Articles by Jason Schneider

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  Daniel Romano

  Workin' For The Music Man

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  It used to be that when punks decided to play country music it was with tongues planted firmly in cheeks. But today, especially in Canada,...

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  Shannon Stephens

  Shannon Stephens

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  Those who discovered this Seattle, WA-based songstress with her '09 album, The Breadwinner, will be eager to hear this reissue of her debut...

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  Tommy Keene

  You Hear Me: A Retrospective 1983-2009

  PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2010

  There's always some hesitation when it comes to reappraising an artist whose most active years came in the '80s. Let's be honest: no matter...

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  Levon Helm

  Massey Hall, Toronto ON June 29

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2010

  It was a night that Canadian fans of 70-year-old rock'n'roll legend Levon Helm had been hoping to see for a long time: the former Band drum...

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  Winter Hours

  Winter Hours (Collector's Edition)

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2010

  Of all the bands that kick-started the late '80s Americana movement, none have been as forgotten as New Jersey's Winter Hours. Led by chari...

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  Shawn David McMillen

  Dead Friends

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2010

  It would have been easy to pass off this album as a mess based upon first listen. But, as is the case with many recordings that fly in the...

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  Peter Case

  Wig!

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

  It's hardly surprising anymore when first-generation punks gravitate toward the bedrocks of American music as a means to continually distan...

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  Morgan O'Kane

  Nine Lives

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

  Could a banjo revolution be underway? With Old Man Luedecke bringing the instrument some mainstream attention in Canada, he's now got some...