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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
Kyle MacNeil, Liz Carroll, Tove de Fries, North River Centre for the Performing Arts, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia – Oct. 13, 2002
I wish I could show you video and play you a recording of this magical night, dubbed Fiddle Heaven in the Celtic Colours International Festival program. It would make anyone a fan of fiddle music, to hear this auditory ambrosia; … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music
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Kelly Willis’s Easy
Kelly Willis‘s Easy is easily one of the most beautiful country records made in the past year. Willis has been making records since the early 1990s, after she was “discovered” in an Austin, Texas, nightclub by Nanci Griffith. After spending … Continue reading
Bert Williams’ The Middle years, 1910-1918 and His Final Releases, 1919-1922
I know about Fanny Brice. Her portrayal of Brice in “Funny Girl” was the breakthrough that made Barbra Striesand a star. I know about W. C. Fields, and can recite many of his best-known lines in an approximation of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, history, music
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Vassar Clements’ Full Circle
Vassar Clements was the first fiddle player whose playing I fell in love with. I’ve always just naturally gravitated to the guitar, but Vassar’s playing on the legendary Will the Circle Be Unbroken album made me sit up and pay … Continue reading
Langley Ukulele Ensemble’s Our Hawaiian Heart, The Enchanted Ukulele, Ukulele Family Album: 20th Anniversary Edition and Ukulele: the legend continues; James Hill, Playing it Like it Isn’t
Arthur Godfrey and George Formby are not names that come up as major inspirations to musicians anymore. People hardly remember them at all. But George Harrison was a big fan. It is said that George Harrison had a ukulele in … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawaiian music, Ukulele
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Various artists’ 1912: Waitin’ on the Levee and 1913: Come and See the Big Parade
The American company Archeophone has released several more chapters in its “Phonographic Yearbook” series, including these two from watershed years early in the previous century. As with all of its releases, Archeophone has included a wealth of historic background in … Continue reading
Keympa’s Reviralo and Cucanandy’s Contented Minds
Celtic music can be found in some surprising places. Spain, for instance, and North Carolina. Spain’s Galicia region is home to some curiously dislocated vestiges of Celtic culture and music. From Llan de Cubel, which hews pretty closely to the … Continue reading
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An omnibus review of midwinter holiday music
Ensemble Galilei’s A Winter’s Night: Christmas in the Great Hall; St. Agnes Fountain’s Acoustic Carols for Christmas, and Comfort & Joy; Various artists’ Oh Christmas Tree: A Bluegrass Collection for the Holidays And how do you approach your midwinter holiday? It … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, early music, English folk music, English folk rock, Winter Holiday music
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Various artists’ Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
It’s always nice to see a deserving person being recognized for a lifetime of achievement while still alive. And in American popular music, few living artists are as deserving of accolades as John R. “Johnny” Cash. Cash has written and … Continue reading
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Joan Baez’s 5 and Farewell, Angelina
These two albums present a snapshot of the American folk music scene during the pivotal years in which the 1960s became The Sixties. The popular young American President John F. Kennedy had just been assassinated, The Beatles began the British … Continue reading
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