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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
Kaia Kater’s Nine Pin
Kaia Kater’s follow-up to her strong 2014 debut disc Sorrow Bound fulfills that album’s promise and more. The African-Canadian banjo player, singer and songwriter has delivered a personal and social manifesto on Nine Pin. In the tradition of Carolina Chocolate … Continue reading
Anna Tivel’s Heroes Waking Up
Anna Tivel sings her songs of world-weariness and hope in a voice that sounds a lot younger than her words. The Northwest-raised Tivel currently calls Portland home, but she’s spent a lot of time on the road and with her … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music, folk-rock
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Tara Nevins’ Mule to Ride
Brendan Foreman penned this review. Rather than bask in the typical “vanity press” atmosphere of most solo outings, Tara Nevin — fiddler and lead vocalist of Donna the Buffalo (see our review of Rockin’ in A Weary World) — acts here … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Bluegrass, Tara Nevins
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Donna the Buffalo’s Rockin’ in the Weary Land
Chris Woods penned this review. Wow! What an incredible debut album from this New York based six piece band. It’s not often I play a CD by a band I have never heard of and am captivated within seconds. Plenty of … Continue reading
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Popcorn Behavior’s Hot Contra Dance Tunes, Journeywork and Strangest Dream
Naomi de Bruyn wrote this review. It is rather disconcerting at first to listen to this group. The music is impeccable and surpasses much of what I have heard in my life. This in itself is not all that remarkable. However, … Continue reading
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Jay Ungar and Molly Mason’s Relax Your Mind
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason are best known for their waltz, “The Ashokan Farewell,” which became the centerpiece tune of the Ken Burns/PBS documentary about the American Civil War. They’re more than a one-trick pony, though, as they demonstrate on Relax … Continue reading
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason’s Harvest Home: Music For All Seasons
Brendan Foreman wrote this review. Most famous for their sparse yet sublime fiddle tune “Ashokan Farewell,” the eventual theme to Ken Burns’ Civil War series, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason are seasoned veterans of the old-time circuit. Besides being excellent musicians (Ungar … Continue reading
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Eli West’s The Both
This release combines the talents of some of my favorite musical discoveries of the past couple of years, starting with Eli West. I first learned of the Seattle-based roots musician through his 2014 release with Cahalen Morrison, I’ll Swing My … Continue reading
Richmond Fontaine’s You Can’t Go Back if There’s Nothing To Go Back To
Richmond Fontaine is capping a 22-year career as Portland, Oregon’s top alt-country band with one of its best albums. You Can’t Go Back if There’s Nothing To Go Back To is the band’s 11th studio album and intended to be … Continue reading
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Rosanne Cash’s Blue Moons and Broken Hearts: the Anthology 1979-1996
Rosanne Cash is the daughter of the legendary Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian. She has a brand new album out which is being strongly promoted. This disc, Blue Moons and Broken Hearts, is an anthology of her earlier work. … Continue reading
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