Articles by Jason Schneider

Rob Szabo

Life & Limb

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2008

As one of Canada’s most underrated independent singer-songwriters, Rob Szabo has done a lot of hard travelling. Yet that dedication to his...

Hank Williams III

Damn Right, Rebel Proud

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2008

Following the creative breakthrough of his previous album, Straight To Hell, Hank III comes one step closer towards capturing his ideal sou...

Kirsten Jones Looks To Fans and Gary Louris For New Album

PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2008

It seems that Toronto’s Kirsten Jones has taken the time-honoured folk tradition of passing the hat to a whole new level for her upcoming a...

Jolie Holland

The Living And The Dead

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2008

In spite of more and more female singer-songwriters following the dark path that Jolie Holland has carved out over the past five years with...

Charlie Pickett

Bar Band Americanus: The Best Of Charlie Pickett And…

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2008

The explosion of roots punk in the ’80s is surely one of the most overlooked areas by American musical archivists. While the scenes in Minn...

Xavier Ruud

Dark Shades Of Blue

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2008

With a reputation largely based on a powerful live show, it seems that this Australian-born multi-instrumentalist only needed a solid recor...

Norah Jones

Live In Austin, Texas

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2008

Apart from her immense musical talent, much of Norah Jones’s success lies in how she can immediately make every performance an intimate occ...

I'm Not Jim

You Are All My People

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2008

Considering novelist Jonathan Lethem’s grasp of rock’n’roll culture, displayed in such books as You Don’t Love Me Yet and his masterpiece,...