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- What’s New for the 29th of September: Louisiana’s Lost Bayou Ramblers, live music by Kathryn Tickell, Ottawa based urban fantasies by Charles de Lint, Norwegian saxophonist Karl Seglem, Gus on the Estate Kitchen garden and other Autumnal matters
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- What’s New for the 7th of July: A Passel of Roger Zelazny Reviews, A Write-up of an Irish Pub, Two Pieces of Live Music by Rosanne Cash, Where Irish Coffee Originated, Irish (and a Little Welsh) Music of a Modern Sort
- A Travels Abroad story: Truly Shitty Celtic Metal
- What’s New for the 23rd of June: A special edition for the Solstice, Wales in literature and music, and yes, in film.
- A Kinrowan Story: The Oak King
- What’s New for the 9th of June: Some beach reads — dark fantasy, superhero romance, comic fantasy and teen aliens; Finnish fiddles, Swedish-American jazz, and an Earl Scruggs tribute, and a grab bag of archival music; glam rock on film; an Alan Moore tribute
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- A Kinrowan Estate Tale: A Restless Queen
- What’s New for the 12th of May: a Terry Pratchett edition: Discworld and other worlds, adult fantasy, YA stories, and lit-crit; new Karelian, Canadian and Big Band music; and Smithfield Fair from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Cookbook
- What’s New for the 28th of April: Tull, Ian MacDonald, Finnish candy and The Wicker Man
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Foxes
- Whats New for the 14th of April: It’s truly Spring, so go outside and enjoy the warm weather. Really it’s worth doing.
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Designing Trolls
- What’s New for the 31st of March: Foxes in fiction; new Americana, Russian folk, Persian, and Nordic music; Justice League comics; Cajun music on film, and more!
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Cookbook (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 17th of March: A grab bag of fantasy and folklore including American Gods; some fantastic graphic novels; a grab bag of CDs including Scottish Traveler stories & songs, and folk songs from all over;
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Tag Archives: French-Canadian music
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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Childsplay at the State Street Church
Imagine anywhere from 21 to 28 fiddler/violin players on one stage with a rhythm section, throw in a random banjo or wooden flute … sound like a party? Well, that’s how Childsplay got its start: in Bob Childs’ house at … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Bob Childs, Childsplay, French-Canadian music, Irish music, Nordic music, Scottish music
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Vishtèn’s Mosaïk
Among what is now a plethora of artists and groups playing the traditional music of Francophone Canada, the trio Vishtèn is taking things in a different direction. Their release Mosaïk could maybe be described as progressive Acadian, in much the … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, French-Canadian music, music, Quebec folk music
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