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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
Johnny Coppin’s Keep the Flame, and Laurie Lee & Johnny Coppin’s Edge of Day
That time of year is once again approaching, the time when all singers and groups feel themselves obliged to contribute to the celebrations by releasing seasonal songs and carols. Johnny Coppin (ex-Decameron) made his contribution in 2004, a seven-track-CD suitably … Continue reading
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John Harbison’s Six String Christmas
Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review. The best word I can think of for this CD is “quaint.” It is nothing more than a single acoustic guitar, and seventeen Christmas carols being expertly played, with rather original additions included in … Continue reading
Donal Hinely’s Midwinter Carols: Fourteen Selections on Glass Harmonica
Every passing year brings more and more Christmas and holiday music to music racks across the country. New recordings, reissues, compilations are on shelves from the local indy music store to the biggest of the big box outlets — there’s … Continue reading
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Tommy Sands’ To Shorten The Winter
No’am Newman wrote this review. This album is subtitled “An Irish Christmas with Tommy Sands,” and most of the disc’s 13 songs revolve vaguely around the Christmas theme of peace and joy, etc. In the case of some of the … Continue reading
Caroline Peyton’s Celtic Christmas Spirit
Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review. This is quite possibly the one of the most impressive Christmas CDs I have ever run across. It is most certainly not what I had expected. I’d figured another run-of-the-mill Celtic Christmas experience; there … Continue reading
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Gangar’s Tre Danser EP
If you’ve been wishing for some heavy metal arrangements of Nordic folk tunes, St. Nicholas has heard you and answered with this fresh new recording. Tre Danser is the first release from the Norwegian folk-rockers Gangar, a brief three-song EP … Continue reading
SUSS’s SUSS
Ambient country pioneers SUSS have weathered an emotional roller coaster since the unexpected passing of member Gary Leib in March 2021, right after they finished recording the Southwestern road trip EP Night Suite. That EP was released in October 2021, … Continue reading
Laszlo Gardony’s Close Connection
Right out of the gate you know there’s something different going on with Laszlo Gardony’s Close Connection. Although this, his 14th leader date, features the Hungarian born pianist and composer with his longtime trio mates, bassist John Lockwood and drummer … Continue reading
Yardarm Offa’s Once Upon a Winters Night
For the benefit of those outside of the UK, let me introduce to you Yardarm Offa. Originally known as Yardarm, from Wrexham in North Wales, they are John Evans, vocals, six-string guitar, and electric bass; Goff Jones, vocals, 12 string … Continue reading
Wyndnwyre’s Out of Time
I first ran across the Houston band Wyndnwyre at the Texas Renaissance Festival around 1993, and was impressed with their clean, professional sound even amidst the chaos that is so prevalent at ren fairs. A big reason for that is … Continue reading