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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
Joan Baez’s In Concert and In Concert Part 2
In the fall of 1962 and again a year later, the Vanguard label did a strange and wonderful thing. It followed 1961’s chart success of Joan Baez’s first two albums with another two. But these were live recordings, and they … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music
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Mostly Autumn’s Heroes Never Die: the Anthology, Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings, and The Story So Far…
Mostly Autumn is an English band whom I’ve never heard of before. According to the biographical material supplied by Classic Rock Productions, they have released six albums to date, and the three CDs they sent Green Man Review provide a … Continue reading
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Tagged Prog Rock, rock and roll
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Red Mountain White Trash’s Sweet Bama
Red Mountain White Trash plays old-time Southern string-band music as what it is: energetic dance music. From their name, you might think them some kind of a joke band, or perhaps a bunch of kids making fun of Southern music. … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, old-time, traditional music
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Roger McGuinn’s Treasures from the Folk Den
Roger McGuinn was one of the founders of the folk-rock giants The Byrds, which earned him a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But before he strapped on and plugged in his Rickenbacker 12-string, he was a … Continue reading
Henry Marten’s Ghost’s Ireland – a Troubled Romance
Henry Marten’s Ghost, a strange name for a band you might think, but not when you read the cover notes and realise that the band was born out of Oxford, England. Henry Marten, born in Oxford, was one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Irish music
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Linda Thompson, Aladdin Theater, Portland, OR, October 5, 2002
“Thank you — that’s the last time I’m going to sit in a darkened room for 17 years,” said a smiling Linda Thompson as she returned to the stage for an encore at the end of her first live performance … Continue reading
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Tagged English folk rock, live music
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Väsen live in Brunswick, Maine, September 25, 2002
My attraction to music from Scandinavia began many years ago when a fellow DJ at our local community radio station (WMPG, Portland, Maine) brought back a cassette of an early incarnation of Groupa from a trip to Sweden. It hit … Continue reading
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Wicked Tinkers’ Loud
I would love to hear what the comedian and once upon-a-time folk singer Billy Connolly would have to say about the playing of the Corn Na Lliran (Bronze Age Irish horn) and didgeridoo on the aptly named opening track ‘Bog’ … Continue reading
Pearl Django’s Under Paris Skies
Pearl Django is a regular favorite at the Northwest Folklife Festival and other events around Washington’s Puget Sound. The Seattle-based quartet plays acoustic swing jazz a la Django Reinhardt and the Hot Quintet of Paris circa the 1930s. Under Paris … Continue reading
Doc Watson and David Holt’s Legacy
Big Earl Sellar wrote this review. In a time of passing of many great musicians, one can be really thankful that ol’ Doc Watson still walks this earth. Watson, the bridge between folk, bluegrass, and “old-timey” music, is another artist … Continue reading