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- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
- What’s New for the 4th of January: Favorite books and music of 2025
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mythologist John Campbell
- What’s New for 21st of December
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
- What’s New for 7 of December: books by Alan Garner, and holiday music new and old, Celtic, Americana, jazz and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies, Part Two
- What’s New for 23 November
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies
- What’s New for the 9th of November: rhymers and ravens, folk songs and folk tales, jazz guitar and dark forests and constellations put to music, Hungarian tunes and knights and rakes and tinkers and fools, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Kedgeree
- Whats New for the 26th of October: some Patricia McKillip books and an interview, ’70s jazz reissues, Nordic Americana and American Americana, and some Samhain seasonal albums
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Charles and Alice Pay a Visit (A Letter to Owyn)
- What’s New for the 12th of October
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Pudding Contest
- What’s New for the 28th of September: Appalachia in books, music and more
- A Kinrown Estate story: Autumn is Upon Us
- What’s New for the 14th of September: Books, film and music with a piratical theme; plus Corsican polyphony, Balkan sevdah, Americana music, Hardanger fiddle with reindeer, Latin jazz and piano trios
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Irish Coffee
- New SF from James S. A. Corey; Terry Gillian’s Excalibur; Rolling Stones do Aaron Copland’s ‘A Fanfare for The Common Man’; An offbeat history of coffee; an interview with Russian folk singer Zhenya Wind; and a grab bag of folk music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Waltzing Matilda
- What’s New for the 17th of August: Lots of Cropredy reports and reviews, and some new jazz and Americana;
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Hidden Dragon
- What’s New for the 3rd of August: A mix of Heinlein reviews; new jazz out of Vermont and a grab bag of archival reviews; Italian American food writing, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Recursive Loops
- What’s New for the 20th of July: Lots of Elizabeth Bear including The Folded Sky; tomatoes; a Hobbit film; new jazz and archival reviews; Charles Vess ballads and sagas; and an offbeat Ellen Kushner adaptation
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Commedia dell’Arte. Possibly.
- What’s New for the 6th of July:
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What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
But that is the nature of grammar—it is always tense, like an instrument, aching for release, longing to transform present into past into future, is into was into will. — Amal El-Mohtar’s The River Has Roots I’ve been listening to the … Continue reading
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What’s New for 21st of December
There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling, Whether as learned bard or gifted child; To it all lines or lesser gauds belong That startle with their shining Such common stories as they stray … Continue reading
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
From the archives of Sleeping Hedgehog, the in-house journal published here for centuries now. Welcome, laddy-buck. Come in and find a seat here by the fire, and tell me your pleasure! Take a settle; they’re cushioned and wide enough for two, should … Continue reading
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What’s New for 7 of December: books by Alan Garner, and holiday music new and old, Celtic, Americana, jazz and more
She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting. — Alan Garner’s The Owl Service We’ve got our first snow here at the Kinrowan Estate — not that much but … Continue reading
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What’s New for the 14th of September: Books, film and music with a piratical theme; plus Corsican polyphony, Balkan sevdah, Americana music, Hardanger fiddle with reindeer, Latin jazz and piano trios
The lie wasn’t meant to be believed. It was just social grease, intended to keep wheels turning. — Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger Ahoy, matey! Gary, music editor, here with another new edition to shiver yer timbers. With International Talk Like … Continue reading
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Waltzing Matilda
Her full name was Matilda Anna Grace O’Reilly. Her friends called her Maddie, but many knew her simply as a fiddler named Waltzing Matilda. Her passion was waltzes, both playing existing ones and composing new ones. Her tale is like so … Continue reading
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What’s New for the 17th of August: Lots of Cropredy reports and reviews, and some new jazz and Americana;
O I forbid you, maidens a’ That wear gowd in your hair, To gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tam Lin is there. Child Ballad 39A Ingrid, our Steward, declared earlier this week that today would be an Estate work free day as much … Continue reading
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What’s New for the 20th of July: Lots of Elizabeth Bear including The Folded Sky; tomatoes; a Hobbit film; new jazz and archival reviews; Charles Vess ballads and sagas; and an offbeat Ellen Kushner adaptation
“Butterflies are not insects,” Captain John Sterling said soberly. They are self-propelled flowers.” — Robert A. Heinlein’s The Cat Who Walks Through Walls To celebrate the release of a new Elizabeth Bear White Space novel, we’re running Gary’s review of it … Continue reading
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A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Cats
While our Kinrowan Hall is justly famous for the music that keeps the old place resonating nicely, we’re also home to a fair number of our feline friends. While some of the cats just come and go (not unlike the notoriously peripatetic … Continue reading
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What’s New for the 27th of April: Tim Pratt & Heather Shaw’s fiction and Flytrap zine; Tea with Jane Austen; a fine French fairy tale film; some new jazz and archival francophone music reviews; and the Stones!
But you know me — I’m an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I’ve never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much. T.A. Pratt’s Blood Engines Welcome. I’m Gary, music editor and Archive diver. A query … Continue reading
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