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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Puddings and More Puddings, Really
- What’s New for the 25th of October: Some Autumnal Matters
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for 11th of October: Music reviews picked by Gary for you to consider, ‘Hotel California’ live by the Eagles for you to listen to, and a biography of the Eagles for you to read. So isn’t that enough for one edition here? I think so.
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Getting Ready for All Hallows Eve
- What’s New for the 27th of September: A tribute to Cape Breton music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 14th of September: books and music to see summer out
- What’s New for the 10th of September: It’s Definitely Late Summer!
- What’s New for the 30th of August: Dolly Pardon
- 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
Tag Archives: rock and roll
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show’s I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best from Shel Silverstein 1971-1979
Shel Silverstein has been much on the collective mind at GMR recently. Some of his books for children have been reviewed, and a second part is promised in the near future. As well as being a children’s author, Silverstein was … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll
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Various artists’ The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles
Clips of The Beatles playing on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 have become part of American popular culture, to the point that everybody remembers watching that historic first appearance, even if they didn’t actually watch it, or weren’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, rock and roll, television
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Southern Culture on the Skids’ Mojo Box and Laika & The Cosmonauts’ Local Warming
Surf music. Whether that phrase makes you think of the smooth, polished, multi-guitar sound of The Ventures, the slashing rumble of Link Wray, the power-picking of Dick Dale or the danceable pop of ’60s beach blanket movies, you still probably … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Rockin’ Memphis: 1960’s – 1970’s Vol. 1
For me rock ‘n’ roll has to be original, wild, and raw. So when this album Rockin’ Memphis, subtitled 1960’s – 1970’s Vol. 1, came up for review I jumped at it. However, it did not turn out to be … Continue reading
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Calexico’s Feast of Wire
In Feast of Wire the Tucson, Arizona-based Calexico has made the most overtly political statement in its brief but prolific history. Their fourth full-length CD offers a cohesive vision of the collision of cultures in the desert borderland between the … Continue reading
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M. Ward’s Transfiguration of Vincent
With Transfiguration of Vincent, M. Ward is batting .1000. He has three solid albums released in a little over three years. The young Portland, Oregon-based musician just keeps turning out charming, idiosyncratic albums that mark him as an American original. … Continue reading
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Frank Zappa’s Zappa Picks by Jon Fishman of Phish
Frank Zappa was an iconoclastic American musician. He surfaced in the ’60s but was decidedly non-hippie and anti-drug, and his music drew more on jazz, classical and cabaret than the folk and acid-rock of that decade. If I had to … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
It’s always nice to see a deserving person being recognized for a lifetime of achievement while still alive. And in American popular music, few living artists are as deserving of accolades as John R. “Johnny” Cash. Cash has written and … Continue reading
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Mostly Autumn’s Heroes Never Die: the Anthology, Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings, and The Story So Far…
Mostly Autumn is an English band whom I’ve never heard of before. According to the biographical material supplied by Classic Rock Productions, they have released six albums to date, and the three CDs they sent Green Man Review provide a … Continue reading
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John Hiatt and The Goners, McDonald Theater, Eugene, Oregon – December 9, 2001
Less than a month after Ken Kesey’s funeral was held in the historic McDonald Theater (owned by Kesey’s family), John Hiatt held court there before a full house eager for his signature brand of soulful, bluesy roots rock. The fans, … Continue reading
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