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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
Aiyana Elliott’s The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack
Elliott Charles Adnopoz, born in Brooklyn to an immigrant physician and a school teacher, reinvented himself as the cowboy and folk singer Jack Elliott. Although he was a protege of Woody Guthrie, and was at the forefront of the folk … Continue reading
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Ramblin’ Jack Elliott’s The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack – Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is a living treasure, a walking and talking (and talking and talking) encyclopedia of American folk music. Although he has been singing for more than 50 years, his recorded output is woefully slim. Until somebody produces a … Continue reading
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John Hiatt’s Crossing Muddy Waters
In Crossing Muddy Waters, John Hiatt has produced one of the best records of his life. That’s saying a lot for a singer-songwriter who has put out something like 20 albums in a quarter of a century, whose songs have … Continue reading
16 Horsepower’s Secret South
16 Horsepower’s third full-length CD (their first on Razor & Tie) is a brooding, southern-gothic statement of fear and faith. The trio is based in Denver, Colorado, but its music is firmly based in the American South of William Faulkner … Continue reading
Elvis Presley’s Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Evolution of Elvis Presley
The Louisiana Hayride was one of the best things that ever happened to Elvis Presley. Sure, Sam Phillips and his Sun Studio gave him his first break, and yes, he had played the Grand Ole Opry (once) before his Hayride … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Louisiana Hayride Classic Country Radio Vols. 1-4, Louisiana Hayride Classic Gospel Radio Vols. 1-2, Louisiana Hayride Classic Comedy Radio
The Louisiana Hayride was one of the most important radio programs for up-and-coming folk, country and rock ‘n’ roll acts in the 1940s and ’50s. Literally dozens of household names in American roots music gained their first exposure to anything … Continue reading
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Various artists’ The Pink Lambert
Archeophone Records, a Bloomington, Indiana, company that specializes in releasing CDs of old 78 rpm and cylinder recordings, may just do for Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley pop what Harry Smith’s anthology did for American folk music. The Pink Lambert: … Continue reading
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Cordelia’s Dad’s Spine
Cordelia’s Dad started as a punk band in the late 1980s, but within a few years was approaching older American songs and tunes with a punk-informed verve, energy and wit. The music they play, and their attitude toward it, places … Continue reading
Various artists’ Swamp Pop
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues is a companion CD to a book of the same name by Shane K. Bernard. With or without the book, it’s an excellent primer in the Louisiana-based style of rock ‘n’ roll … Continue reading
Tish Hinojosa’s Sign of Truth
Austin, Texas-based Tish Hinojosa (een-o-HO-sa) sings and plays a straightforward style of singer-songwriter folk music, colored lightly with strains of her Hispanic heritage. Sign of Truth features Hinojosa performing 12 songs, all of which she wrote or co-wrote, backed by … Continue reading