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- 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)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Category Archives: Music
Henriette Eilertsen Trio’s Moder
Some of my favorite jazz music is made by jazz flutists. Or flautists. I’m pretty sure the first jazz record I bought with my own money was Hubert Laws’s In The Beginning, and pretty soon after that I procured Milt … Continue reading
David Hughes’s Fifty Yards Of David Hughes, and The Fairport Tour (book+CD)
Chris Woods wrote this for Folk Tales. 50 yards is the latest studio album from British singer songwriter David Hughes, helped out here by Jacqui McShee, Gerry Conway, Matt and Dave Pegg. It’s great for once that I can use … Continue reading
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Tagged English folk rock, folk-rock
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Hans Kjorstad’s Dålågjel
Listening to this album is like sitting on the perimeter of an after hours fiddle jam at a Scandinavian folk festival. Five fiddlers sawing away at hoary old Norwegian dance tunes, each of them occasionally swapping out the fiddle for … Continue reading
Sekvoya’s Gathering of Enchanted Herbs, and The Magic of Slavic Rituals
I’m not sure how I missed this one when it came out, except to say it was the summer of 2025 and stuff was weird. But when the second release in this planned trio of EPs from the Serbian psychedelic … Continue reading
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Tagged Balkan music, rock and roll, world music
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Jon Irabagon’s Focus Out, and Jon Irabagon and Dan Oestreicher’s Saturday’s Child
American saxophonist, composer and band leader Jon Irabagon (a Down Beat certified rising star) gathered members of his quartet to lay down a wide ranging set of modern jazz that reflects his current reality as a working musician and parent … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music
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Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola’s The Power of Polska
A Swedish fiddling icon and a Finnish accordion innovator come together to explore the deep and wide tradition of the polska in Nordic music on Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola’s The Power of Polska. I’ve covered both of these musicians … Continue reading
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Tagged Nordic music
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Nicole McCabe’s Color Theory
I know it’s early in the year but I’m going to name Nicole McCabe’s Color Theory as one of the sleepers of the year. This album by a rising player in the Los Angeles jazz scene slipped in under my … Continue reading
Ingrid Jensen’s Landings
I have no idea where or when I have previously heard Carla Bley’s lovely tune “Ida Lupino,” but this homage to the British American movie actor, director and producer was immediately familiar to me as soon as I heard Ingrid … Continue reading
Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence’s Havin’ A Talk
Whether fronting her own band on three acclaimed solo albums or part of a collaborative group like Sad Daddy, chronicling humorous human foibles or lovelorn heartache, or even celebrating the winter holidays in down home country style, Melissa Carper is … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music
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Woody Shaw’s Love Dance
The second run of releases in the Muse Master Edition Series includes Love Dance, the 1976 masterpiece by legendary trumpeter Woody Shaw. It’s part of the second batch of releases from Time Traveler Recordings, the new archival label founded by … Continue reading