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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
David Bromberg Quartet’s Live, New York City 1982
I remember David Bromberg from years ago. He wrote a song with George Harrison, he played guitar for Bob Dylan, the Eagles, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson and the Grateful Dead. In memory he was one of those flash acoustic guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music
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Norah Rendell & Brian Miller’s Wait There Pretty One
Put together these two experienced and talented musicians from the folk world, and you get, as you would expect, something above average in terms of performance and taste. Norah Rendell, originally from Vancouver, Canada, toured extensively as the dark princess … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music
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Isambarde’s Living History
This is the third release from Isambarde – or ‘the Bardys’, as they have affectionately come to be known. When the album came up for review I jumped at the chance, for I was fortunate enough to get my grubby … Continue reading
John Mayall’s The Masters and Live at the Marquee 1969
Let’s get this straight right off the top. John Mayall has long been a problematic artist for me. Like Long John Baldry, or Ronnie Hawkins, or Alexis Korner, he’s a cornerstone of modern music, and a genius at recognizing talent. … Continue reading
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Tagged blues music
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Maria Muldaur’s Yes We Can
When Maria Muldaur was thinking about creating her 35th album (wow! Is it that long since “Midnight At the Oasis”?) she wondered, “What is there left to sing about?” She’s been recording collections of Dylan tunes and “naughty blues,” and … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music, folk-rock, rock and roll
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Janis Ian’s Society’s Child: My Autobiography, and Best of Janis Ian: The Autobiography Collection
Normally here at the Green Man building we keep books and CDs separate. Oh sure, in every editor’s office the shelves are filled with both, and down in the jungle where the writers dwell the floors are littered with CDs … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music, music, Singer-Songwriter
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Darren Black’s Thinkers & Fools
Mike Wilson submitted this review. Thinkers & Fools is the second album from burgeoning British songwriting talent Darren Black. With a style that boasts firmly established folk roots, Black chooses his collaborators carefully to bolster this inclination. Joining Black here … Continue reading
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere’s Nudge It Up a Notch, and Eddie Floyd’s Eddie Loves You So
Stax Records re-introduced itself to the world with a series of brilliant retrospective CDs celebrating their long history. We’ve seen a two-disc history of their biggest hits, Stax artists doing Motown and the Beatles, and now Stax has brought out … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll
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Various artists’ Soulsville Sings Hitsville, and Stax Does the Beatles
Stax Records was Motown’s southern competition in the soul music race back in the ’60s and ’70s. Both companies had similar approaches to recording, featured singers backed by a house band, and sweetened with production values that proved to be … Continue reading
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Tagged rhythm 'n' blues, rock and roll, soul music
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Captain Bogg & Salty’s Bedtime Stories For Pirates, Pegleg Tango, and Prelude To Mutiny
There are certain adventurers, bold and ruthless men who face the most dangerous foes – bored schoolchildren – and manage to bait them into laughing hysterically. They venture into the sacred precincts of libraries and deliberately make noise. They fearlessly … Continue reading
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Tagged pirates, rock and roll
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