Articles by Jason Schneider

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One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2009

As part of the first generation of adults to benefit from the internet, I often have to remind myself that there was a time a lot of myster...

Gordie Johnson of <b>Grady</b>

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2009

For someone who once wore nothing but Hugo Boss suits and derided bands who took to the stage in denim and flannel, it's still surprising t...

Blue Rodeo

Better Off As We Are

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2009

It's easy to take something for granted when it becomes as integral to your cultural identity as an accent or even the changing seasons. Fo...

The Schomberg Fair

Gospel

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

When I first heard this Toronto, ON trio on their 2008 debut album, Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground, I was under-whelmed by the too...

Various

Fire In My Bones: Raw & Rare & Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-2007)

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

The mission of this mammoth three-disc collection is made clear from the outset with Elder Beck's "Rock And Roll Sermon." Recorded during a...

Blue Rodeo Celebrate New Album with Rooftop Performance, Announce Cross-Canada Tour

PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2009

Blue Rodeo marked the release of their 12th studio album Tuesday (November 10) with a free rooftop concert that closed down a busy downtown...

Green History

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2009

Greenpeace has become so ingrained in our culture that's it's easy to forget where it all began. Amchitka: The 1970 Concert That Launched G...

Various

Introducing Townes Van Zandt Via The Great Unknown

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2009

When Steve Earle released Townes earlier this year, it was received as it should have been, as a rather clumsy love letter to a late master...