Articles by Jason Schneider

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  Steve Earle

  Washington Square Serenade

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  As the title suggests, Earle has settled in New York City, a place he once praised in song just because he "liked the way it sounds.” With...

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  Deadstring Brothers

  Silver Mountain

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  From the opening Stones-y grind of "Ain’t No Hidin’ Love,” this third album from Detroit’s Deadstring Brothers clearly shows that they aren...

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  Mary Gauthier

  Between Daylight And Dark

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  As what passes for country music continues its inevitable slide into suburban hell, it’s incredible that artists like Mary Gauthier still e...

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  Murray McLauchlan

  Songs From The Street

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  This first comprehensive overview of McLauchlan’s lengthy career is an attempt to put him on the same plateau as other Canadian songwriting...

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  Eddie Vedder

  Music For The Motion Picture Into The Wild

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  Sean Penn’s acclaimed film based on the life of doomed societal dropout Christopher McCandless was tailor-made for Vedder to interpret thro...

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  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

  Raising Sand

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2007

  It’s easy nowadays for musicians like Jack White to deride Robert Plant as Led Zeppelin’s weakest link but the fact remains that Plant’s pe...

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  Neil Young

  Chrome Dreams II

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2007

  Many Neil Young fans will only need one reason to get this album: the song "Ordinary People.” This epic meditation on social decay was the...

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  Soulsavers

  It's Not How You Fall, It's The Way You Land

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2007

  If Mark Lanegan hasn’t received the critical acclaim he has always deserved, his peers certainly know how to pay tribute to his talent by p...