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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
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- 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
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- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
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- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
Tag Archives: Celtic mythology
Philip Freeman’s Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes
The Library here at Kinrowan Hall has hundreds of books, pamphlets and more ephemeral material concerning Celtic mythology such as Audrey L. Becker and Kristin Noone’s Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt’s Gods and Heroes of the … Continue reading
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Caitlín Matthews and Olwyn Whelan’s Celtic Memories
Rebecca Scott penned this review. A quick glance at the back cover of this volume shows selections from five of the Six Nations of the Celts in the British Isles (Cornwall is neglected, if you’re curious). Eight of these pieces are … Continue reading
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An Interview with Robin Williamson
Tim Hoke conducted this interview in 2008. You’ve been described as a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, songwriter, and storyteller, who first made his name as a founder member of The Incredible String Band and The Merry Band. That was over thirty … Continue reading
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Marie-Louise Sjoestedt’s Gods and Heroes of the Celts
“The gods of the Celts, as they are presented here, are quite unlike the gods of classical [read: Greek] mythology. They are not patrons of love or war or of various crafts, nor have they a home in heaven. They … Continue reading
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