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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.
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Tag Archives: Americana music
Various artists’ Son of Rogue’s Gallery
I keep thinking the whole pirate thing will play out, but it seems it has legs, even if one of them is a peg. A couple of friends of mine started International Talk Like A Pirate Day back in about … Continue reading
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John Prine’s Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (Deluxe Edition)
I’d long been a casual John Prine fan, which meant that I knew most of the songs on his debut self-titled album, plus a few others I picked up along the way: “Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink … Continue reading
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Minor Gold’s Way to the Sun
The sunny Laurel Canyon vibe is what first drew me to Minor Gold’s Way to the Sun, then the sharp songwriting, lovely vocal harmonies, and emotional resonance of the songs pulled me in for a long stay. I was surprised … Continue reading
Poi Rogers’ Twilight Blues
One look at their name will tell you what Poi Rogers is all about. This Santa Cruz based duo tossed the cowboy country western ethos of the Sons of the Pioneers with the warm tropical stylings of Hawaiian style lap … Continue reading
Lydia Loveless’ Somewhere Else
I’ve been following Lydia Loveless since her first CD The Only Man was released on a tiny independent label in 2010, through all of the lazy comparisons to Loretta Lynn and Neko Case, to her signing to major indie Bloodshot … Continue reading
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Jed Marum’s Streets Of Fall River, and Jed Marum & Michael Harrison’s Into The West: Celts In Texas
Both of these albums can be filed under what I call Real Folk Music. Streets Of Fall River was first released independently by Jed Marum in 2000. On the album Into The West: Celts in Texas we find him performing … Continue reading
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Various artists’ What’s That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs
Dean MacPherson wrote this review. Richard Thompson has one. Kurt Weill has a couple of them. Hell, even Mickey Mouse has a tribute album, so it’s about time somebody put together a collection of Phil Ochs cover tunes. Ochs, though … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Hula Blues: Vintage Steel Guitar Instrumentals from the ’30s and ’40s
Big Earl Sellar wrote this review. About a decade ago I was turned on to the wonderful musical possibilities of the lap steel guitar. It’s basically a slab of wood (or occasionally cast metal) with six to 10 strings, tuned … Continue reading
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Ry Cooder’s My Name Is Buddy
Subtitled “another record by Ry Cooder” My Name Is Buddy is the second album in a planned trilogy in which Cooder searches for the old weird America that the guitarist knows is still there, buried somewhere under our modern society. … Continue reading
Ry Cooder’s Chávez Ravine
The full title of this new release is Chávez Ravine . . . a record by Ry Cooder. It is the first record by Ry Cooder to be released in many years. Okay, Mambo Sinuendo was a duet album with … Continue reading
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