Articles by Jason Schneider

Charles Manson

Air

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2010

How does one even begin to assess this album? Charles Manson, murderer, was also an aspiring singer-songwriter ― some have even claim...

Lewis MacLeod

For Sale As Is

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2010

Okay, let's get it out of the way from the start: Lewis MacLeod comes from a pretty impressive family of writers. His father, Alistair, is...

Blind Brand X and Dixie X

Wreck of the Ol' 78

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2010

It's been thoroughly enjoyable to unravel the mystery of BC guitarist Ralph Johnston (aka Blind Brand X/Ragtime Ralph) over the last couple...

Daniel Lanois Promises "Enchanted Forest of Sound" for Toronto's Nuit Blanche

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2010

Toronto's Nuit Blanche, the annual sunset-to-sunrise event that turn's much of the city's downtown core into a multimedia art installation,...

Robert Plant

The Mighty Rearranger

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2010

What's to become of a Golden God as retirement age looms? Robert Plant's bare-chested swagger and Valhalla-storming vocals redefined the im...

Fire Next Time

Wild Rose Sorrow

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

For us non-Albertans, it's been easy to paint a picture of the entire province as one big boomtown wallowing in oil money. On that basis al...

Jerry Lee Lewis

Mean Old Man

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

Part of Jerry Lee Lewis's genius as an interpreter has been not only his ability to inject his unique sneer into any song he chooses, but a...

Ryan Bingham

Junky Star

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

With his Oscar victory earlier this year for the theme to Crazy Heart, "The Weary Kind," Ryan Bingham firmly established himself as one of...