It’s been an usually hot summer at the Kinrowan Estate with temperatures often near thirty degrees centigrade. The old stone church that we converted to part of the Library has been very popular with folks here as it stays cool during even the hottest weather. You’ll find me there with an iced tea and whatever novel I’m currently reading.
First up is Leona’s interview with SJ Tucker, our Summer Queen. She says, ‘The shelves and windowsills were crowded with ravens; the hedgehogs took the first row of seats; even a few of the local fae could be seen peeking shyly around corners now and again…’
Let’s follow that up with a post of our Summer Queen on some things literary. My questions were on the first book that she remembers reading, her best beloved books as a child, the books she recommend that young children read and finally I ask her about her children’s book, Rabbit’s Song.
The Laundry Files series by Charles Stross chronicles the struggles of a British very secret agency against really monstrous supernatural beings. Until The Annihilation Score, they were narrated by Bob Howard, a computational demonologist. The Annihilation Score is narrated by Bob’s wife, Dominique O’Brien (her friends call her Mo) who’s an applied combat epistemologist and a violinist whose instrument is both alive and truly evil. Need I say I found it the best entry in this series in a long time?
Reynard has a review of Harry Long’s The Waltons Guide to Irish Music and notes that ‘The subtitle of this book is A Comprehensive A-Z Guide to Irish and Celtic Music in All Its Forms and for once this is an accurate statement. It is indeed an indispensable guide to Irish music in all its varied facets.’
Gary reviews The Earnest Lovers Sing Sad Songs EP which centered around one musician in particular: ‘Pete Krebs has been a fixture on the Portland music scene for at least 20 years.’
Donna has a look at a recording she missed reviewing sometime back: ‘I figured I would review Band of Gypsies 2 while my impressions of the most recent Taraf de Haïdouks CD were still fresh.’
Let’s finish off with the Tinker’s Own performing ‘The Tinker’s Black Kettle‘, a spritely song composed by Charles de Lint for his novel The Little Country.
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