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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
Haugaard & Høirup’s Duo for Violin & Guitar
Two highly regarded Danish folk musicians, violinist Harald Haugaard and guitarist Morten Alfred Høirup, teamed up to produce this immensely enjoyable record. The 13 tracks cover a variety of traditional and contemporary Danish folk styles: waltzes, reels, polkas and other … Continue reading
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Tagged Nordic music, traditional music
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Cordelia’s Dad’s Spine
Cordelia’s Dad started as a punk band in the late 1980s, but within a few years was approaching older American songs and tunes with a punk-informed verve, energy and wit. The music they play, and their attitude toward it, places … Continue reading
Various artists’ Swamp Pop
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues is a companion CD to a book of the same name by Shane K. Bernard. With or without the book, it’s an excellent primer in the Louisiana-based style of rock ‘n’ roll … Continue reading
Richard Thompson’s Watching the Dark
Richard Thompson is often described as a cult figure, a description that Thompson himself defines as meaning that he does not have hit records and, as a result, does not make a fortune from his art. Even adepts of the … Continue reading
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Tagged English folk rock, Richard Thompson
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Sviraj’s Ciganine
This review was written by Naomi DeBruyn. Sviraj (pronounced Svee-rye — with the “r” rolled; and meaning “Play on!”) is a trio of three childhood friends from Pennsylvania, who have been playing their music for twelve years. Their music has … Continue reading
Waterson:Carthy’s Broken Ground
The Waterson:Carthy extended family is often described as the “First Family of English folk music,” sometimes even as the “Royal Family.” Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson’s marriage in 1972, the year that Martin became a member of the reformed Watersons, … Continue reading
Tish Hinojosa’s Sign of Truth
Austin, Texas-based Tish Hinojosa (een-o-HO-sa) sings and plays a straightforward style of singer-songwriter folk music, colored lightly with strains of her Hispanic heritage. Sign of Truth features Hinojosa performing 12 songs, all of which she wrote or co-wrote, backed by … Continue reading
Raffaele Quirino’s Ani DiFranco: Righteous Babe
No’am Newman wrote this review. If you’re looking for a bare bones biography about the Buffalo, New York, singer songwriter Ani DiFranco, then her website is a good place to start. But if you’re looking for something deeper, then Ani … Continue reading
Tarbox Ramblers’ Tarbox Ramblers
A lot of bands make what is called “roots rock,” but Boston’s Tarbox Ramblers are so close to their roots that if you gave them a good shake, bits of dirt and loam and I don’t know what-all would probably … Continue reading
Bill Lamey’s Full Circle
Bill Lamey is one of the best-known and most influential Cape Breton Island fiddlers in the world — to other Scottish-style fiddlers. Rounder has brought Lamey’s music, previously known mostly to other fiddlers and those lucky enough to have heard … Continue reading