Articles by Jason Schneider

Matt Andersen

Coal Mining Blues

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2011

Matt Andersen seems like someone who, long ago, would have been the subject of folk songs rather than someone who sang them. A giant of a m...

Glenn Jones

The Wanting

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2011

As leader of Boston experimental rockers Cul De Sac, Glenn Jones has come up with a lot of interesting sounds on his guitar over the past 2...

Matt Andersen Talks New Album 'Coal Mining Blues'

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2011

It's been a busy year for Cape Breton singer/guitarist Matt Andersen that started when he became the first Canadian to win the Internationa...

Greg MacPherson

Disintegration Blues

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2011

On his previous album, 2010's Mr. Invitation, Greg MacPherson was poised to break through into the wider rock sphere. However, the demise o...

Hank 3 Gets Help from Tom Waits, Les Claypool and Canadian Champion Auctioneer for Slew of New Releases

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2011

You can call September 6 Hank 3's Independence Day, as it will see the release of four full albums' worth of new material from the country/...

Glen Campbell

Ghost on the Canvas

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2011

It seemed as if Glen Campbell was poised to introduce himself to a new generation following his 2008 album of contemporary covers, Meet Gle...

Hank 3

Triple Threat

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

It's been 15 years now since Shelton Hank Williams took up the mantle of country music royalty first passed down from the grandfather he ne...

Bottle Rockets

Not So Loud

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2011

Even though Brian Henneman made crucial contributions to Uncle Tupelo's landmark acoustic album, March 16-20, 1992, he's best known as alt-...