardi gras on film; and Cajun, zydeco, and klemer related music
- A Kinrowan Estate Stoty: A Guest Lecturer
- What’s New for the 7th of July: A Passel of Roger Zelazny Reviews, A Write-up of an Irish Pub, Two Pieces of Live Music by Rosanne Cash, Where Irish Coffee Originated, Irish (and a Little Welsh) Music of a Modern Sort
- A Travels Abroad story: Truly Shitty Celtic Metal
- What’s New for the 23rd of June: A special edition for the Solstice, Wales in literature and music, and yes, in film.
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Category Archives: Music
Möller, Willemark, and Gudmundson’s Frifot; Frifot’s Frifot, Jårven, and SummerSong; Garmarna’s Garmarna, Guds Spelemån, Vengeance, and Vittrad
Methinks that no one can keep up with all the great Nordic music that’s being released. Reynard, a band mate of mine, noted that A Fine Kettle of Fish, his favourite source of Nordic music, has tripled the space they … Continue reading
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Garmarna’s Hildegard von Bingen
The sticker says “12th century chants, 21st century sounds.” But don’t let that strike fear into your soul. This is no mamby pamby attempt to cash in on the unexpected appeal of Gregorian chants with New Age backgrounds. Nor is … Continue reading
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Tagged classical music, Nordic music
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Anders Norudde’s Kan Själv!, Anders Norudde, Leo Svensson, and Goran ‘Freddy’ Fredericksson’s Med Hull Och Hår, and Lennart Gybrant and Anders Norudde’s Böndernas Underverk
Various members of the Green Man staff have reviewed CDs from the Swedish band Hedningarna (the Heathens) over the years. Anders Norudde, once known as Anders Stake, was a founding member of this band and is still a mainstay in … Continue reading
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Morild’s Dromte Mig En Drom, BNB’s Ein Song Fra Dei Utsungne Stunder, and Poul Lendal’s Ønskebarn
Jasmine Johnston contributed this review. Life is about interruption. It’s about a lot of other things too, but at the tender age of twenty-six, I find myself moving from staid Victoria, BC, to sight unseen Dalian, China — an interruption … Continue reading
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Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O’s Tree Jazz: The Shape of Christmas to Come
The “mischievous Midwestern boy from Knoxville, Illinois” really shines through on Tree Jazz: The Shape of Christmas to Come, drummer Matt Wilson’s second recorded outing with his winter holiday trio Christmas Tree-O. I mean, who else would mash up the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music, Winter Holiday music
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Ashley Hutchings’ Street Cries
The full title of this CD as it appears on the front of the booklet is, (pause for deep breath)… Street Cries: A collection of dark traditional songs re-set in the present day by Ashley Hutchings, sung by Coope, Boyes … Continue reading
Christine Lavin and the Mistletones’ The Runaway Christmas Tree
Kim Bates wrote this review. This is a refreshing change from those horrid holiday songs that blare out at folks in every public place here in North America, and a great choice for a family holiday soundtrack. The music is … Continue reading
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Jenny Scheinman’s All Species Parade
The last time I caught up with composer and violinist extraordinaire Jenny Scheinman she’d just released her 2017 album Here On Earth. Whereas that stellar release was best described as jazz flavored Americana, Scheinman’s latest All Species Parade is the … Continue reading
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BaBa ZuLa’s İstanbul Sokakları and Buzz’ Ayaz’s Buzz’ Ayaz
Here are a couple of ear-bending releases from the Eastern Mediterranean: one from Turkish psych veterans BaBa ZuLa, the other from Cypriot newcomers Buzz’ Ayaz. Both are from the Hamburg-based global music label Glitterbeat. If you’re open to a dose … Continue reading
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Tagged turkish psychedelia, world music
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The Unthanks’ In Winter
It’s hard to believe The Unthanks haven’t released a winter holidays album until now, but it was worth the wait. It’s apparently been on their to-do list for at least 15 years, which would explain the amazing track list on … Continue reading
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Tagged English folk music, Winter Holiday music
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