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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
Gillian Welch’s Soul Journey
What could Gillian Welch possibly do in the wake of her 2001 release, Time (The Revelator) an epic song cycle that explored huge themes like the interplay of American history and popular music, and the troubled passing of cultural icons … Continue reading
Dick Smith’s Smoke Damage
An Illinois-based trio, Dick Smith makes a slightly twisted but literate brand of bluegrass-influenced country music. Old-timey music with a post-modern sensibility, sharply observant lyrics sung with a midwestern twang and instrumental virtuosity add up to a mighty appealing package. … Continue reading
Conjunto Jardín’s Floreando
Conjunto Jardin is a U.S.-based group that plays music in the “son jarocho” style of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Floreando means “flowering,” and refers to the efforts to preserve and revitalize this intriguing folk music. Floreando is a delightful … Continue reading
Continental Drifters, Nineteen Ninety-Three and Listen, Listen
The Continental Drifters are currently on an extended hiatus, but that doesn’t mean you can’t hear some “new” music from this quintessential American roots-rock band. Bass-player and chief archivist Mark Walton has dipped into the vaults and come up with … Continue reading
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Tagged American roots
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Caitlin Cary’s I’m Staying Out
Caitlin Cary’s sophomore effort I’m Staying Out is that rare second album that lives up to and even surpasses an exceedingly promising debut. Cary, who began her musical career as fiddler and harmonizer in alt-country group Whiskeytown, emerged in late … Continue reading
Last Train Home’s Time and Water
With Time and Water, their third full-length, Washington, D.C.’s Last Train Home has become a full-time alt-country band. Led by former Washington Post music writer Eric Brace and his brother Allen, LTH members have reportedly quit their day jobs and … Continue reading
Richard Thompson’s The Old Kit Bag
In these angst-ridden times, it’s appropriate that Richard Thompson subtitles his first studio release in nearly four years, “Unguents, Fig Leaves and Tourniquets for the Soul.” But one can rarely take anything about Richard Thompson at face value, except for … Continue reading
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Tagged English folk rock, Richard Thompson
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John Mayall’s The Turning Point
I was 18 years old in 1969, when this record was first released. I was just beginning a lifelong interest in the blues. A friend played Muddy Waters’ The Real Folk Blues album for me, and I was hooked. I … Continue reading
Sir Douglas Quintet’s 1+1+1=4 and The Return of Doug Saldaña
Sir Douglas Quintet was but the first of many vehicles through which Texan Doug Sahm brought his sprawling musical vision to the world. The band had two charting singles, the Texas-garage-rock-meets-British-Invasion pastiche “She’s About a Mover” and the psychedelic-folk “Mendocino.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music
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Calexico’s Feast of Wire
In Feast of Wire the Tucson, Arizona-based Calexico has made the most overtly political statement in its brief but prolific history. Their fourth full-length CD offers a cohesive vision of the collision of cultures in the desert borderland between the … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk-rock, music, rock and roll
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