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English Piping (A Musical Recommendation)

By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on February 11th, 2012

That’s Northumbrian small pipes playing… Quite tasty eh? No, it’s not Celtic music but rather from Northumbia, the northern most region of England. Yes, I know that it’s influenced by the Scottish smallpipe tradition but it’d uniquely its own music.

I know a album is very good when a musician who that plays that . . . → Read More: English Piping (A Musical Recommendation)

Where the Wild Things Are

By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on January 9th, 2012

We start off this post with a work beloved by generations of children and more than a few adults as well that was written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak whose amazing illustrated work many of us greatly admire and it would eventually become a film which would in turn begat a full-length novel . . . → Read More: Where the Wild Things Are

Changing Natures (An Estate Library comment)

By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on October 8th, 2011

I had forgotten that the library here at the Kinrowan Estate was undergoing a partial renovation too until Laith reminded me that this was happening. Now understand that I have no idea exactly what space(s) the library here occupies as no one including any of the Librarians are ever sure. It can be as . . . → Read More: Changing Natures (An Estate Library comment)

On The Matter of Hobbits

By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on October 3rd, 2011

Some years back I’d been mucking around the annotated literature collection we have here in the Estate Library and found that we had a copy of The Annotated Hobbit when I reviewed it. It certainly wasn’t the best way to read it as the entertaining annotations distracted from Tolkien’s story but I did learn . . . → Read More: On The Matter of Hobbits

The Gruagagh

By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on September 29th, 2011

Mucking about in the Archives this afternoon resulted in a nice look at how a folk motif can change over time. Take the matter of a Gruagach…

We reviewed a double CD set of Robin Williamson’s Four Gruagach Tales. As our reviewer says, ‘Some may be asking ‘What, pray tell, is a gruagach?’ In . . . → Read More: The Gruagagh

Steeleye Span: Folk with a Rocky Edge

By Iain Nicholas Mackenzie, on April 29th, 2011

This post originally ran over on Sleeping Hedgehog which you really should visit after reading this post.

Come in! Leave your boots and anorak over by the roaring, rattlin’ fire! Yes, feet in stockings are common here…

I see that you noticed that the season has turned nasty in this North Atlantic city where . . . → Read More: Steeleye Span: Folk with a Rocky Edge

Iain Nicholas Mackenzie

I am the current Librarian for Kinrowan Limited, publisher of Green Man Review and Sleeping Hedgehog, not to mention Folk Tales, Mostly Folk, and Roots & Branches.

I like traditional English mysteries such as those penned by Agatha Christie, Jo Walton, and Dorothy Sayers, smoked teas freshly brewed, Indian take-away, single malts, a good Stout as well, and my musical tastes lean strongly to the Classical and Celtic genres.

I am the person who is chiefly responsible for mining the Archives for the older material we reprint here. Please note that reviewers not active with us at the present time rather obviously have no posting privs here and therefore I am listed as the author. See the top of such reviews for who actually wrote these reviews.

The Green Man Review

English Piping (A Musical Recommendation)

Where the Wild Things Are

Changing Natures (An Estate Library comment)

On The Matter of Hobbits

The Gruagagh

Steeleye Span: Folk with a Rocky Edge

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