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- 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
- What’s New for the 4th of January: Favorite books and music of 2025
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mythologist John Campbell
- What’s New for 21st of December
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pub Ghoulies
- What’s New for 7 of December: books by Alan Garner, and holiday music new and old, Celtic, Americana, jazz and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies, Part Two
- What’s New for 23 November
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Several Annies
- What’s New for the 9th of November: rhymers and ravens, folk songs and folk tales, jazz guitar and dark forests and constellations put to music, Hungarian tunes and knights and rakes and tinkers and fools, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Kedgeree
- Whats New for the 26th of October: some Patricia McKillip books and an interview, ’70s jazz reissues, Nordic Americana and American Americana, and some Samhain seasonal albums
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Charles and Alice Pay a Visit (A Letter to Owyn)
- What’s New for the 12th of October
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Pudding Contest
- What’s New for the 28th of September: Appalachia in books, music and more
- A Kinrown Estate story: Autumn is Upon Us
- What’s New for the 14th of September: Books, film and music with a piratical theme; plus Corsican polyphony, Balkan sevdah, Americana music, Hardanger fiddle with reindeer, Latin jazz and piano trios
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Irish Coffee
- New SF from James S. A. Corey; Terry Gillian’s Excalibur; Rolling Stones do Aaron Copland’s ‘A Fanfare for The Common Man’; An offbeat history of coffee; an interview with Russian folk singer Zhenya Wind; and a grab bag of folk music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Waltzing Matilda
- What’s New for the 17th of August: Lots of Cropredy reports and reviews, and some new jazz and Americana;
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Hidden Dragon
- What’s New for the 3rd of August: A mix of Heinlein reviews; new jazz out of Vermont and a grab bag of archival reviews; Italian American food writing, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Recursive Loops
- What’s New for the 20th of July: Lots of Elizabeth Bear including The Folded Sky; tomatoes; a Hobbit film; new jazz and archival reviews; Charles Vess ballads and sagas; and an offbeat Ellen Kushner adaptation
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Commedia dell’Arte. Possibly.
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Tag Archives: rock and roll
Paul Simon’s Live From Philadelphia
This concert from Philadelphia’s Tower Theater was filmed in 1980, the same year that Paul Simon released his feature film One Trick Pony. The Simon-scripted One Trick Pony was the story of a once popular folksinger who’d had a hit … Continue reading
Lydia Loveless’ Somewhere Else
I’ve been following Lydia Loveless since her first CD The Only Man was released on a tiny independent label in 2010, through all of the lazy comparisons to Loretta Lynn and Neko Case, to her signing to major indie Bloodshot … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll
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NRBQ’s Dummy
NRBQ is one of the longest-lasting rock bands in history, and while they’ve never had a hit, they’ve made almost uniformly strong records for their entire career. Started as the New Rhythm & Blues Quintet (later Quartet) in 1967, the … Continue reading
Dan Bern & the IJBC’s Fleeting Days
Listening to the big guy’s new CD laying in bed the one his producer thinks he never shoulda made but it gets me going gets me into the shower what a shock to be awake at this early hour Dan … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll, Singer-Songwriter
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John Sebastian’s John B. Sebastian, Tarzana Kid, and Welcome Back
John Sebastian’s combo The Lovin’ Spoonful was a folk-pop crossover in the mid-1960s, but by 1968 he was ready to strike out on his own. He had been around the New York folk scene since the early years of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk-rock, rock and roll
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Michael Bayley Hughes and Bob Hewitt’s Strat Masters: The Definitive History Of The World’s Most Famous Guitar
In recent months I have seen some excellent films. But, not features. No… the lowly documentary film has roared back with a vengeance. The House That Ahmet Built (about Ahmet Ertegun & Atlantic Records,) Life Through A Lens (the story … Continue reading
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Tagged guitars, rock and roll, stratocaster
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Lady Godiva’s Whisky You’re the Devil, Tales of Kings and Boozers, and Red Letter Day
Patrick O’Donnell wrote this review. You’ve got to hand it to Lady Godiva, a “Celtic punk” group out of Sauerland, Germany. In the “unlikely” category they’ve taken the prize, hands-down. Who would’ve thought the Pogues would inspire a bunch of … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, rock and roll
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The Ukrainians’ Istoriya: The Best of The Ukrainians
John D. Benninghouse wrote this review. Istoriya demonstrates well the dual-edged sword that is the “best of” compilation. On the one hand, it gives a nice overview of The Ukrainians‘ oeuvre and is an enhanced CD and so the buyer … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll, world music
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The Ukrainians’ Diaspora
John D. Benninghouse wrote this review. Long before Gogol Bordello assaulted New Yorkers with their high octane blend of Gypsy and punk, The Ukrainians were on the other side of the ocean leading the unruly child of rock’n’roll into a … Continue reading
X’s More Fun in the New World
In my review of the re-released reissue of X’s Under The Big Black Sun I asserted that it, their third, is X’s best album. In the liner notes of the remastered reissue of their next record, More Fun in the … Continue reading