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http://www.rambles.net

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Rambles.NET is your best source on the web for reviews of folk, roots & traditional music, plus speculative fiction, folklore, graphic novels, concerts, movies and more. Drop by http://www.rambles.net for more than 11,111 reviews and interviews for your enjoyment!
Unlike so many Internet blog sites, where you have one or maybe a handful of people voicing their opinions, Rambles.NET has more than 200 contributing writers from all over the world critiquing a wide variety of music, books and films.
Tom Knapp runs the show from his cramped, yet expansive central office in southcentral Pennsylvania. If you have any questions or comments, drop Tom a line!



Keep up to date!
New reviews -- usually two dozen or more -- are added weekly. And once they're up, they stay up ... so people might discover the merits of your work tomorrow or five years from now. So don't just hang around here ... go to Rambles.NET and see what's new on a regular basis!


Don't be shy:
Get yourself reviewed!
Do you have a book or CD to share? Contact us about getting it reviewed! Don't put it off, because the sooner your packet gets to us, the sooner we can tell the rest of the Web about it!
You can find the mailing address for Rambles.NET right here .
But please, don't offer to e-mail us your novel or sound clips from your upcoming CD. We are hidebound and curmudgeonly traditionalists who are old-fashioned enough to want to hold a book in our hands and play CDs on our very own stereos. Besides, it helps to keep the U.S. Post Office in business!
Also, please realize that books and CDs come through our doors in endless waves. So, while we do our best to give a fair shake to everything we receive, we cannot guarantee a review on each and every item. Don't take it personally, there are simply limits to our time.


Don't be shy:
Become a reviewer!
Also, if you like to express your opinions and have the gift of eloquence -- or, at least, of expressing yourself clearly and well -- consider joining the Rambles.NET team. We can always use more talented writers!
In fact, we desperately need a few! AsI mentioned above, books and CDs are coming through our doors with tsunami-like force, so if you have any interest in writing reviews, drop us a line and let's chat about your interests!


My Interests


The creative arts, of course!
Copy www.rambles.net into your browser and explore thouands of musical, literary and cinematic offerings, all crafted by hand by our skilled reviewing team to ensure you have the most entertaining and informative reviews at your fingertips.
BE sure to bookmark the site, because Rambles.NET is updated each week with two dozen or more fresh reviews.



I'd like to meet:


Anyone who has their creative side to share, or is interesting in reviewing the creative outlets of others.



Music:



Celtic, folk, world and roots music, jazz, bluegrass, blues and new age. You only need to visit the site to get a hint of the diverse interests in music our staff has!



Check out some of our music reviews by following these links:

Celtic

Folk

Maritimes

World

Bluegrass/Country

Jazz

Blues/Soul

New Age

African/Middle Eastern

Native American

Scandinavian

Far Eastern

Latin American/Caribbean

Klezmer/Eastern European

...and more!

Movies:



So many!
The Rambles.NET cineplex, wherein all our movies are reviewed, begins right here . Don't forget the popcorn!



Television:


Not so much. These days, our editor is catching up on the first two seasons of Bones, How I Met Your Mother and My Name is Earl, as well as the full run of Scrubs. Also, having been given a very hearty recommendation, he's giving Veronica Mars a try.
He still misses Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files.
New guilty pleasure: season one of Heroes.



Books:



So many! Reading is fundamental, and there just isn't enough time in the day.
Charles de Lint and Neil Gaiman are certainly worth checking out, as are the likes of Christopher Moore, Terri Windling, Emma Bull, Holly Black, Tom Dorsey, Chet Williamson, Carl Hiaasen, Tom Holt, Patrick O'Brian, Kage Baker, L.A. Meyer, Terry Pratchett and so very many more....!



You can find our fiction reviews right here .

Graphic novels and collected comics are here .
And all other book reviews (including folklore, pop culture, art, nonfiction and more) are right here .
Sit a spell and browse our collections! Chances are, you'll find something good to read.



Heroes:


Kudos go out to all of the musicians, writers, artists, filmmakers and other creative sorts who are bold enough to put their work out on the public forum to enrich our lives and make our days on this Earth a little more thrilling!



My Blog

3 May 2008 edition

Hello!!Here's what's new at Rambles.NET, your best source on the Internet for roots and traditional music, fiction, folklore and movie reviews!Go to http://www.rambles.net to access the new edition an...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 02 May 2008 12:43:00 PST

26 April 2008

Hello!!Here's what's new at Rambles.NET, your best source on the Internet for roots and traditional music, fiction, folklore and movie reviews!Go to http://www.rambles.net to access the new edition an...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:52:00 PST

19 April 2008

Hello!!Here's what's new at Rambles.NET, your best source on the Internet for roots and traditional music, fiction, folklore and movie reviews!Go to http://www.rambles.net to access the new edition an...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST

12 April 2008

Here's what you'll find this week on the What's New page at Rambles.NET!Fiddlers 3 open right up to The Rhythm Chapter. "They keep on coming with this compulsively foot-tapping music and an album that...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:08:00 PST

5 April 2008 edition

Hello!!Here’s what’s new at Rambles.NET, your best source on the Internet for roots and traditional music, fiction, folklore and movie reviews!Go to http://www.rambles.net to access the ne...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:35:00 PST

29 March 2008

Go to Rambles.NET to see these new reviews -- as well as more than 11,000 archived reviews -- in their complete form.Maireid Sullivan brings an Australian air to Celtic music on Never Drift Apart. The...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:44:00 PST

March 22, 2008 edition

There’s a new computer in the house! Unfortunately, that meant much of this week -- which was already spent recovering from past St. Paddy’s Day weekend -- was devoted to file transfers, r...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:38:00 PST

Pre-St. Paddy’s Day edition!

Hello!!Here’s what’s new at Rambles.NET, your best source on the Internet for roots and traditional music, fiction, folklore and movie reviews!Go to http://www.rambles.net to access the ne...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:12:00 PST

March 8, 2008 edition

Hello!!Here's what's new at Rambles.NET, your best source on the Internet for roots and traditional music, fiction, folklore and movie reviews!Go to http://www.rambles.net to access the new edition an...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:23:00 PST

We got your Leap Day edition right here!

Here's what you'll find in this week's edition -- check out the What's New page at Rambles.NET for links to the full reviews!!The Mimi Burns Band promises pleasure with I Know You're Out There -- but ...
Posted by Rambles.NET Reviews on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:03:00 PST