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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: folk music
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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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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Ken Whiteley’s Acoustic Electric, and Le Vent du Nord’s Maudite Moisson!
Ken Whiteley is a multi-talented musician. He has played behind such people as Tom Paxton and Leon Redbone; he was part of the Original Sloth Band; he and his brother Chris (not to be confused with American slide guitarist Chris … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian singer-songwriter, folk music, quebecois music
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