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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
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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Tagged Americana music, folk music, folk-rock, pirates, sea chanteys
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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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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll
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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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Tagged Americana music, Hawaiian music
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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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