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- What’s New for the 10th of December: A mixed bag of seasonal and other Nordic, Celtic, and British music; omni reviews of late-in-the-year music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hrafnfreistuor (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 26th of November: Music we’re thankful for; fairy tales and myths; a graphic novel about a pandemic; an Old Hag, a Piglet, Canadian television, and hot chocolate!
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Greening the Estate (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 12th of November: a grab bag of adult and YA fiction and nonfiction; Russian and Eastern European folk-rock, classical, Celtic, blues music and more; Sons of Anarchy; an intrepid air hostess
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Guy Fawkes Day (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of October: Halloween is Nigh on Us!
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Summer afternoon (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 15th of October: Music in fiction and non-fiction; Psycho and its sequels; Two Fat Ladies; some Gaiman; folk music from all over, plus some Zappa and some jazz
- What’s New for the 12th of October:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Tunes
- What’s New for the 1st of the October: Horror, time travel, murder and fantasy, and comics journalism; personal Scandinavian jazz, ancient Persian songs, bluegrass, Americana, and a podcast; Johnny Cash on TV; chocolate and empanadas
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Béla
- What’s New for the 17th of September: WWII (and other) mysteries; jazz, Americana, Celtic music and more; Doc Martin; summer beer and ale
- A Kinrowan Estate story: My Library
- What’s New for the 3rd of September: Gary pens a short tribute to Jimmy Buffett, New jazz and Americana music, a grab bag of styles from the archives, books about English folk rock, books about breakfast and brunch, a black and white world, a panned comic, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the 20th of August: Some favorite mysteries; jazz, country, RT, and a musical grab bag; a hoedown, a big dragon, Hellboy, and of course ice cream!
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Guest Lecturer
- What’s New for the 6th of August: Weird westerns and singing cowboys, Jane Lindskold and two from Patricia McKillip; ska, Spanish jazz, klezmer, and songs about fishing; Mary Poppins and lonely Vampires, Roman emperors and superheroes; and a couple of Oregon ales in a British style pub
- What’s New for the 3rd of September:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Chasing Fireflies
- What’s New for the 23rd of July: Books by Roger Zelazny; Scottish music, SCOTS music, dance music and Asian Underground; chocolate-peanut butter cookies, rock poster art, and a little primal horror
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: A Theological Anthropologist
- What’s New for the 9th of July: All Sorts of Good Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Musical Ganeshas (A Letter to Svetlana)
- What’s New for the 25th of June: Steeleye Span edition
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Danse Macabre (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 11th of June: Space Opera, Folkmanis Rat in a Tin Can, Lots of folk rock – Steeleye Span, Orthodox Celts – Maddy Prior interview, some contradance and some bluegrass; a catty film review; Vess’s Ballads & Sagas; and some new Norwegian folk rock
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Reading Groups (A Letter to Anna)
Tag Archives: folk music
Tony Reidy’s The Coldest Day in Winter
This album is an independent release by Tony Reidy, a singer-songwriter from Ireland, and was recorded and engineered by Brendan Minish at Raheens, Castlebar, Ireland. Tony Reidy writes all the songs bar one. As a rule I like to listen … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, Irish music
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Various artists, The Wings Of Butterflies
This CD is unlikely to appeal to conservatives, whether of the “neo” or plain old-fashioned varieties. It is a highly political and often angry recording, aiming its barbs at a range of targets in the past, present and near future … Continue reading
Joan Baez Gracias A La Vida
This album and I go back a long way. Coming up on 50 years, actually. It was introduced to me by my Spanish teacher in the spring of 1974 during my freshman year at university, and at the time I … Continue reading
Dorris Henderson’s Here I Go Again
Mike Stiles contributed this review. Hmm, what have we got here? First track is “Wayfaring Stranger.” I haven’t heard an opening combo of guitar and piano like this in a long time – is the vocal going to be just … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music
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Narechie’s A Iz Pod Goroda, Аratseya’s Galki, Elem’s Northern Spirituals, Runara’s Way of the Sun, and Aina’s Northstar
Narechie’s A Iz Pod Goroda (From the Town) From the Town is the second album from Narechie, a folk rock group from Belgorod in the far west of Russia near the border with Ukraine. They specialize in the Russian style … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, folk-rock, russian folk music, world music
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Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie’s Hungry Ghosts
Every Wednesday night at the Edgewater Pub and Bistro in Comox, B.C., Doug Cox and Sam Hurrie take the stage to play some old blues and regale the audience with tales about the songs and singers they pay tribute to. … Continue reading
Tanglefoot’s Agnes On the Cowcatcher and The Bill Hilly Band’s All Day Every Day
Judith Gennett wrote this review. Many years ago, this Owen Sound, Ontario, band got together to present history in a more interesting way to students. They suceeded! My own children were transfixed by “Agnes On the Cowcatcher”! It’s a song … Continue reading
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Kate Campbell’s Monuments, and Twang On A Wire
A year ago I wrote a retrospective article reviewing Kate Campbell‘s first five albums. A recent visit to her Web site showed two new albums, which are only available at shows or by mail order. Monuments has been released in … Continue reading
Gangar’s Stubb, Fränder’s Fränder II, and Rüüt’s Kiriküüt
Gangar’s Stubb Norwegian metal folk-rock is one of my new favorite things, thanks to Gangar. We already previewed the first single from Stubb back in June (2023). As I said of “Sukkeri er søtt” (“Sugar is Sweet”) at the time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Estonian Folk Music, folk music, folk-rock, Nordic music, world music
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Various artists’ 100 Ans de Musique Traditionnelle Quebecoise (100 Years of Traditional Quebecois Music)
I have to be upfront about this. I am a sucker for a box set! Just looking at anthologies excites me! 100 Ans de Musique Traditionnelle Quebecoise is just what it promises to be, on four double CDs, all packed … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, French-Canadian music, quebecois music
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