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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
Mason Brown and Chipper Thompson’s Am I Born to Die
An album of old-time American music performed by a couple of New Mexicans, on an artsy independent label based in upstate New York may seem an unlikely thing. But Am I Born to Die is a beautiful and moving piece … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music
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Various artists’ Accordeon: Musette/Swing/Paris 1913-1941
As New Orleans has its jazz and Chicago its blues, Paris has its musette, a musical form indelibly associated with the city on the Seine. This outstanding two-CD collection traces the history of the musette, a music that came out … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music, music, world music
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Gideon Freudmann’s Ukrainian Pajama Party
Eclectic celloist Gideon Freudmann has produced what appears to be at least in part a children’s album. Ukrainian Pajama Party is a whimsical take on Freudmann’s trademark blend of bluesy, jazzy pop and light classical-style music. Freudmann plays both an … Continue reading
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Tagged Children's music, music
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Lalezar Ensemble’s Music of the Sultans, Sufis & Seraglio Vol. III Minority Composers and Vol. IV Ottoman Suite
Turkey is strategically located at one of the world’s major crossroads. This applies to religion, culture, government and the arts as well as its physical location along trade routes. And for several hundred years ending in the early 20th century, … Continue reading
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Albert Glinsky’s Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage
Ah, electronic music. Not much of it graces these electronic pages of Green Man Review. Now comes this bit of musiclore about one Leon Theremin, who may with justification be called the father of electronic music. Most folks of my … Continue reading
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Tagged modernism, music, nonfiction
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Various artists’ Cajun & Creole Music 1934/1937, vols. I and II
Between 1934 and 1937 father and son folklorists John and Alan Lomax recorded Cajun and Creole musicians in Louisiana, as part of a national project for the Library of Congress. Musicians from the region have been mining that treasure trove … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Cajun, Cajun music, folk music, traditional music
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Continental Drifters’ Continental Drifters
I nominate the Continental Drifters as the First Family of roots rock. The group’s six members are all seasoned road warriors, multi-instrumentalists, and most of them capable singer-songwriters in their own right. The band’s genesis was in the club scene … Continue reading
Various artists’ Rough Guide to Cuban Son
The Rough Guide to Cuban Son is a wide-ranging look at this music’s evolution from simple folk-based acoustic music to the big-band salsa of today. It features great son bands of the past as well as groups that still play … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuban music, world music
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Ignacio Piñeiro y Septeto Nacional’s Soneros de Cuba
Soneros de Cuba is another nice package from the excellent Swiss label Real Rhythm. The Septeto Nacional plays solid son music, and the 11 tracks on this disc range from sultry boleros to lively guajiras and rumbas, with of course … Continue reading
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Pancho Amat y el cabildo del son’s De San Antonio a Maisí
I can’t speak highly enough of Pancho Amat’s De San Antonio a Maisí, an absolutely delightful collection of traditional and contemporary son by today’s living master of the tres. This disc fairly vibrates with the life and joy that infuses … Continue reading
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