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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
John Hiatt’s Crossing Muddy Waters
In Crossing Muddy Waters, John Hiatt has produced one of the best records of his life. That’s saying a lot for a singer-songwriter who has put out something like 20 albums in a quarter of a century, whose songs have … Continue reading
The Clumsy Lovers’ Barnburner
The Clumsy Lovers play raucous, uptempo Celtic-based rock with all kinds of Pacific Rim influences. Based in the Vancouver, B.C., area, the Lovers incorporate Californian and Hawaiian folk-rock, reggae and ska into their lively musical brew. The band writes much … Continue reading
Fairport Convention’s Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
I daresay that many, if not most, readers of Green Man Review know all there is to know about Fairport Convention. If you’re not among them, there’s no dearth of information about this most venerated of English folk rock bands elsewhere in … Continue reading
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Various Latvian artists, Sol de Nit, Eric Montbel, and Storvan: An omnibus bagpipe review
Various artists’ Dudas Latvija (Latvian Bagpipes) Sol de Nit’s B-91 00-SN Eric Montbel’s Chabretas les cornemuse a miriors du Limousin Storvan’s Digor ‘N Abadenn and An deiziou kaer Not surprisingly, my CD collection holds much more than just Irish, Scottish, … Continue reading
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16 Horsepower’s Secret South
16 Horsepower’s third full-length CD (their first on Razor & Tie) is a brooding, southern-gothic statement of fear and faith. The trio is based in Denver, Colorado, but its music is firmly based in the American South of William Faulkner … Continue reading
Various artists’ Real Ragtime
Many Americans of my generation know a little something about ragtime music, thanks to a revival of the form in the 1970s. The revival (one of many during the 20th century) began when the Nonesuch label released the first of … Continue reading
Elvis Presley’s Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Evolution of Elvis Presley
The Louisiana Hayride was one of the best things that ever happened to Elvis Presley. Sure, Sam Phillips and his Sun Studio gave him his first break, and yes, he had played the Grand Ole Opry (once) before his Hayride … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Louisiana Hayride Classic Country Radio Vols. 1-4, Louisiana Hayride Classic Gospel Radio Vols. 1-2, Louisiana Hayride Classic Comedy Radio
The Louisiana Hayride was one of the most important radio programs for up-and-coming folk, country and rock ‘n’ roll acts in the 1940s and ’50s. Literally dozens of household names in American roots music gained their first exposure to anything … Continue reading
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Candye Kane’s The toughest girl alive
Where to start with Candye Kane? The obvious place is the name. If it sounds like the moniker of somebody involved in the adult entertainment industry … she was. But this isn’t another faded porn star putting out a slick, … Continue reading
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Various artists’ The Pink Lambert
Archeophone Records, a Bloomington, Indiana, company that specializes in releasing CDs of old 78 rpm and cylinder recordings, may just do for Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley pop what Harry Smith’s anthology did for American folk music. The Pink Lambert: … Continue reading
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