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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
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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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll
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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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Tagged Americana music, folk music, folk-rock
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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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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