Articles by Jason Schneider

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  Nathaniel Mayer

  Why Don't You Give It To Me?

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2007

  After narrowly cheating death a few years ago, the gravelly-voiced Detroit soul legend has returned with an even rawer recording than his &...

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  Various

  The Gift: A Tribute To Ian Tyson

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2007

  Seeing as how Ian Tyson more or less laid the groundwork in the early ’60s for every Canadian songwriter that came after him, a tribute suc...

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  Pegi Young

  Pegi Young

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2007

  Yes, she’s Neil Young’s wife, and on this debut album it’s hard to get past that considering that he, along with much of his Prairie Wind p...

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  Linda Thompson

  Versatile Heart

  PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2007

  Following her remarkable comeback after an 18-year hiatus with 2002’s Fashionably Late, the British folk rock legend offers another stellar...

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  The Pines

  Sparrows In The Bell

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

  Although they hail from Minneapolis, the duo of Benson Ramsey and David Huckfelt, which form the core of the Pines, seem to have little in...

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  Richard Thompson

  Sweet Warrior

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

  The ever-prolific Thompson never seems at a loss when it comes to rallying against the vulgarity and hypocrisy he sees around him, and this...

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  Paul MacLeod

  Bright Eyes Fade

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2007

  It’s been six years since MacLeod’s Hawksley Workman-produced previous album Close And Play, so it’s not surprising that the Kitchener, ON...

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  Mendoza Line

  30 Year Low

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2007

  With each release, it’s remarkable how much more depressed the Mendoza Line can get. But with this eighth album, the band often referred to...