Articles by Jason Schneider

Lynyrd Skynyrd Namesake Leonard Skinner Dies at 77

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2010

Leonard Skinner, the high school gym teacher whose hippie-hating attitude inspired the name of one of America's most successful bands, died...

Luke Doucet & the White Falcon

Steel City Trawler

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2010

Luke Doucet has lived in many places in North America, but this fifth solo effort is a love letter to the city he appears to have settled i...

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Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2010

There's something unsettling about the fact that these vintage, war-themed Americana recordings were made during the brief period of peace...

Wovenhand's David Eugene Edwards

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2010

Ever since David Eugene Edwards introduced a goth element to the alt-country insurgency of the early '90s through his trio 16 Horsepower, h...

Ray LaMontagne Talks North American Tours with David Gray and Levon Helm, Streams New Album on Exclaim.ca

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2010

Acclaimed troubadour Ray LaMontagne is launching his latest album, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise this month with a co-headlining tou...

Los Lobos

Tin Can Trust

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2010

It's been a pleasure to watch and listen to how this venerable L.A. band have consistently defied attempts by outside forces to confine the...

Nashville Guitar Legend Fred Carter Jr. Dies at 76

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2010

One of early rock'n'roll and country music's premier guitarists, Fred Carter Jr., died Saturday (July 17) at Vanderbilt University Medical...

Country Music Hero Hank Cochran Dies at 74

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

Although not widely recognized as a performer, as a songwriter, Hank Cochran was one of the defining figures of country music's golden age...