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- 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
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
Category Archives: Music
Hysterrae’s Hysterrae
This debut self-titled album by Hysterrae is a captivating and innovative exploration of world music, blending the traditional with the contemporary. The collaborative effort of four acclaimed Italian and Iranian world music artists from different ethnic and musical backgrounds, along … Continue reading
Marthe Lea Band’s Herlighetens Vei
Stretching jazz in different directions is a common goal of the members of the Marthe Lea Band, and this Norway-based quintet certainly does just that on its sophomore date Herlighetens Vei. With sounds and influences as wide-ranging as Ugandan and … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music, Nordic music, world music
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Carola Ortiz’s Cantareras
Other than the Galician and Asturian piping music of Carlos Núñez, my first exposure to the non-Spanish language music of Spanish Iberia came with Eliseo Parra’s lively 2002 album Viva Quien Sabe Querer. Even though I have reviewed quite a … Continue reading
Toc de Crida’s Toc de Crida
Toc de Crida sounds kind of like your favorite Celtic folk rock band just returned from a long holiday in Mallorca. In fact that’s where they’re from, the Spanish island in the warm, sunny Mediterranean. On their debut self-titled album … Continue reading
Napfonat’s Égből, Fényből
Napfonat is an energetic and enigmatic female a cappella band from Hungary whose debut album, Szól a világ released by Hangvető in May 2021, was shortlisted for the 2022 Fonogram-Award among the five Best Folk and World Music Albums of … Continue reading
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Tagged Balkan music, Winter Holiday music, world music
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Gary’s Top 5 albums of 2023 in jazz, World roots, and Americana
My music coverage for Green Man Review focuses mainly on jazz, World roots, and Americana. And that matches the music I listen to personally as well, pretty much in that order. I’ve found that the lines between those three “genres” … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, Americana music, Jazz music, world music
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Norman Granz’s Duke Ellington At The Cote D’azur With Ella Fitzgerald And Joan Miro, And Duke: The Last Jam Session
I was surprised when I opened my new Duke & Ella CD to find no CD inside, but a two-disc DVD set. Surprised, but not disappointed. Not disappointed at all! The two-disc release, Duke Ellington at the Cote d’Azur with … Continue reading
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Tagged duke ellington, DVD, ella fitzgerald, film, Jazz music
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Various artists’ Nua Teorainn
Patrick O’Donnell wrote this review. We’ve been taught since birth that change is constant. Each day is followed by a new day, each year by a new year, each bringing something just a little different than before. We’ve also been … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, English folk music, folk music
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The Bushwackers’ 25th Jubilee
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of reviewing The Bushwackers’ Australian Song Book album. This marked the 30th Anniversary for The Bushwackers, established in 1971. However, the 25th Jubilee album slipped through my grasp until just recently. The Australian … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian folk music, folk music
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The Bushwackers’ Australian Songbook, 30th Anniversary Edition
The first time I became aware of The Bushwackers was over 30 years ago, when I had a telephone call from a friend who told me he was going to make a Lager-phone. The next part of the conversation was … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian folk music, folk-rock
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