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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
Flying Tomatoes’ Rags to Racenicas, Atomic City Rhythm Rascals’ Atomic City Rhythm Rascals, Birol Topaloglu’s Aravani, Mukka’s Skip Lizard, Pinewoods Band’s South by Southeast, and Stömp’s Machine Without Horses
One cannot live by English and Celtic music alone, so there needs to be music outside those traditions that’s interesting too. For me, that music is that of the Central European region. And what I like best is the dance … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Contradance music, English folk music, world music
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Various artists’ Rough Guide to the Asian Underground | Beats, Breaks and Tablas: Cultures Collide
Inigo Jones wrote this review. Featuring some of the best-known names in the Asian Underground – Ananda Shankar, Joi, Asian Dub Foundation – and a number of lesser known acts, Rough Guide’s latest compilation dares to compete with what must … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary
I have never been to the Philadelphia Folk Festival, although it has been in existence since 1962! I do, however, have a poster advertising the 1970 Festival hanging on my wall right behind my desk. It is one of those … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, folk-rock
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Various artists’ One Voice: A Tribute to Norm Hacking
Norm Hacking is a big man with a big heart and a lot of friends. Many of them gathered in the last year to put together this collection of some of Hacking’s best songs, performed with affection and skill. Wayne … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music
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Various artists’ No. 1 Scottish
Alistair Brown wrote this review. For many years now Brian McNeill has been a major force in Scottish music. He is perhaps best known as a fiddler, but that sells him short; in fact he plays fiddle, viola, mandolin, cittern, … Continue reading
Sheila Chandra’s Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices, The Zen Kiss, and ABoneCroneDrone
Sheila Chandra is the best and most accomplished singer I’d never heard of. Fortunately, that has been remedied as Real World Records reissues the landmark trilogy of solo vocal albums from the 1990s by this U.K. singer of Indian descent. … Continue reading
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Noah Haidu’s Standards
Rising star pianist Noah Haidu releases a quartet album called Standards 40 years after the famed trio of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette released their first album of the same name, but you don’t need to know that … Continue reading
Lena Jonsson Trio’s Elements
If you’re like me you can’t get enough of the neo-traditional Swedish folk sound represented by Väsen, and you’re always ready for more along that line. Well, we’re in luck, because Lena Jonsson has a new release. I know it’s … Continue reading
Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland’s Glimmer
Norwegian violinist Nils Økland and keyboardist Sigbjørn Apeland have been collaborating for 30 years, largely exploring the place where Norwegian traditional music and improvisation meet. On Glimmer they delve into a collection of folk music and originals arranged for Økland’s … Continue reading
Saltwater Hank’s G̱al’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi
An album of rock solid classic country and country rock music created by a Canadian First Nations musician and sung in his native tongue, G̱al’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi is an amazing record. Saltwater Hank is the stage name of … Continue reading
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