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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 Red Clay Ramblers’ It Ain’t Right
The Red Clay Ramblers have been playing what’s now known as “new old-time” music since the early 1970s, and it’s entirely possible that they invented the genre, or at least played a part in its birth. They’ve put out more … Continue reading
Rick Danko’s Times Like These
No’am Newman wrote this review. Liking The Band does not mean that automatically you are going to like Rick Danko’s solo records, especially if The Band’s records you like the most were recorded in the 1960s. But there is a … Continue reading
John Hiatt’s The Tiki Bar is Open
John Hiatt has done it again. The Tiki Bar is Open is a rocking followup worthy of last year’s Grammy-nominated, folky Crossing Muddy Waters. In 1987, Hiatt made what was at the time the record of his career, the soulful … Continue reading
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Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Eternal and Lowdown
Eternal and Lowdown is easily the match of any alternative country CD released in 2001. It’s packed with solid, passionate songwriting and intense singing and playing. Ray Wylie Hubbard, a 54-year-old Texan, has been writing and singing songs since the … Continue reading
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Riders of the Purple Sage’s 27 Hits Performed Live and Drifting Clouds
Buck Page has been leading various incarnations of the Riders of the Purple Sage off and on since 1936. These two recent releases feature two different lineups, with only Page and Mike Ley in common. The stronger of the two … Continue reading
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David Goodman’s Modern Twang
Whatever “alternative country” music is, you’ll find just about everything about it through 1999 in this comprehensive book. David Goodman, as a fan of the music and a scholar of American Studies, has compiled what amounts to a one-volume encyclopedia … Continue reading
Tim Eriksen’s Tim Eriksen
Spine, by Cordelia’s Dad, was one of my favorite discs of 2000, and it remains among my frequently played CDs. Tim Eriksen, the frontman of Cordelia’s Dad, presents a heartfelt solo debut with roots deep in American traditional music. The … Continue reading
Rosie Flores’s Speed of Sound
Rosie Flores rose to prominence as the rockabilly queen of the roots-rock and alternative country scene in Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, although she’s been playing in bands since the ’60s. The 50-year-old San Antonio native shows she can still … Continue reading
The Holy Modal Rounders & Friends’ I Make a Wish for a Potato
The Holy Modal Rounders have been making musical mischief and mayhem for just about 40 years now. In lieu of the comprehensive box set that I think they deserve, the good folks at Rounder (who named their label after the … Continue reading
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Red Mountain White Trash’s Chickens Don’t Roost Too High
Red Mountain White Trash is a traditional band with a decidedly untraditional name. But don’t let the moniker put you off. This outfit plays old-time fiddle-based dance music with roots deep in the rich Southern soil. The Birmingham septet produces … Continue reading
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