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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
Interview with Värttinä’s Mari Kaasinen (March 2003)
In 1983 in the tiny, remote Finnish village of Rääkkylä, young sisters Sari and Mari Kaasinen founded a group called Värttinä. Originally created as an outlet for girls to sing traditional Karelian songs, Värttinä has evolved over the past twenty … Continue reading
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Tagged Nordic music
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Sandy Weltman’s The Klezmer Nuthouse
Judith Gennett wrote this review. You may have been told at some point that bluegrass is a genre with rigid rules. Sometimes it is, but the rules have not restricted the musicians of the bluegrass underworld. They also have not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluegrass music, Klezmer music, world music
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Whapweasel’s Pack of Jokers
Whapweasel are celebrating their 10th anniversary in 2005, and what better way of celebrating than releasing a new album, their fourth I gather after a check on the band’s Web site. For those of you who do not know, Whapweasel … Continue reading
Iberi Choir’s Supra
Iberi is a Georgian men’s choir led by Buba Murgulia, a former rugby player and lifelong singer. That’s the Georgia the country, which coincidentally is in a region that’s very much on everybody’s minds right now. Georgia straddles the very … Continue reading
Jo Morrison’s A Waulking Tour of Scotland
Chuck Lipsig wrote this review. I’ve made a mistake. I was looking back at the review I did of Jo Morrison’s The Three Musics and noted I gave it an excellent review. Now I’m wishing I merely gave it a … Continue reading
Jo Morrison’s The Three Musics
Chuck Lipsig wrote this review. “The Three Musics,” according to Jo Morrison, are the three types of music that the ancient Celtic harpers played: the musics of mirth, of sorrow, and of sleep. In The Three Musics, Morrison, along with … Continue reading
Little Feat’s Waiting for Columbus and Rockpalast Live
We made all the hot spots. My money flowed like wine Then that low down Southern whiskey began to fog my mind And I don’t remember church bells or the money I put down On the white picket fence and … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll
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Širom’s The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
Speaking only for myself, the best way I found of listening to The Liquified Throne of Simplicity was while binge-reading my favorite webcomic Questionable Content. I also found it worked pretty well while reading anything – like right now I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary music, world music
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Manel Fortià & Libérica’s Arrels
Catalan jazz, combining the blues-based American idiom with flamenco, is having a moment, and Manel Fortià is in the thick of it. The Catalan double bass player spent some three years in New York playing with the likes of Dave … Continue reading
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Tagged flamenco music, Jazz music, world music
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June Millington’s Snapshots
Snapshots: rock goddess June Millington offers up twelve songs to remember. June Millington, founding pillar of Fanny, the first all-woman group to land a major record deal, is a force of nature. She’s written about her life in the brilliant … Continue reading
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