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- What’s New for the 26th of July:
- 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
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
Category Archives: Music
Phillip Golub’s Partisan Ship
“Even after all these years of free jazz and avant-garde experimentation, you still haven’t heard anything quite like this.” That’s the first sentence of the press release announcing Phillip Golub’s Partisan Ship. If I had a nickel for every one-sheet … Continue reading
Neha!’s Svetu
The world can always use more Balkan vocal groups. One of the newest is the women’s ensemble Neha!, which came together during the Covid pandemic in 2020 in Slovakia. The group was founded by Zuzana Vranka Žiaková, who in addition … Continue reading
SUSS’ Counting Sunsets
SUSS continues to play the role in my life that it has since I first heard them in the chaotic days of the first Trump presidency. Their by now patented brand of Ambient Americana soothes, calms, focuses and occasionally unsettles. … Continue reading
Bushman’s Revenge’s Ah, Les Vaches!
Ah, Les Vaches! is the 12th album by Bushman’s Revenge, a jazz fusion power trio based in Oslo. They’ve been making music since 2003 and made their first record 20 years ago. I found out about these guys in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music, Nordic music, rock and roll
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Teddy Thompson’s Never Be The Same
Well, it looks like Teddy Thompson is still sad, and that’s good news for those who love his sad songs. I should say “Teddy Thompson” is still sad, as in the persona; I can’t attest one way or the other … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk-rock
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Annick Odom’s Linen Of Words
When listening to “How Can I Keep From Singing,” the first song on Annick Odom’s Linen Of Words, you could be forgiven if you take the album as just another excellent example of traditional Appalachian folk ballads. That’s what this … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary folk music, experimental folk music, folk music
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Sweet Megg’s Massive Negroni, The Milk Carton Kids’ Lost Cause Lover Fool, Foresta’s Esclat de Maig, and Tanasi’s Tanasi
Sweet Megg grew up as Megg Farrell in New York City, came up singing folk music in the bars and coffee houses of the East Village and Brooklyn, studied jazz singing in Paris, did a stint in Cirque du Soleil, … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Celtic music, Jazz music, world music
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Jim Lauderdale And The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys’ The Birds Know
Since the early 1990s Jim Lauderdale has been a fixture in Nashville, writing songs, performing, and making records — The Birds Know is his 39th album so far. A 2025 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he’s collaborated … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Bluegrass music
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Whatever Happens Don’t Be Yourself’s Tales of No Consequence
Take a bit of Art Ensemble of Chicago, a pinch of Frank Zappa’s 1988 big touring band, and a dab of the Stanford Marching Band, give them some pop-adjacent tunes and turn them loose in the studio, and you’ll have … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music
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Elina Duni & Rob Luft’s Reaching for the Moon
I’ve been a big fan of Elina Duni since her first ECM album Matanë Malit (Beyond the Mountain) in her long-standing quartet with Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret and Norbert Pfammatter — as well as its follow-up Dallëndyshe (The Swallow). I must admit … Continue reading
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Tagged Balkan music, Jazz music, world music
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