Articles by Jason Schneider
John Cunningham
1998-2002
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2010
Pop music has rarely given true craftspeople their due, so it's hardly a surprise that John Cunningham isn't widely known, even within his...
Pernice Brothers
Goodbye, Killer
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2010
It's always been difficult to pin down Joe Pernice. As a songwriter, he's bounced between the worlds of alt-country and power pop almost at...
Jack Rose with D. Charles Speer & The Helix
Ragged And Right
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2010
Although in his final years the late Jack Rose was primarily known as an acoustic guitar virtuoso, in the style of John Fahey and Robbie Ba...
Bettye LaVette
Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
Something happened when Bettye LaVette managed to pull off a version of Elton John's "Talking Old Soldiers" on her last album, The Scene Of...
Mike Slauenwhite
Mixing It Up
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
With over 50 years of experience as a musician in Canada, fiddler Mike Slauenwhite has plied his trade in almost every imaginable situation...
Roland White
I Wasn't Born To Rock 'N Roll
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
Although not as well known as his late guitar playing brother, and one-time Byrd, Clarence, Roland White's pedigree in bluegrass circles re...
Kirsten Jones
The Mad Mile
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
There's no denying that the company you keep makes a big difference in life, and music. For her sophomore release, Toronto, ON singer-songw...
Phosphorescent
Here's To Taking It Easy
PUBLISHED May 11, 2010
When Gram Parsons came up with the concept of Cosmic American Music in the late '60s, he probably didn't expect it to take several decades...