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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
Chieftains’ Tears of Stone
Tears of Stone from 1999 is, apart from just one track, quite brilliant. It starts with Brenda Fricker narrating with Anuna on “Never Give All the Heart”. It’s a superb starting track that sets the mood. This is followed by … Continue reading
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Chieftains’ From the beginning: The Chieftains 1 to 4
Brendan Foreman wrote this review. The Chieftains were one of the first modern Celtic music bands. Although completely traditional in material and instrumentation (even to point of eschewing any guitar or piano), they were one of the first bands to … Continue reading
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Chieftains at the Scene Pavilion
Wendy Donahue wrote this lovely review. Ah, summer…that wonderful time of year during which music enthusiasts rejoice at the proliferation of outdoor concerts, multiplying the options for taking in a good show many times over. I was fortunate enough to … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Chieftains, Irish music
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The Chieftains’ An Irish Evening & The Long Black Veil
Maria Nutick wrote this review. I expect that die-hard Chieftains fans are already in possession of these DVDs; on the off chance that anyone has missed these two releases, they make a wonderful addition to any Chieftains collection. An Irish … Continue reading
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Lynne Heraud and Pat Turner’s Tickled Pink
This is Lynne and Pat Turner’s fourth album. On it they demonstrate that they are two ladies who are game for a laugh and have lost none of their panache for confronting, head-on, the experiences that life can bring and … Continue reading
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A Broken Consort’s Crow Autumn
It’s hard for me to resist a band with name like “A Broken Consort”, but it didn’t give me a clear idea of what to expect. I approached this album, Crow Autumn, with no expectations. The packaging is an attractive … Continue reading
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Chris Ricketts and Mark Willshire’s Simple Folk
This is the first album released by Chris Ricketts and Mark Willshire from Portsmouth. Chris plays acoustic guitar and handles most of the vocals and Mark plays bass guitar. There are 14 tracks on the album and out of that … Continue reading
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Matt Muir’s Robert Burns: The Day Returns: Narrations of Robert Burns
Kevin McGowin provided this review. Growing up in a family intensely aware and proud of its Scottish heritage, Robert Burns (after Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses) was the first poet I ever read — and probably the first poet … Continue reading
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Various Artists: The Complete Songs of Robert Burns in Twelve Volumes
This is one of the most ambitious recording projects I have encountered within the folk music world, covering all of Robert Burns’ 368 songs. It took about six years and twelve volumes to complete, with a great number of well … Continue reading
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Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys’ Grand Isle
Grand Isle, the 11th album by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, continues to push southern Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole music in new directions while remaining solidly rooted in tradition. This gritty album was born on the heels of yet … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Cajun music
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