The Green Man Review

The Euphoria of Traditional Irish Band Dervish: North American 2012 Spring Tour (Press Release)

Kinrowan Limited Press Office — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:18:07 +0000

The members of traditional Irish band Dervish met as most Irish musicians do: as strangers in a bar. “I’m a farmer’s daughter,” says singer Cathy Jordan, “and someone else in the band is an architect’s son. Outside of music, we may have never met, but this is how Irish people have forged unlikely . . . → Read More: The Euphoria of Traditional Irish Band Dervish: North American 2012 Spring Tour (Press Release)

Celtic Appalachia Along the Crooked Road (Press Release)

Kinrowan Limited Press Office — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:28:56 +0000

Celtic Appalachia: Along the Crooked Road Thursday, March 15 | 8 pm 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York City

A well-worn fiddle, a tapping cowboy boot, banjo, plucked with steel finger picks, followed by the autoharp, the mandolin, the percussive beat of an upright bass, and suddenly the room is bursting with knee-slapping music. –THE . . . → Read More: Celtic Appalachia Along the Crooked Road (Press Release)

English Piping (A Musical Recommendation)

Iain Nicholas Mackenzie — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:51:15 +0000

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)

Tickets on Sale for 2012 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival (Press Release)

Kinrowan Limited Press Office — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:06:20 +0000

Dear Friends:

Tickets for the 2012 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival (July 14-15, 2012 at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, Maine) are now available online. Check out what promises to be the premier event on the New England Celtic music calendar this year.

For a limited time, Saltwater is waiving its $5.00 shipping . . . → Read More: Tickets on Sale for 2012 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival (Press Release)

About Mike Resnick

Robert M. Tilendis — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:05:41 +0000

Mike Resnick is one of those writers of speculative fiction who should be a household word. He really should — he’s won five Hugos, been nominated twenty-nine times, has written everything from his own offbeat version of urban fantasy (Stalking the Unicorn and Stalking the Vampire), to science fiction stories “on safari” (Dreamwish Beasts . . . → Read More: About Mike Resnick

Michael Moorcock’s new release: London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction (Press Release)

Kinrowan Limited Press Office — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:09:18 +0000

PM Press announces Michael Moorcock’s, the ‘grandfather’ of Science Fiction’s, newest release, London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction.

Voted by the London Times as one of the best writers since 1945, Michael Moorcock was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and won the Guardian Fiction Prize. He has won almost all the major Science Fiction, . . . → Read More: Michael Moorcock’s new release: London Peculiar and Other Nonfiction (Press Release)

On Hardanger Fiddle Tunes

Hrafnfreistuor — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:30:32 +0000

Behind every traditional hardanger fiddle tune, there is always a story, always a fairy tale, and you actually tell the stories when you play the fiddle. — Annbjørg Lien

This superb artist is, as Northside Records, her US label, describes her, ‘renowned for her work on the hardanger fiddle, both as a player . . . → Read More: On Hardanger Fiddle Tunes

A Choice Bit of Fantasy for Your Winter Reading Pleasure

Hrafnfreistuor — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:49:12 +0000

And now a recommendation by one of our staff for your Winter reading pleasure

In 2007, a new fantasy novel appeared by a first-time author named Patrick Rothfuss. That novel, titled The Name of the Wind, became very popular, earning impressive sales and even more impressive reviews for Mr. Rothfuss. The Name of the . . . → Read More: A Choice Bit of Fantasy for Your Winter Reading Pleasure

Fairport Convention News January 2012 (Press Release)

Kinrowan Limited Press Office — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:32:35 +0000

Happy New Year, Fairporters

This is a very special year for us. It’s our forty-fifth anniversary – doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? – and we’ll be celebrating it throughout 2012. We hope you’ll join us.

First off will be our Winter Tour which starts in Oxford on 21 January and runs through . . . → Read More: Fairport Convention News January 2012 (Press Release)

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta: Mayo musician Tim McHugh wins Seán Ó Riada gold medal (Press Release)

Kinrowan Limited Press Office — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:24:44 +0000

Flute player Tim McHugh from Newport in Mayo was announced as winner of the Seán Ó Riada gold medal and prize money of €2500 on Friday night. He was amongst 15 traditional flute and whistle players who took to the stage in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Friday 13 January to compete . . . → Read More: RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta: Mayo musician Tim McHugh wins Seán Ó Riada gold medal (Press Release)