Articles by Jason Schneider
Justin Townes Earle
Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2012
The opening lines on this latest offering from Justin Townes Earle are a naked plea to his father, Steve, to reach out to him. It's certain...
Cowboy Junkies
The Wilderness
PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2012
The Cowboy Junkies' four-part "Nomad Series" has seen the venerable Toronto band not so much re-invent themselves as reconnect with an elus...
Jack White
Third Man Records, Nashville TN March 8
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2012
Less than a week after his world debut as a solo artist playing two songs on Saturday Night Live with two separate five-piece bands -- one...
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New Multitudes: A Woody Guthrie Tribute
PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2012
With 2012 marking 100 years since Woody Guthrie's birth, the great American troubadour's life and work are sure to be celebrated in many wa...
Good Old War
Come Back As Rain
PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2012
The success of Britain's Mumford & Sons has given hope to countless other acoustic pop outfits the world over, and this third full-length r...
Denison Witmer
The Ones Who Wait
PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2012
This ninth all-original collection from the Pennsylvania acoustic balladeer finds him in a fully introspective mood, staring into the void...
Andre Williams
Hoods and Shades
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2012
Even at age 75, it's hard to think of Andre Williams as mellow, so the idea of the notorious R&B belter making an acoustic-based album is i...
The Strumbellas
My Father and the Hunter
PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2012
If this full-length debut from the Strumbellas, a Toronto, ON seven-piece originally from the much smaller neighbouring community of Lindsa...