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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
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
Danko-Fjeld-Andersen’s One More Shot
Rick Danko, expatriate Canadian from the Band; Jonas Fjeld, Norwegian folk singer; and Eric Andersen, American songwriter, first joined forces in 1991. They released a stunning debut album which is now re-issued as One More Shot. Appleseed has made the … Continue reading
Fiddlers 4’s Fiddlers 4
The string quartet has been a popular instrumental ensemble for some 300 years now, and it’s easy to see why. It lends itself to many different kinds of music, and presents enough potential variety in arrangements to keep things interesting. … Continue reading
Joan Baez, The Oregon Amphitheater, Albany, Oregon – August 17, 2002
Joan Baez’s voice has been her blessing and her curse, in a career that has now entered its fifth decade. Her crystalline, near-operatic soprano was startling in its purity and power through most of her career, but it also sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music
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Various artists’ Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas, Rough Guide to the Music of the Alps, and Rough Guide to the Music of the Appalachians
“High lonesome” is a term coined to describe the bluegrass sound popularized by Bill Monroe, but it aptly describes the outlook of anyone who lives in the mountains. At first glance, the music of the Himalayas, Alps and Appalachians might … Continue reading
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