Articles by Jason Schneider

The Life and Times of Levon Helm: A Retrospective Tribute

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2012

As reported earlier this afternoon (April 19), Levon Helm, one of the most influential figures in rock'n'roll, died today as a result of th...

Willis Earl Beal

Acousmatic Sorcery

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2012

I have to say at the outset that whatever expectations you might formulate for this record through reading this review, forget about them n...

Hiss Golden Messenger

Poor Moon

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2012

There's something unsettling in the combination of the easy sway of the music and the dense, mystical tone of M.C. Taylor's lyrics on this...

Kat Goldman

Gypsy Girl

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2012

Having started a new phase of her life three years ago in Boston, the Toronto-born Goldman draws strongly on feelings of displacement for h...

Good, Pinsent, Keelor

Down & Out in UpAlong

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2012

It doesn't get any more Canadian than this, an unlikely collaboration among one of the country's most beloved actors, Gordon Pinsent, and t...

Alabama Shakes Talk 'Boys & Girls'

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2012

Although their debut album, Boys & Girls, doesn't officially drop until tomorrow (April 10), Alabama Shakes are already one of the most hig...

Alabama Shakes

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2012

Brittany Howard has one of those voices that could persuade a person to do anything. It's a voice that countless other Southern soul singer...

Alabama Shakes

Boys & Girls

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2012

Brittany Howard has one of those voices that could persuade a person to do anything. It's a voice that countless other Southern soul singer...