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- 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
- 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
Tag Archives: world music
Warsaw Village Band’s People’s Spring
As could probably be guessed by the band’s name, the Warsaw Village Band hails from Poland’s capital city, but plays the folk music that developed in its homeland’s villages. What might surprise people, though, is how this group of six … Continue reading
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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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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New Asia’s Chorchok
Here’s a little gem of music from Eurasia. If you are as fond of overtone singing as our former staffer Big Earl Sellar was, you might be interested in New Asia’s Chorchok. They’re from the Altai Republic in southwestern Siberia. … Continue reading
Vartra’s Basma
Coincidentally, earlier in the day that I sat down to compose this review of Vartra’s Basma, I listened to “Nos Veremos” from Y La Bamba’s Ojos del Sol, one of my favorite songs and albums of the past decade. Then … Continue reading
Joe Rainey’s Niineta
Joe Rainey is a Pow Wow singer. Though he is a Red Lake Ojibwe, he did not grow up on the Red Lake Reservation but far to the south in Minneapolis, where he still lives and makes music. He grew … Continue reading
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Tagged American Indian music, indigenous music, world music
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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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Sandy Weltman’s The Klezmer Nuthouse
Judith Gennett wrote this review. You may have been told at some point that bluegrass is a genre with rigid rules. Sometimes it is, but the rules have not restricted the musicians of the bluegrass underworld. They also have not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluegrass music, Klezmer music, world music
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Iberi Choir’s Supra
Iberi is a Georgian men’s choir led by Buba Murgulia, a former rugby player and lifelong singer. That’s the Georgia the country, which coincidentally is in a region that’s very much on everybody’s minds right now. Georgia straddles the very … Continue reading
Širom’s The Liquified Throne of Simplicity
Speaking only for myself, the best way I found of listening to The Liquified Throne of Simplicity was while binge-reading my favorite webcomic Questionable Content. I also found it worked pretty well while reading anything – like right now I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary music, world music
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