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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
Casey Neill at the Mission Theater, Portland, Oregon
When I was offered the chance to see Casey Neill & the Norway Rats at the beautiful Mission Theater Pub in Portland, Oregon, I jumped at the chance. Seeing anything at the Mission is a fantastic experience, and Casey Neill’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, folk-rock, rock and roll
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Richmond Fontaine’s Thirteen Cities
The Portland, Oregon, band Richmond Fontaine makes a distinctive brand of alt-country noir music. With Thirteen Cities (their eighth studio release in addition to two live albums) they’ve teamed up with a bunch of Tucson, Arizona, regulars to produce a … Continue reading
Richard Thompson’s Sweet Warrior
Sweet Warrior is Richard Thompson’s best set of songs this millennium. I like it best, anyway, of his studio releases since 1999’s Mock Tudor. Starting with that album, all of RT’s recent releases have been “theme,” if not actual “concept” … Continue reading
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Tagged English folk rock, Richard Thompson
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Rev Hammer’s Freeborn John Live (CD/DVD)
Each year, I get to listen to literally hundreds of folk music CDs and every now and then along comes a real gem. This is one of them! I remember back in the ’70s getting my hands on a vinyl … Continue reading
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra’s MTO Vol. I
Steven Bernstein is deeply involved in New York’s downtown jazz scene. His other combo, Sex Mob, is better known, but this Millennial Territory Orchestra is getting some national media attention as well, because nobody else is doing anything like it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music
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Charlie Louvin’s Charlie Louvin
The Louvin Brothers were among the most influential of country singing acts in the 1950s and ’60s — particularly on their peers and succeeding generations of musicians. Charlie and Ira’s pioneering work in the close harmony style of country and … Continue reading
Habbadám’s Bornholmsk Folkemusik and Sussie Nielsen’s Pigens Morgen
In spite of Do You Know the Lollipops being the first LP I ever bought, I have never really taken an interest in Danish music. My excuse for that Lollipops album is that I was only 12 at the time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Nordic music
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Tom Waits’ Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Tom Waits is one of the great poets and showmen of our time. If you don’t believe me, spend some time with his utterly splendid three-disc set Orphans. For about 30 years now, Waits has been honing his craft. Starting … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll
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Various artists’ Music from Montenegro
Music from Montenegro is a single-disc collection that showcases the variety of Montenegro’s folk music styles, with 28 tracks covering nearly 76 minutes. Variety is the key word here, and the musical variety echoes Montenegro’s ethnic and geographic diversity. With … Continue reading
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Tagged Balkan music, folk music, world music
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Hoven Droven’s Jumping At The Cedar
The Nordic Roots Festival, formerly held every autumn at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, has featured many renowned acts in the new Nordic folk genre. The Swedish band Hoven Droven, who combine the Swedish fiddling tradition with punk and … Continue reading