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- 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
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- What’s New for the 14th of September: books and music to see summer out
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Tag Archives: rock and roll
Mike Scott’s Adventures of a Waterboy
The moment I opened this book about Mike Scott and started reading it was when I first realized that it was a memoir. And if you’ve read many musicians’ autobiographies, you’ll know why my heart sank. “Oh, great, another slog … Continue reading
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Tagged memoir, rock and roll, The Waterboys, world music
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The Waterboys’ Fisherman’s Blues Part Two, The Live Adventures of The Waterboys, and The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81-85
Originally, the function of songs was devotional. Then in the balladeering centuries, songs became a vehicle for the spreading of information, stories and opinions. Now in the 20th century, they have become a way of making money and achieving fame. … Continue reading
Tagged folk-rock, rock and roll, world music
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The Waterboys’ A Rock In The Weary Land
No’am Newman wrote this review. Oh No’am, I know you’re disappointed with this disc; I know that you were expecting The Waterboys of Whole Of The Moon and Fisherman’s Blues and instead you got something else. But it’s not my … Continue reading
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Tagged folk-rock, rock and roll
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Mike Scott’s The Waterboys: An omnibus review, 1983-2000
The Waterboys’ The Waterboys (Ensign, 1983) The Waterboys’ A Pagan Place (Ensign, 1984) The Waterboys’ This Is The Sea (Ensign, 1985) The Waterboys’ Fisherman’s Blues (Ensign, 1988) The Waterboys’ Room To Roam (Ensign, 1990) The Waterboys’ Dream Harder (Geffen, 1993) … Continue reading
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Tagged Irish music, rock and roll, world music
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Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run: 30th Anniversary Edition
Thirty years!?! Wow! It’s been thirty years since I heard Bruce Springsteen for the first time? I had heard so much about other “new Dylans” that I ignored his first two albums. When I played Born To Run for the … Continue reading
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MTV’s No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
Craig Clarke wrote this review. Ever since the breakup of Led Zeppelin due to the untimely death of drummer John Bonham, fans have hankered for some sort – any sort, really – of reunion. There have been some teases – … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll, world music
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Little Feat’s Waiting for Columbus and Rockpalast Live
We made all the hot spots. My money flowed like wine Then that low down Southern whiskey began to fog my mind And I don’t remember church bells or the money I put down On the white picket fence and … Continue reading
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Kevin Courrier’s Dangerous Kitchen: The Subversive World of Zappa
There have been many books written about Frank Zappa. Perhaps the most disappointing, and yet most enlightening, was his own The Real Frank Zappa Book. A bizarre but strangely readable book was Ben Watson’s Frank Zappa’s Negative Dialectics of Poodle … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary music, frank zappa, rock and roll
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George R.R. Martin’s The Armageddon Rag
Well, I got involved in it almost by happenstance. Phillip de Guerre, who was the Executive Producer of The Twilight Zone, is also a big rock ‘n’ roll fan, and a number of years ago I did a book called … Continue reading
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Tagged rock and roll, urban fantasy
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Lorenzo DeStefano’s Los Zafiros: Music From the Edge of Time
There has been a re-awakening of interest in the music of Cuba. Even with its turbulent history, the island, which sits just 90 miles off the tip of Florida, was almost forgotten as the United States sought to ignore it. … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, rock and roll, world music
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