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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Reading Groups (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 28th of May: All Sorts of Interesting Reviews, Page and Plant’s ‘Kashmir’ and Kage’s Favourite Folk Song
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: The Green Lady
- What’s New for the 14 of May: Lots of live music plus some new jazz and country; urban fantasy, horror, and classic sf; new Oreos;
- A Kinrowan Estate story: The Calamity Janes
- What’s New for the 30th of April: Some new sf, old sf and con mysteries; lots of Celtic music and Willie Nelson’s birthday bash; a Hans Christian Andersen biopic; and lots of booze
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Hidden Bookstore
- What’s New for the 16th of April: Matty Groves as done by Sandy Denny, Mushroom Hunting, Michael Kaluta, Shane McGowan, some books that touch on the American Pastime, Norwegian folk, a Swiss classical take on American music, The Weavers, Federal Music Project, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Estate gossip (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 2nd of April: Kaiju preservation, Francesca Lia Block; lots of Alan Moore; Celtic music, organ jazz trios, West Coast jazz, and meld of American exotica, minimalist jazz, and Middle Eastern modes
- A Kinrowan Estate story: The Wood
- What’s New for the 19th of March: Rough Guides, Brian Vaughan’s The Escapist, Douglas Adams considered, Pamela Dean’s favourite ballad, Woodie Guthrie, Turkish Coffee, A big review of books about music, Red Molly Live
- A Travel Abroad story: Moonshine
- What’s New for the 5th of March: Books about Celtic music, some sff and mysteries too; some Celtic music reviews; Mouse Guard, Two Fat Ladies, ice cream, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mrs. Ware Prepares an Eventide Meal
- What’s New for the 19th of February: Pipes, pipes and more pipes; hot cocoa;r Baker’s favorite folk take; guides to Celtic music and sf; graphic adaptations of classic YA novels; a live-action Alice in Wonderland; new music from Spain and a box set from the ’90s
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 5th of February: Time travel stories, Fairport and related music, a desert island disc, graphic classics, an Alice in Wonderland adaptation, and lots of chocolate
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Rooms
- What’s New for the 22nd of January: Lots of mysteries; ambient music, jazz, Norwegian Americana, and lots of English folk rock; live yoiking; and comfort food
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Blizzard (A Letter to Tessa)
- What’s New for the 8th of January: Books about music – Sandy Denny, Fairport, Tommy James, Jethro Tull, Beatles and more; Festival Express; music about booze; Nordic music reviews old and new; and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Gathering of Stitchers
- What’s New for 25th of December: DeLint, Irish folklore, firecrackers and sf; the Grinch, eggnog, and The Polar Express; holiday themed music, and Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Nicholas
- What’s New for the 11th of December: DeLint and Yolen, some space opera and a lot of Peanuts; holiday music from Norway, Jethro Tull, and elsewhere; new music from Unthank:Smith, Melissa Carper, ambient country, new prog jazz, heavy Nordic folk rock; and a wee nibbling mousie
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Of Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 27th of November: sf, mysteries, and an sf mystery; Finnish light jazz and tango, plus music of a leftover nature; autumnal gardening, Oysters with June Tabor; and rhubarb wine?
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Of Puppets and Their Masters (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 13th of November: SF from G. Willow Wilson, R F Kuang, Emery Robin, Everina Maxwell, Larry Niven, and some detective fiction; Persepolis; Vonnegut-inspired jazz, English and Welsh folk music, Balkan music; truly bad candy; some Tolkieniana, and more
Tag Archives: Scottish music
Brìghde Chaimbeul’s Carry Them With Us
Brìghde (BREE-cha) Chaimbeul’s second album Carry Them With Us is a masterful, exhilarating melange of traditional and modern music for the Scottish smallpipes. It’s definitely not for the traditionalists among piping fans, but what Chaimbeul is doing with Scottish smallpipe … Continue reading
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Battlefield Band’s Time & Tide
One of the longest running Scottish folk bands, Battlefield Band celebrates three decades of music touring and recording. Time & Tide, their latest album, again sees a change in the lineup with the departures of Karine Polward and John McCusker. … Continue reading
Celtic Fiddle Festival’s Play On, Drones & Bellows/Dragseth Duo’s Hiimstoun, Smoky Finish’s Tune the Speed, various artists’ The Independence Suite, and various artists’ A Highland Journey in Music
Alistair Brown wrote this review. Play On is the fourth release from a group of musicians who had no real intention of continuing as such beyond a one-off concert series in 1993. The project featured three of the Celtic world’s … Continue reading
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John G. Gibson’s Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping 1745 – 1945
There are several traditions regarding the history of Scottish bagpiping that have been passed down from piper to piper over the last few hundred years. These doctrines are that the Disarming Act following the Battle of Culloden was responsible for … Continue reading
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Various artists’ The Kilmartin Sessions: The Sounds of Ancient Scotland
I understand that a review copy of Kathryn Tickell’s new album which features a Pict instrument called the carnyx, is on its way to GMR from Park Records, but I have an album that our Music Editor will find even … Continue reading
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Willie Clancy’s The Pipering Of Willie Clancy Volumes 1 & 2, Tommy Martin’s Uilleann Piper, Brian McNamara’s A Piper’s Dream, Kevin Rowsome’s The Rowsome Tradition, and various artists’ World Pipe Band Championships 2000, Volumes 1 & 2
Tim Hoke wrote this review. I was a little intimidated when a package of seven bagpipe CDs arrived at my house. Now, I love bagpipes in all forms as much as anyone who doesn’t actually play them can, but a … Continue reading
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John O’Regan’s Massive Piping Omnibus Review
Various artists’ Glenfiddich Piping Championship – March, Strathspey and Reel (Lismor, 1999) Various artists’ Glenfiddich Piping Championship – Piobaireachd (Lismor, 1999) Various artists’ Glenfiddich Piping Championship – Ceol Mor Piobaireachd (Monarch, 1991) Various artists’ Dr Dan Reid Memorial Solo Piping … Continue reading
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The Scottish Power Pipe Band’s Cathcart, and Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band’s The Calling
There exist in the piping world today two kinds of Scottish pipe bands: those that play by the rules of repertoire and those that have an adventurous streak. This review highlights one very ambitious pipe band open to contemporary sound … Continue reading
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Aly Bain & Ale Möller’s Beyond the Stacks
One of the finest concerts my wife and I ever saw was Aly Bain and Ale Möller at the Center for Cultural Exchange in Portland, Maine, several years back. Like the music of Frifot, of which Ale is a member, … Continue reading
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Aly Bain and Ale Möller at the Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland, Maine, May 12, 2005
Donna Bird and Cat Eldridge co-wrote this review. Maine-dwellers will remember May 2005 as the month of ceaseless rain, wind and unseasonably cold temperatures. The weather was at its worst on the weekends. Most of us were house-bound against our … Continue reading
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