Let’s start off with a look by Reynard at Estate food. As he says, ‘Mrs. Ware and her most wonderful staff prepared one of my favorite eventide meals tonight. It’s the simple meals that I like the best and we do eat locally — very locally — most of the time. Do follow along, if you’ve ever wondered about our usual Kinrowan table fare!’
I’ve heard the Celtic music tinged Gothard Sisters live several times, mostly outside at festivals where they are quite splendid indeed. Lars reviews their latest album, Mountain Rose.
Gary also has a nifty sounding recording for you to consider: ‘The Brooklyn-based old-time musical duo Dubl Handi is back with a followup to its 2013 debut Up Like the Clouds, which was one of my favorite Americana releases of that year. This new release Morning In A New Machine doubles down on the debut and comes up a winner.’
Donna looks at recording by a band that’s considered Celtic but she says really aren’t: ‘The Peaties remind me of some of the New Wave bands I listened to back in the 80s, like Depeche Mode or Tears for Fears but without vocals. This is an instrumental band. I checked out one of their live videos on YouTube. They play well, they are loud, and they are definitely fusion.’ Read her review of Dust to see why she likes Peatbog Faeries.
Leona has a review of Victorian Fairy Tales, edited by Michael Newton. She was quite impressed by the tales but has some complaints about the framing non-fiction material and how it’s presented.
There’s an interesting form of ephemera that most of us see at tours of bands such as Steeleye Span which is the souvenir programmes usually sold there. Reynard has a look at the Steeleye Span 40th Anniversary programme which was he says ‘differs from the usual such offering by being a retrospective look at the band instead of focusing on the latest release which most of these publications rightfully do.’
Finally we’ve got a look at two recordings, Qristina & Quinn Bachand’s Little Hinges & Anne Lindsay’s Soloworks, regarding which reviewer Lars notes that ‘In Europe we do not realize how big a country Canada really is, and how much good music comes from that country. We often mistake Canadian musicians and groups for being US-bred. But here are two new offerings from different parts of that country north of the border.’
Befitting this edition, let’s finish off with Charles de Lint performing ‘Sam’s Song,’ a bittersweet story about a dog. You can find this song on de Lint’s recent recording, Old Blue Truck.
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