Articles by Jason Schneider

Bert Jansch Is A Folk Star Reborn

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

As a cult hero for over 40 years, Bert Jansch can count among his many admirers Jimmy Page and Neil Young. But it is the new generation of...

R.E.M.

Reconstruction Of The Fables

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

No one would have predicted that R.E.M.’s first single, "Radio Free Europe,” would change the course of rock’n’roll. But with American new...

Heartless Bastards

All This Time

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Rarely does a female artist come along possessing the power of Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards. Playing guitar and wailing like the...

Bert Jansch

The Black Swan

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

With his early solo albums, and work with Pentangle being rightfully acknowledged as a major touchstone for the current generation of progr...

Greg Keelor

Aphrodite Rose

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Keelor has used his previous solo records to explore deeply personal issues, not suitable for Blue Rodeo’s group dynamic, but on Aphrodite...

Jerry Lee Lewis

Last Man Standing: The Duets

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

If the saying is true that "only the good die young,” then Jerry Lee Lewis really is the devil. But those days of marrying cousins, shootin...

Willie Nelson

Songbird

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Never one to shy away from an experiment, Nelson here teams with Ryan Adams and his band the Cardinals. On paper, the partnership seems a l...

The Sadies

Tales of the Rat Fink

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

They may be slowly phasing out the rockabilly/surf instrumental side of their sound, but this 26-song soundtrack to Ron Mann’s documentary...