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- What’s New for the 25th of October: Some Autumnal Matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for 11th of October: Music reviews picked by Gary for you to consider, ‘Hotel California’ live by the Eagles for you to listen to, and a biography of the Eagles for you to read. So isn’t that enough for one edition here? I think so.
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Getting Ready for All Hallows Eve
- What’s New for the 27th of September: A tribute to Cape Breton music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 14th of September: books and music to see summer out
- What’s New for the 10th of September: It’s Definitely Late Summer!
- What’s New for the 30th of August: Dolly Pardon
- 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
Category Archives: Music
Väsen’s Trio
Väsen is Olov Johansson on 3-row chromatic nyckelharpa and kontrabasharpa, Mikael Marin on viola, 5-string viola, and pomposa, and Roger Tallroth on 12-string guitar and bosoki. Having had the opportunity over the last few years to immerse myself in many … Continue reading
Jevan Cole and Jan Van Dijk’s Tunes of Curly Nature
This review was contributed by Alistair Brown. Very occasionally, those lucky enough to be wandering around the secret corners of some large summer festival will come across the kind of impromptu session where two musicians, apparently separated at birth, have … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music
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Seán O’Driscoll and Larry Egan’s The Kitchen Recordings
Alistair Brown contributed this review. The title of the album says it all; this recording of Irish music on banjo or bouzouki and button accordion was recorded in the O’Driscoll kitchen on a Sony four-track recorder. That is not, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Irish music
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Jason Whelan’s Blur, The Tim Malloys’ Wrecked, and various artists’ Shite ‘n’ Onions, Volume 1
Here at GMR we like the raucous music that builds on the Anglo-Celtic traditions; from the Oysterband to the Pogues, we’re there. And this omnibus review finds me with a nice collection of raucous artists, from St. John’s Newfoundland to … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, rock and roll
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5 Mile Chase’s 5 Mile Chase
Pat Simmonds submitted this review. Another record out of New England is the duo 5 Mile Chase, featuring fiddler Django Amerson and guitarist-singer Brian Miller, again trawling the rich Irish American heritage so abundant in the Northeast United States. What … Continue reading
Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer’s Music For Two and Obstinato
Banjo vertuoso Béla Fleck, having already pioneered and deeply explored the intersections of bluegrass, jazz and pop in a 20-year recording career, in 2001 recorded a double Grammy winning disc of “classical” music, Perpetual Motion. It leaned heavily to Baroque … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluegrass music, classical music, Jazz music
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Paul Balmer’s Stephane Grappelli: A Life in the Jazz Century
Stephane Grappelli was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, and one of the most loved. This sterling film project shows why. Grappelli was born in 1908 in the village of Montmartre, now a section of Paris. … Continue reading
Dolorean’s Not Exotic
Dolorean makes a gently dark folk music that draws on Nick Drake and Elliott Smith in its slow tempos and sad, introspective lyrics. At the center of this Portland, Oregon, based combo is singer-songwriter Al James, who reportedly spent the … Continue reading
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show’s I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best from Shel Silverstein 1971-1979
Shel Silverstein has been much on the collective mind at GMR recently. Some of his books for children have been reviewed, and a second part is promised in the near future. As well as being a children’s author, Silverstein was … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll
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Various artists’ A’ The Bairns ‘O’ Adam: Hamish Henderson Tribute
With a tribute album, if you are not familiar with the artist as a person or what he has done, then looking at the album cover in a record store is about as much use to you as a one … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Scottish music
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