Articles by Jason Schneider

Star & Micey

Star & Micey

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2010

Most rock bands hailing from Memphis can't totally escape the shadow of Big Star. While Star & Micey aren't entirely cut from the same clot...

Chuck Prophet

Let Freedom Ring

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2010

It's easy to think that Chuck Prophet wouldn't trade the many ups and downs his career has undergone since he co-fronted Green On Red in th...

Kate Maki

Two Song Wedding

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2010

Artists often describe albums as snapshots of a specific moment in their lives, and Kate Maki's fourth release reflects that statement. Lik...

T-Model Ford

The Ladies Man

PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2010

Since T-Model Ford, at age 88, is one of the last of his generation of Mississippi Delta blues singers, it feels almost sacrilegious to cri...

Great Lake Swimmers, Neko Case and the Deep Dark Woods Take the Top Spots in Exclaim!'s Best Wood, Wires and Whiskey Albums of 2009

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2009

It was hardly a surprise to see Canadian artists dominate Wood, Wires & Whiskey's list of top ten folk albums in 2009. The shift toward a m...

Blind Brand X

Yesterday I'll Be Happy

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2009

After putting out five releases over the past two years that reclaimed a good portion of his 30-year back catalogue, Vancouver, BC guitaris...

Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen

Piggyback

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2009

One of the biggest success stories of this year has been blues singer/guitarist Matt Andersen. The husky New Brunswick native has quickly b...

R.E.M.

Live At The Olympia

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2009

Last year's Accelerate was precisely the long-overdue return to basics that diehard R.E.M. fans had been hoping for. But with a running tim...