Articles by Jason Schneider

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2013

Alex Ebert might fit the profile of other southern California musical cult figures like Devendra Banhart and Anton Newcombe, but the sheer...

Clayton Bellamy

Five Crow Silver

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2013

Canadian country music fans will remember Bellamy as the co-frontman (with Jason McCoy) of the Road Hammers, the band whose quest to conque...

Robert Randolph & the Family Band

Lickety Split

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2013

From the supercharged opener "Amped Up," it's clear that Robert Randolph was chomping at the bit to get back into the studio after a three-...

Dustin Bentall & the Smokes

You Are an Island

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2013

Coming less than a year after Bentall's previous release, the Orion EP, the eight-track You Are An Island finds the BC native continuing to...

Dustin Bentall Talks His Songwriting Evolution on 'You Are an Island,' Streams Album on Exclaim.ca

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2013

Up to this point, Vancouver singer-songwriter Dustin Bentall has been known for making twangy alt-country. But that started to change with...

Larry and His Flask

By The Lamplight

PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2013

Contrary to the name, Larry and his Flask are actually a six-piece acoustic powerhouse, and one of the more innovative in the recent wave o...

Mavis Staples

One True Vine

PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2013

Mavis Staples has made some of the best music of her career on her last few albums, which is saying a great deal considering the importance...

John Fogerty

Wrote A Song For Everyone

PUBLISHED May 24, 2013

There are few artists in rock'n'roll history as ageless as John Fogerty. His Creedence Clearwater Revival legacy remains as strong as ever...