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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
Various artists’ Folk Music of China, Vol. 16 – Folk Songs of the Dong, Gelao & Yao Peoples
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this installment of Naxos World’s ambitious series on the folk songs of China is stunning. Anyone who likes multipart ensemble singing with intricate, close harmonies will find this disc absolutely indispensable. … Continue reading
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Tagged world music
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Matthew Fowler’s The Grief We Gave Our Mother
Matthew Fowler’s The Grief We Gave Our Mother is a lesson in how arrangement and production can turn a collection of good songs into something more. Along the way a collection of confessional songs that started out as bare-bones acoustic … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, indie folk
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The Beths’ Auckland, New Zealand, 2020
So, rock and roll. Two guitars, bass and drums. Loud, messy and emotional. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I still need it. And who better right now to provide the catharsis of rock and roll than Auckland, New … Continue reading
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra’s Tinctures in Time (Community Music, Vol. 1)
Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra is a modern big band featuring lots of horns including Bernstein’s slide trumpet, trombone, up to three saxophones, violin, guitar, bass, drums and the occasional guest vocalist. This orchestra has carved out its niche doing … Continue reading
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Tagged Jazz music
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Nico Hedley’s Painterly
Queens-based singer, songwriter and bandleader Nico Hedley has dubbed his first full length album Painterly. It’s an odd sort of adjective, but just one listen to the album’s first track and its first single “Tennessee” explains it succinctly and sufficiently. … Continue reading
Orrin Evans’ The Magic of Now
I want to start this review by saying that this music is a great comfort to me in a time that is providing few comforts. But that’s a statement I could make about every jazz album I review these days. … Continue reading
Various artists’ Folk Music of China, Vol. 15 – Folk Songs of the She, Miao & Li Peoples
Volume 15 of the excellent Naxos World series of regional Chinese folk music continues the label’s strong line of these releases. As we near the completion of the planned 20 volumes, each release continues to highlight the nearly unimaginable diversity … Continue reading
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Andrew Cyrille’s The News
Andrew Cyrille’s The News takes its title from a highly abstract composition by the bandleader that began as a solo percussion piece on a 1970s album, but it could just as easily been named for another track here, “Dance Of … Continue reading
Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios’ Songs From My Father
This album is a monumental release in so many ways I may not be able to count them – being a word guy, not a numbers guy. First off, it’s a big double disc set of vibrant, modern piano (mostly) … Continue reading
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Trippers & Askers’ Acorn
This is an absolutely spellbinding record that defies easy description, so settle in. Jay Hammond, now based in Durham, North Carolina by way of Brooklyn, and his musical collective called Trippers & Askers, have created a layered masterpiece of spiritual, … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, indie folk, Jazz music
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