Category Archives: Music

The Ditty Bops’ The Ditty Bops

I don’t impress easily when it comes to music. Most of what I hear on the radio falls into the “good enough” category; I’ll leave the station where it’s at until the commercial. Very, very few times have I rushed … Continue reading

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Jessica Harper’s Hey, Picasso

Craig Clarke wrote this review. Before writing this review, I knew Jessica Harper only as an actress, specifically her work in two Woody Allen films, the horror classic Suspiria, and her role on the TV series It’s Garry Shandling’s Show … Continue reading

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James Galway’s The Essential James Galway

James Galway has had a long successful career, and he probably has a larger audience than any of the groups and singers we usually write about in Green Man Review. He is even mentioned in the two most important Swedish … Continue reading

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Coila’s Full On, Drinkers Drouth (with Davy Steele)’s A Tribute, and Margaret Stewart and Allan MacDonald’s Colla Mo Rùn

Judith Gennett wrote this’n. “The object of my affection is the white shanked heifer / She doesn’t need a fetter around her shanks…” Some people come home, pour a martini, and throw on some jazz. Others, however, put on Scottish … Continue reading

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Emily Remler’s Cookin’ at the Queens, and Bill Evans’s Bill Evans In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert

Talk about forgotten greats … I’ve been listening to jazz all my life, and really digging into it for at least a dozen years now, and had never come across Emily Remler, the great guitarist who died at the age … Continue reading

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Wishamalii’s Al-Bahr, and Aylin’s Soulgarden’s Bu Bir Demdir

The Finland based multi-cultural trio Wishamalii makes powerful and beguiling music that seamlessly blends genres. World renowned Finnish piannist Kari Ikonen joins with Palestinian-Jordanian singer, composer and oud virtuoso Nemat Battah, and Ethopian percussionist Abdissa “Mamba” Assefa on this soulful … Continue reading

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Various artists’ Folk and World Music Galore Vol. 3

The German label Folk Galore, part of the CPL-Music group, has put together this year’s compilation of top tracks from the group’s 2024 folk music releases. Folk and World Music Galore Vol. 3 is, as usual, a good way to … Continue reading

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Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Sandeep Das’s Indian Delta

Born in Rajasthan, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt studied traditional Indian music with the greatest teachers. He even spent time with Pt. Ravi Shankar. He even invented his own instrument. Combining the traditional Indian veena with a Hawaiian guitar, he created … Continue reading

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Various artists’ The Music of Nubenegra

Brendan Foreman wrote this review. In 1994 Manuel Dominguez, a longtime devotee to traditional Spanish music, began the Nubenegra label out of Madrid, Spain. Originally dedicating his label solely to Spanish and Cuban music, he soon expanded its coverage to … Continue reading

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Odetta’s Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues

Odetta is one of the key figures in the American and worldwide folk music revival of the 1950s, and along with Pete Seeger and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott one of the few still around and performing today. This glorious re-release of … Continue reading

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