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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
Joan Baez’s In Concert and In Concert Part 2
In the fall of 1962 and again a year later, the Vanguard label did a strange and wonderful thing. It followed 1961’s chart success of Joan Baez’s first two albums with another two. But these were live recordings, and they … Continue reading
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Red Mountain White Trash’s Sweet Bama
Red Mountain White Trash plays old-time Southern string-band music as what it is: energetic dance music. From their name, you might think them some kind of a joke band, or perhaps a bunch of kids making fun of Southern music. … Continue reading
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Doc Watson and David Holt’s Legacy
Big Earl Sellar wrote this review. In a time of passing of many great musicians, one can be really thankful that ol’ Doc Watson still walks this earth. Watson, the bridge between folk, bluegrass, and “old-timey” music, is another artist … Continue reading
Danko-Fjeld-Andersen’s One More Shot
Rick Danko, expatriate Canadian from the Band; Jonas Fjeld, Norwegian folk singer; and Eric Andersen, American songwriter, first joined forces in 1991. They released a stunning debut album which is now re-issued as One More Shot. Appleseed has made the … Continue reading
Fiddlers 4’s Fiddlers 4
The string quartet has been a popular instrumental ensemble for some 300 years now, and it’s easy to see why. It lends itself to many different kinds of music, and presents enough potential variety in arrangements to keep things interesting. … Continue reading
Joan Baez, The Oregon Amphitheater, Albany, Oregon – August 17, 2002
Joan Baez’s voice has been her blessing and her curse, in a career that has now entered its fifth decade. Her crystalline, near-operatic soprano was startling in its purity and power through most of her career, but it also sometimes … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas, Rough Guide to the Music of the Alps, and Rough Guide to the Music of the Appalachians
“High lonesome” is a term coined to describe the bluegrass sound popularized by Bill Monroe, but it aptly describes the outlook of anyone who lives in the mountains. At first glance, the music of the Himalayas, Alps and Appalachians might … Continue reading
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Caitlin Cary’s While You Weren’t Looking
This is Caitlin Cary‘s first full-length CD since she struck out on her own after the demise of the highly regarded alt-country band Whiskeytown. Cary sings and plays fiddle on all 13 tracks on this CD and its companion single, … Continue reading
Bo Ramsey’s In the Weeds
Robert Franklin “Bo” Ramsey is one of those musicians better known among his peers than among the public. Springing from the same corn-fed Iowa fields as his sometime songwriting partner Greg Brown, he plays a gritty heartland style of blues, … Continue reading
Toshi Reagon’s Toshi
Toshi Reagon‘s second record for Razor & Tie (she’s been recording since 1990 on a variety of labels) is a mix of blues, roots, folk and rock. Reagon, whose parents were both members of the 1960s’ protest supergroup The Freedom … Continue reading