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- What’s New for the 9th of November:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Kedgeree
- Whats New for the 26th of October: some Patricia McKillip books and an interview, ’70s jazz reissues, Nordic Americana and American Americana, and some Samhain seasonal albums
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Charles and Alice Pay a Visit (A Letter to Owyn)
- What’s New for the 12th of October
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Pudding Contest
- What’s New for the 28th of September: Appalachia in books, music and more
- A Kinrown Estate story: Autumn is Upon Us
- What’s New for the 14th of September: Books, film and music with a piratical theme; plus Corsican polyphony, Balkan sevdah, Americana music, Hardanger fiddle with reindeer, Latin jazz and piano trios
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Irish Coffee
- New SF from James S. A. Corey; Terry Gillian’s Excalibur; Rolling Stones do Aaron Copland’s ‘A Fanfare for The Common Man’; An offbeat history of coffee; an interview with Russian folk singer Zhenya Wind; and a grab bag of folk music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Waltzing Matilda
- What’s New for the 17th of August: Lots of Cropredy reports and reviews, and some new jazz and Americana;
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Hidden Dragon
- What’s New for the 3rd of August: A mix of Heinlein reviews; new jazz out of Vermont and a grab bag of archival reviews; Italian American food writing, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Recursive Loops
- What’s New for the 20th of July: Lots of Elizabeth Bear including The Folded Sky; tomatoes; a Hobbit film; new jazz and archival reviews; Charles Vess ballads and sagas; and an offbeat Ellen Kushner adaptation
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Commedia dell’Arte. Possibly.
- What’s New for the 6th of July:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Mama Kin
- What’s New for the 22nd of June: books about baseball, air travel most unusual, some music about baseball (and some not)
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Handfasting (A Letter to Katrina)
- What’s New for the 8th of June: kibbles and bits — lots of fairy tales, steamy anime, a Cairo comic, new jazz, an archival grab bag, and a Kitchen tale
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Cats
- What’s New for the 25th of May: new and notable SFF books; Murderbot on TV, and some Star Wars prequel movies; new jazz music and some tasty archival selections; food & steelworker strikes; and a novel Tarot deck
- What’s New for the 11th of May: Special Jack Zipes edition on fairy tales; an obsure Tam Lin film treatment; songs that tell stories; new jazz, Danish fiddle tunes, Norwegian women’s vocal music; Russian and Eastern European food and cooking, and more
- What’s New for the 27th of April: Tim Pratt & Heather Shaw’s fiction and Flytrap zine; Tea with Jane Austen; a fine French fairy tale film; some new jazz and archival francophone music reviews; and the Stones!
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Most Beguiling Cookbook
- 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
- A Kinrowan Story: We Lost The Cheshire Cat
Tag Archives: zydeco music
Various artists’ Allons en Louisiane
A relatively small area of the state of Louisiana produces much of the recorded Cajun and zydeco music in the world today. This is some of the most vibrant and soulful music ever produced in North America, and many of … Continue reading
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Various artists’ The Kingdom of Zydeco
Brendan Foreman wrote this review. As a companion to his superb book The Kingdom of Zydeco Michael Tisserand has compiled this equally superb collection of zydeco music. It only makes sense to provide a soundtrack to a book devoted to … Continue reading
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Various artists’ Joyeux Noël, Bon Chrismeusse: A Holiday EP From South Louisiana
As someone who’s not a fan of much Christmas music, I have to say this Christmas record is just about perfect. How’s that? Well, it’s short, so it doesn’t wear out its welcome. It’s music from south Louisiana, Cajun and … Continue reading
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Buckwheat Zydeco’s Lay Your Burden Down
I thought I had given up on zydeco. I first heard it in the late 1980s in the person of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco. Also at about that time, I was fortunate to see in concert some superb … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Cajun music, music, zydeco music
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Buckwheat Zydeco’s Lay Your Burden Down
I thought I had given up on zydeco. I discovered it in the late 1980s in the person of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco. Also at about that time, I was fortunate to see in concert some superb zydeco … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana music, zydeco music
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Boozoo Chavis’s Down Home on Dog Hill
Boozoo Chavis of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was one of the pioneers and living masters of zydeco music. He died in May 2001 at the age of 70, only weeks after laying down the tracks for Down Home on Dog Hill. … Continue reading
Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band’s Ready or Not, Wayne Toups and Zydecajun’s Little Wooden Box and Li’l Band o’ Gold’s Li’l Band o’ Gold
These three rocking, accordion-driven releases from Shanachie draw on all three of the popular musical styles born in Southwestern Louisiana: Zydeco, Cajun and swamp pop. Together, they give a lively snapshot of the state of this artistically fecund region’s music. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cajun music, rock and roll, zydeco music
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