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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
Tag Archives: Americana music
Shoormal’s Migrant
The Shetland band Shoormal take their name from a word which, in the Shetland dialect, means “where the shore meets the sea.” On Migrant, the band writes and sings about hope, spring following winter, and sunrise breaking the dark, often … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Scottish music, smooth jazz
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Shirae’s Tiger’s Island
The first thing I thought about this album was “Hell, there’s nothing to dislike about it.” Shirae are Shireen Russel and Reidin O’Flynn, two young ladies who are belting singers, to say the least. Their music is strong Irish folk … Continue reading
Shane Simpson’s More Electric
It seems Canada is fast becoming a Mecca of undiscovered talent – for new artists previously unheard of on this side of the pond at least. This was certainly the case for me when I got my copy of More … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, blues music, Jazz music
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Flying Tomatoes’ Rags to Racenicas, Atomic City Rhythm Rascals’ Atomic City Rhythm Rascals, Birol Topaloglu’s Aravani, Mukka’s Skip Lizard, Pinewoods Band’s South by Southeast, and Stömp’s Machine Without Horses
One cannot live by English and Celtic music alone, so there needs to be music outside those traditions that’s interesting too. For me, that music is that of the Central European region. And what I like best is the dance … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Contradance music, English folk music, world music
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Saltwater Hank’s G̱al’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi
An album of rock solid classic country and country rock music created by a Canadian First Nations musician and sung in his native tongue, G̱al’üünx wil lu Holtga Liimi is an amazing record. Saltwater Hank is the stage name of … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll
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Hilarie Burhans’ Put On The Skillet, Hubie King and Diane Jones’ There Are No Rules! and Reed Island Rounders’ Goin’ Back
Tim Hoke wrote this review. I was lucky to get to hear some good old-time banjo recordings recently. There doesn’t seem to be much middle ground when it comes to banjos. There are the folks who love them, and then … Continue reading
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Tagged American old time music, Americana music, Bluegrass music
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Hotpoint Stringband’s Steppin’ On Cords and The Road To Burhania
Tim Hoke wrote this review. I’ve said before that good contradance bands rarely make good sit-and-listen-to bands. I’ve also noted that there are exceptions to that rule, and Hotpoint Stringband can be added to that list. All of the tunes … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Bluegrass music, Contradance music
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Hotpoint Stringband’s Hotpoint Special
[Editor’s note: Sadly, we’ve lost track of who wrote this review.] Casually throwing Hotpoint Special into my CD player, I chose a track at random. My ears were greeted by an infectious groove of drums and shaker. This stood in … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Bluegrass music, Contradance music
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Childsplay’s Waiting for the Dawn
You want to know where the lovely tune, ‘Queen Maeve’s Slumber,’ playing now in the Green Man Library is from? It is off the newest recording from Childsplay, the band created by master luthier Bob Childs. Yes, Waiting for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, fiddle tunes, folk music
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Jim Croce’s Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live, and Home Recordings: Americana
Jim Croce is one of those artists who slipped off the radar. He was once highly thought of, a star in fact – gold records, No. 1 hits, albums on the best-seller lists. Then mentioned in rock’n’roll death contests, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll, Singer-Songwriter
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