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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
Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band’s Ready or Not, Wayne Toups and Zydecajun’s Little Wooden Box and Li’l Band o’ Gold’s Li’l Band o’ Gold
These three rocking, accordion-driven releases from Shanachie draw on all three of the popular musical styles born in Southwestern Louisiana: Zydeco, Cajun and swamp pop. Together, they give a lively snapshot of the state of this artistically fecund region’s music. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cajun music, rock and roll, zydeco music
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Lunasa, The Majestic Theater, Corvallis, Oregon, May 10, 2000
Lunasa was introduced to the 230 fans at the Majestic Theater as “one of the hottest Celtic bands” performing in the world today. But on this unseasonably cool spring evening, frontman and flutist Kevin Crawford said “we’re the coldest band … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore at Brunish Hall, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, Ore., May 7, 2000
Texas troubadore Jimmie Dale Gilmore and an ace backing band turned in a top-notch acoustic performance on this Sunday evening, a day after Gilmore marked his 55th birthday in Seattle. It was the second night of a spring-summer tour that … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music
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Takashi Hirayasu and Bob Brozman’s Jin Jin/Firefly
Takashi Hirayasu is a Japanese folk musician, and Bob Brozman an American guitarist extraordinaire. Together, the two have made a magical record. Jin Jin/Firefly combines traditional Okinawan folksongs with a wide variety of American and World Music idioms including blues, … Continue reading
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Tagged world music
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s One Endless Night
Jimmie Dale Gilmore is a dapper, long-haired, cowboy-booted Texan, equal parts Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and Zen poet. One Endless Night is a sterling collection of well-crafted songs that amply reflect the man’s artistry. Gilmore wrote the title track and … Continue reading
Various artists’ Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks: Volume One, Along the Eastern Crescent
Fiddle music was once endemic to nearly every region of North America, including Mexico and certainly Canada. Most regions developed their own peculiar styles — the best known include southern Louisiana (Cajun), Texas, Appalachia, New England, and Cape Breton Island … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, traditional music
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The Handsome Family’s In the Air
Chicago’s The Handsome Family makes morbid Americana music for the depressed, crazy and suicidal. It is at times wickedly funny, and if you’re in the right frame of mind, very entertaining. In the Air, the Handsomes’ fourth full-length CD, carries … Continue reading
Theresa Morrison’s Laments and Merry Melodies from Cape Breton Island
If you love traditional Scottish fiddle music and don’t have an aunt, uncle or grandparent who’ll come over to your house and play it for you, this recording is the next best thing. Laments and Merry Melodies is part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music
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Dolores Keane’s Night Owl
Dolores Keane has been called “the voice of Ireland,” and has received numerous awards and accolades in a career spanning a quarter of a century with De Dannan and on her own. Night Owl, which has been available in Norway … Continue reading
Novalia’s Arkeo, Tanca Ruja’s in terra e in chelu and Agricantus’ Faiddi
Something interesting is going on in Italian folk music. Judging from these three recent CNI releases, it’s something of a fin de siecle Italian version of the British and American folk-rock movement of the Sixties. These three groups, each hailing … Continue reading
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