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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Puddings and More Puddings, Really
- What’s New for the 25th of October: Some Autumnal Matters
- 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
Tag Archives: Americana music
Margo Cilker’s Little White Cross
Margo Cilker is not afraid of lyrical repetition. In the coda to the goodtime song “I Remember Carolina” (written with her husband, singer songwriter Forrest VanTuyl) on her second album Valley of Heart’s Delight, she repeats “best burger in Texas” … Continue reading
Jake Xerxes Fussell’s The Old Beloved Path
Jake Xerxes Fussell’s music is a balm in troubled times. It’s not just his drawling, honeyed vocals, or the nearly uniformly languid tempos, or his unhurried, uncluttered but precise guitar finger picking. For me at least, it’s the way his … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music
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Sad Daddy’s Ozark Shine
Sad Daddy is a road-weathered acoustic Americana outfit that’s been making music together for more than a decade and a half now. The worn-in feeling of their fourth studio album Ozark Shine is a testament to their ongoing spirit of … Continue reading
The Handsome Family’s Singing Bones (deluxe reissue)
It’s such a cliché to say “I can’t believe it’s been x years since y happened,” but seriously, sometimes that’s all you can say. Witness this reissue of The Handsome Family’s Singing Bones, an expanded edition of their sixth album … Continue reading
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Benny Bleu’s When I Am A Fossil
New York native Benny Bleu is something of a Renaissance man and also something of a Luddite, two states of being that don’t generally mix. But he’s been a geologist and is now a full time singer songwriter and banjo … Continue reading
Andrew Sa’s American Rough
Andrew Sa grew up listening to ’90s country music in Fremont, California, learned to sing in front of a crowd at a young age for his mom’s karaoke business, got a taste of queer performance and presence through the music … Continue reading
John Mailander’s Forecast’s Little Wheel // Hope Looming EP
I let John Mailander slip off my radar since his 2019 leader debut, which was in hindsight a bit confusingly titled Forecast. He has recorded a couple of additional full lengths since then under the moniker of John Mailander’s Forecast, … Continue reading
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SUSS’ Counting Sunsets
SUSS continues to play the role in my life that it has since I first heard them in the chaotic days of the first Trump presidency. Their by now patented brand of Ambient Americana soothes, calms, focuses and occasionally unsettles. … Continue reading
Teddy Thompson’s Never Be The Same
Well, it looks like Teddy Thompson is still sad, and that’s good news for those who love his sad songs. I should say “Teddy Thompson” is still sad, as in the persona; I can’t attest one way or the other … Continue reading
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Sweet Megg’s Massive Negroni, The Milk Carton Kids’ Lost Cause Lover Fool, Foresta’s Esclat de Maig, and Tanasi’s Tanasi
Sweet Megg grew up as Megg Farrell in New York City, came up singing folk music in the bars and coffee houses of the East Village and Brooklyn, studied jazz singing in Paris, did a stint in Cirque du Soleil, … Continue reading
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