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- What’s New for the 13th of April: Anthony Bourdain in print and video; Calexico, Giant Sand and related music; new recordings of ragas, Nordic songs, and vocal jazz, ‘The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down’ performed by The Band
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- What’s New for the 30th of March: Space Opera by Niven & Pournell, Arkady Martine, C. J. Cherryh, Elizabeth Bear, Simon Jimenez and more; Kage reads for us ‘The Empress of Mars’, a novella she wrote; a grab bag of music including new Buryat folk music; The Ukrainians; live music from the Scottish band Iron Horse; Gail Simone graphic novels; Farscape; and of course chocolate
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- What’s New for the 16th of February: Books by and about Bob Dylan, and music by Dylan and others; plus some new world music and jazz
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- What’s New for the 5th of January: A look back at books Gary reviewed in 2024; some seasonally appropriate Nordic music and a little new jazz
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Biscuits
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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces
- What’s New for the 8th of December: Elizabeth Bear fiction; some holiday related offerings including new music from The Unthanks, Americana tinged jazz, Polar Express, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Eggnog
- What’s New for the 24th of November: Norwegian winter holiday music, archival jazz, new roots music from around Europe, and more; books and what not about things fictional & medæival
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Pudding
- What’s New for the 10th of November: a grab bag of books from our favorite authors; Richard Thompson and Stephane Grappelli on film; music from all over; and comfort food
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Brandy (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 27th of October: The Byrds Live, Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix, Some Excellent Music Reviews, Folkmanis Puppets of an Autumnal Nature, The Mouse Guard begins…
- A Kinrowan Estate story: All The World’s A Stage
- What’s New for the 13th of October: Elizabeth Bear tends a pot of turkey stock, Groot and Rocket Raccoon, A Video and Fiction set in India, Tasty music reviews, and music from Irish trad band Clannad
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Autumn is Here (A Letter to Anna)
- 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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Tag Archives: rock and roll
Bob Dylan’s Together Through Life
There’s a funny thing that happens whenever Dylan releases an album that the critics like (I think it averages out at one every three releases). When they fall all over themselves praising an album, as they did 2006’s Modern Times, … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, Bob Dylan, rock and roll
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James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown
A lot has been said and written about A Complete Unknown, pretty much all of it of it good. There are so many ways for a movie like this to go wrong, and director James Mangold seems to have avoided … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, folk music, rock and roll
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Various artists’ Expresso Bongo, Original London Cast Recording
Liz Milner wrote this review. Why did I spend an inordinate amount of time tracking down this forgotten London musical from 1958? To quote our Music Editor’s response to my query, “Sir Thomas More singing to a Latin jazz beat? … Continue reading
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Tagged music, musical theater, rock and roll, soundtrack, trad jazz
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Stephen Stills’s Turnin’ Back the Pages
Stephen Stills peaked early. There were the Au Go Go Singers and The Continentals, but his first successful band was Buffalo Springfield. What talent was joined together for that little group of rock’n’rollers! Wacko guitarist-songwriter-humanitarian-toy-train-magnate Neil Young! Richie Furay of … Continue reading
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The Pogues Red Roses For Me, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, If I Should Fall From Grace With God, Peace & Love, Hell’s Ditch, Waiting for Herb, and Pogue Mahone
‘I’ve had a very, very happy life. If they stuck me in a box tomorrow I’d know I’ve had a bloody whale of a time. How many other people have made loads of money and done every drug under the … Continue reading
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Tagged Irish music, rock and roll, The Pogues
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Black 47’s On Fire
Mike Stiles wrote this review. Black 47 remains fronted by the peerless Larry Kirwan, who graces the earwaves with guitar when he’s not busy staging his eloquent vocals. The solid foundation of Thomas Hamlin (percussion) and Andrew Goodsight (bass, vocals) … Continue reading
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Black 47’s Black ’47, Black ’47 EP, Fire Of Freedom, Green Suede Shoes, Home of the Brave, Live in New York City, and Trouble in the Land
Time magazine said of Black 47: “Finally. Rock ‘n’ roll that means something again!” Bullocks, I say. If Black 47 was just a rock ‘n’ roll band, I wouldn’t be doing a comprehensive review of their albums. Black 47 is … Continue reading
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Bluehorses’ Dragons Milk and Coal
Bluehorses are a five-piece band based in South Wales. They are comprised of Nic Waulker, drummer, songwriter, arranger and producer; Liz Prenderghast (“Liz), electric fiddle and effects; and Emma on traditional wood-bodied fiddle. Guitarist Martyn Standing plays everything from gentle … Continue reading
Deep Purple’s Book of Taliesyn
I’ve written in a few other reviews of classic albums about the influence my older brother had on … not exactly my taste, but the albums that I heard in the late 1960s and early ’70s. This album, the sophomore … Continue reading
Tagged progressive rock, rock and roll
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Todd Haynes’s Velvet Goldmine, David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and The Man Who Sold The World
I have seen Velvet Goldmine three times, and the last time I watched it, I asked if I could review it for GMR. When the two vintage Bowie CDs were thrown in, they swallowed the bait whole. So, out came … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bowie, glam rock, rock and roll
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