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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
Stan Rogers’ The Very Best of Stan Rogers
Stan Rogers passed away in 1983, but his music and songs lives on. He was a brilliant singer and inspiration to many that followed. In fact, you might say he was a legend in his own time. Born of sea-faring … Continue reading
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Curt Bouterse’s Banjer On My Knee
Hard work and honesty created folk music. The right tune could ease a hard day, bring a smile to a tired face, and liven up a quiet night at the pub. So today’s recordings suffer from enshrinement. Sanitized and held … Continue reading
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Various Artists’ The Battle of Prestonpans 1745: Music and Songs of the Campaign
The album is subtitled as “A Companion to the Prestonpans Tapestry.” If you do not know what the Prestonpans Tapestry is, briefly it’s a tapestry instigated by Gordon Prestoungrange. In about 2002, at the Prestoungrange Arts Festival he commissioned Andrew … Continue reading
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Tagged scotland, Scottish history
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Richard and Linda Thompson’s I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard and Linda Thompson are among the most revered of musical couples in rock history, at least among fans not confined to music’s bland mainstream. That reverence is largely based on two albums: their first, I Want To See The … Continue reading
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Johnny Clegg’s Human
Human is Johnny Clegg’s 20th studio album, not counting any best-of compilations. Clegg was born in England and grew up largely in South Africa. He caused a big stir in the ’70s and ’80s by fronting Juluka, a mixed-race band … Continue reading
Warren Zevon’s Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
Warren Zevon’s songs, like the man himself, alternated between sincere and heavily ironic, sometimes within the same song. Heck, within the same verse. My response to this 2007 New West release does the same thing. Ironic summary: Four years after … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll
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Asleep at the Wheel and Leon Rausch’s It’s A Good Day
Leon Rausch was lead singer with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in that band’s later years, starting in 1958. He was again enlisted as lead vocalist when Wills’s widow reformed the band as Bob Wills’ Original Texas Playboys in … Continue reading
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Dalla’s Cribbar
Dalla are a 4 piece dance band specialising in Cornish ‘Celtic’ dance music. They are based in Redruth, Cornwall. If you are dancer who enjoys the odd schottishe, furry, kabm pymp, etc, you’ll know what you are doing more than … Continue reading
My Cousin, The Emperor’s The Subway EPs
As I write this, the Brooklyn-based band My Cousin, The Emperor is playing at the South By Southwest music industry showcase in Austin, Texas. Although a lot of people I know are there, and some may even be in the … Continue reading
Lorne MacDougall’s Hello World
Scotland, like Ireland, is proud of its heritage and traditional music, and quite rightly so. It takes its music and musicians seriously and pays them homage. Lorne MacDougall is a piper, and not just any piper — he is brilliant! … Continue reading
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