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- What’s New for the 26th of July:
- 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
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- 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
Tag Archives: Singer-Songwriter
Eddie Cole’s I Know What’s Going On
Christopher White wrote this review. Eddie Cole has given us a nifty aural gem with I Know What’s Going On. This Aussie singer songwriter and guitarist is ably supported on many tunes by drummer Tony Floyd and on a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, Singer-Songwriter
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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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Jessica Harper’s Hey, Picasso
Craig Clarke wrote this review. Before writing this review, I knew Jessica Harper only as an actress, specifically her work in two Woody Allen films, the horror classic Suspiria, and her role on the TV series It’s Garry Shandling’s Show … Continue reading
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Tagged Children's music, Singer-Songwriter
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Fiona Apple’s When the Pawn …
Kate Danemark wrote this review. I have had one truly great love affair in my life, and this was its soundtrack. For those of you who know pianist and lyricist Fiona Apple from her previous album Tidal (1996), you can … Continue reading
Paula Frazer’s A Place Where I Know: 4-track songs 1992-2002
Paula Frazer has a voice like an angel. All her publicity says so. Hmmm. Is this what angels sound like? There’s a bit of Judy Collins in it, maybe a smidgeon of Marina Belica…well, they sound like angels too, so … Continue reading
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Tagged folk-rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Jim Croce’s Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live, and Home Recordings: Americana
Jim Croce is one of those artists who slipped off the radar. He was once highly thought of, a star in fact – gold records, No. 1 hits, albums on the best-seller lists. Then mentioned in rock’n’roll death contests, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, rock and roll, Singer-Songwriter
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Steve Ashley’s Live In Concert
This is such an innocuous title for a CD of such an important event! Let me elaborate a little. Live In Concert was recorded in Cheltenham, UK, on March 12, 2006, to celebrate Steve Ashley’s sixtieth year on the planet … Continue reading
Ben Sands’ Take Your Time, and Roots & Branches
Judith Gennett wrote this review. Ben Sands, from the legendary Sands Family, is from Newry, County Down in Northern Ireland. He sings and sometimes writes gentle songs that can have a punch beyond their subtlety. These two albums Take Your … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, Irish music, Singer-Songwriter
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Steven Graves’ Captain Soul
I’ve listened to the first several CDs from Steven Graves, and enjoyed them. His musical direction was clearly a work in progress – it moved and tightened up, becoming a little more defined with each release. With his seventh release, … Continue reading
Ani DiFranco at the Tsongas Arena
Colleen Campbell penned this review. I’ve been sitting in my car for the last fifteen minutes, stuck at the very top of the parking garage after the show, when it occurs to me, I might as well start writing my review … Continue reading