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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
Paul Thorn’s Still No Hits
Paul Thorn is a consistently entertaining singer-songwriter in the Southern country folk rock tradition. The first two tracks on this six-song EP are billed as featured tracks from an upcoming CD, the follow-up to 2000’s strong Ain’t Love Strange. The … Continue reading
Sviraj’s Balkan Jam I
Balkan Jam I is the first recording put out by the Pennsylvania-based trio Sviraj (pronounced Svee-rye with a rolled “r). On the heels of the critical success of its 2000 release, Ciganine the group has re-released its back-catalog. Balkan Jam … Continue reading
Buddy & Julie Miller’s Buddy & Julie Miller
With five “solo” country albums between them, Buddy and Julie Miller have put together a solid debut effort as a duo. Buddy & Julie Miller is a showcase of the couple’s deep and wide acquaintance with American vernacular music. The … Continue reading
Hobart Smith’s Blue Ridge Legacy
Dock Boggs got all the attention, but there were many other extraordinary musicians playing in the hills. Hobart Smith passed away in 1965. The world was just discovering the Beatles, there was no room for a mountain man on the … Continue reading
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Various artists’ The Rough Guide to Americana
Americana casts a wide net over a rich diversity of music. What it all has in common is roots in traditional American country music, and a willingness to eschew commercial success in exchange for the freedom to interpret those roots … Continue reading
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Canty’s Wings of Wisdom
In the days immediately following the terrible events of September 11, 2001, many of the people I know, music lovers all, sought consolation in music. For a day or two at least, most wanted something uplifting, calming, peaceful but not … Continue reading
The String Cheese Incident’s Outside Inside
I’m not sure why this band of former Colorado ski bums came up with its name, but it seems apt to me. String cheese is a bland snack with a little protein, a little fat, very little taste, in a … Continue reading
Bill Kirchen’s Tied to the Wheel
Bill Kirchen was one of the founding members of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. His twanging Telecaster licks are immediately identifiable on the band’s Top 10 hit “Hot Rod Lincoln,” and his style influenced a generation of twang-loving … Continue reading
Texas Gladden’s Ballad Legacy
This addition to Rounder’s “Alan Lomax Collection” Portraits series is a short course on Appalachian ballads, courtesy of Lomax and this Virginia singer named Texas Gladden. Most of these recordings were made by Lomax at Gladden’s home in the 1940s, … Continue reading
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Kip Peltoniemi’s Minnesota Tango
Carl “Kip” Peltoniemi is an accordionist and singer-songwriter of Finnish-American stock from Minnesota. On his debut CD Minnesota Tango he presents seven songs and seven instrumental tunes or suites. He wrote or co-wrote half of the tracks, both tunes and … Continue reading