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- 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
- 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)
Tag Archives: Americana music
Brian Mansfield and Gray Graff, editors’ MusicHound Country: The Essential Album Guide
This is a very thorough, well researched, readable and useful reference book. If you’re a music junkie like me, and you like anything that could conceivably be called country music, you could probably spend many happy hours thumbing through MusicHound … Continue reading
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Kelly Joe Phelps, Aladdin Theater, Portland, Oregon – October 23, 1999
Singer-guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps held a crowd of perhaps 500 spellbound for two hours, with his unique blend of folk, blues, gospel and jazz. Himself a capable writer of elliptical ballads, Phelps’ main strengths are his offbeat interpretations of folk … Continue reading
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Jon Dee Graham’s Summerland
Between the ghost in the yard and the angel in the tree/the roses in their bed get more sleep than me. That line, from “Half the Time,” the second track on Jon Dee Graham’s Summerland, just won’t turn loose of … Continue reading
Fernando’s Old Man Motel
Old Man Motel is one of the most enjoyable rock albums I’ve heard in a long time. In fact, it’s near the top of my Top 10 of 1999 discs. Fernando is a Portland, Oregon, band fronted by Fernando Viciconte, … Continue reading
Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt, Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater, Portland, Oregon – Sept. 6, 1999
Something old, new, borrowed and blue were among the ingredients as these two grand dames of American folk-rock launched their first-ever joint tour in front of some 4,000 fans in an outdoor amphitheater. Old: Songs going back more than 25 … Continue reading
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John Doe solo acoustic at Lenora’s Ghost
John Doe seems to be coming to terms with being an aging rock star. Not that, in his mid-forties, the frontman of X — the most important punk band to come out of Los Angeles — is anything like a … Continue reading
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Kelly Joe Phelps’s Shine Eyed Mister Zen
Kelly Joe Phelps is firmly located in folk and country blues, but he is one of those musicians who are impossible to pigeon-hole. It’s tempting to describe him by comparison with his myriad musical influences, but that would miss by … Continue reading
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Sandy Bull’s Inventions, E Pluribus Unum, Jukebox School of Music, Vehicles, Steel Tears
Sandy Bull is a legend — if not with the general public, then surely among his fellow musicians. And like most legendary figures, he is both larger than life and has feet of clay. Of his early work in the … Continue reading
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The Handsome Family’s Through the Trees
The roots of country music twist their way deep into some pretty dark territory. The cimmerian side of human nature has long been a major theme in American music, running like a vein of black coal deep under the roots … Continue reading
Various artists’ Swing West! Vols. 1, 2 and 3
Country music and Nashville are synonymous, right? Well, right as far as it goes. But since the late 1940s, California, particularly Bakersfield, has been the breeding ground for its own strain of country music that stands outside of the mainstream … Continue reading
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