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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
The Kingston Trio’s Once Upon a Time and Twice Upon a Time
Faith J. Cormier contributed this review. The Kingston Trio started recording the year I was born. I didn’t realize how much they and the Weavers had shaped my childhood tastes until, as an adult, I finally found out where the … Continue reading
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Wake The Dead’s Blue Light Cheap Hotel and Camogie’s Celtic Americana
Here are two related releases by Danny Carnahan and friends; one a Grateful Dead tribute, one an extended CD single of singer-songwriter material. Once upon a time, back when Bill Graham was alive and each coast had its very own … Continue reading
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David Bromberg Quartet’s Live, New York City 1982
I remember David Bromberg from years ago. He wrote a song with George Harrison, he played guitar for Bob Dylan, the Eagles, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson and the Grateful Dead. In memory he was one of those flash acoustic guitar … Continue reading
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Maria Muldaur’s Yes We Can
When Maria Muldaur was thinking about creating her 35th album (wow! Is it that long since “Midnight At the Oasis”?) she wondered, “What is there left to sing about?” She’s been recording collections of Dylan tunes and “naughty blues,” and … Continue reading
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Janis Ian’s Society’s Child: My Autobiography, and Best of Janis Ian: The Autobiography Collection
Normally here at the Green Man building we keep books and CDs separate. Oh sure, in every editor’s office the shelves are filled with both, and down in the jungle where the writers dwell the floors are littered with CDs … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music, music, Singer-Songwriter
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Casey Neill’s Brooklyn Bridge
I think we have a copy of every CD available from this awesome singer-songwriter. You can certainly find other glowing reviews of his work on GMR (see, for example, Cat’s write-up of Live on 11th Street and Camille’s of a … Continue reading
Willie Nelson’s One Hell of a Ride
Willie Nelson’s music has been repackaged and rereleased repeatedly almost since he began recording more than 50 years ago. His legacy has been re-assessed many times, and doubtless will continue to be reappraised for some time to come, because he … Continue reading
Crooked Still’s Shaken by a Low Sound
Crooked Still is marketed as an alt-country or an Americana group, depending on who the target audience is perceived to be. Damn marketers! Like The Sevens, the Red Clay Ramblers, and The Duhks, what you have here is the rather … Continue reading
Otis Taylor’s Recapturing the Banjo
“If you ask the average person where they think the five-string banjo originated, the chances are that they would say it came from Kentucky or North Carolina …” (Dick Weissman, from the liner notes.) Well, Green Man reader, you’re an … Continue reading
Teddy Thompson’s Upfront & Down Low
Those unfamiliar with his family history might be surprised that Teddy Thompson chose to do an album of country covers. But given the fondness of his parents — that’d be Richard and Linda Thompson — for American country standards, it’s … Continue reading
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