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- 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
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Category Archives: Music
Quagmyre’s Of Cabbages and Kings
Wendy Donahue wrote this review. Readers outside of Canada might not be familiar with Quagmyre, but may have witnessed the talents of several of the band’s members. In recent years fiddler Jon Pilatzke has been seen playing with well-known Celtic … Continue reading
Various artists’ The King Has Landed: Songs of the Jacobite Risings
Patrick O’Donnell wrote this review. If you could boil down all traditional Celtic music and reduce it to one common ingredient, you’d end up with “oral tradition.” Clans and, before them, tribes, used songs to pass history down through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Scottish music
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Voice of the Turtle: An omnibus review by Chuck Lipsig
From the Shores of the Golden Horn: Music of the Spanish Jews of Turkey (Paths of Exile, Quincentenary Series Volume I) Bridges of Song: Music of the Spanish Jews of Morocco (Paths of Exile, Quincentenary Series Volume II) Balkan Vistas, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ladino music, world music
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Manel Fortià & Libérica’s Alé: Iberian Chants
Over the past few years Catalonian jazz bassist Manel Fortià has risen to the top tier of musicians I hold in high esteem and always enjoy listening to. Whether with his trio, or with singer Magalí Sare, or with his … Continue reading
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Tagged flamenco music, Jazz music, world music
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Ensemble Voskresenie & Nikita Savostin’s Telega, Testo’s Marya.Ivan, and The Unknown Composer’s KOVRЫ (Carpets)
Here are three albums from the 2024 Russian World Music Chart. The music on Telega bridges the folk music of the Perm region of Russia, modern ethno-folk, and musical theater. The songs, most of them dance and other social occasion … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, folk-rock, russian folk music, world music
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Coloma Bertran’s En Moviment, and Carmela’s Vinde Todas
Barcelona based composer and violinist Coloma Bertran released this EP of experimental dance tunes late in 2024. It’s a beguiling short album that leaves the listener wanting more. Playing entirely by herself with rhythms supplied in part by two guest … Continue reading
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Tagged world music
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Russian World Music Chart announces Top 20 albums for 2024
Vedan Kolod’s Birds topped the 2024 Russian World Music Chart, voted on by an international jury of 21 World Music representatives from around the globe. The Russian World Music Chart (RWMC), was launched in 2021. Its purpose is to attract … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, world music
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Scroggins & Rose’s Speranza
I never tire of hearing new versions of the song “Wayfaring Stranger.” A quick spin through my music library finds at least 10 versions by the likes of Eliza Carthy, Emmylou Harris, Neko Case, Jack White, Maria McKee, 16 Horsepower, … Continue reading
The Fury’s Live In Brooklyn, and Jason Palmer’s The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn
Giant Step Arts keeps taking giant steps (sorry!) in recorded jazz, dropping this exemplary “supergroup” project as 2024 was closing. This quartet The Fury brings together four important names in current jazz, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Lage Lund, bassist … Continue reading
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Möller, Willemark, and Gudmundson’s Frifot; Frifot’s Frifot, Jårven, and SummerSong; Garmarna’s Garmarna, Guds Spelemån, Vengeance, and Vittrad
Methinks that no one can keep up with all the great Nordic music that’s being released. Reynard, a band mate of mine, noted that A Fine Kettle of Fish, his favourite source of Nordic music, has tripled the space they … Continue reading
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Tagged Nordic music
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