Articles by Jason Schneider
Whistling Past the Graveyard
The New Stars of Old Time Music
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006
As I rummaged through my grandmother's basement, I realised my lifelong fascination with records had finally led me here. I wasn't under an...
Hank Williams III
Straight to Hell
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006
Like most offspring of music legends, it hasnt been easy for Shelton Hank Williams to establish his own identity. Because of a long estran...
Willie Nelson
You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006
Of all the things for which Willie Nelson can be commended, near the top of the list should be the huge number of tributes hes paid to fel...
Elvis Costello
The Many Faces Of The Imposter
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006
"The only motivation points for me writing all these songs are revenge and guilt. Those are the only two emotions I know about, that I know...
Bob Egan
Blue Rodeo / Wilco / Freakwater / Billy Bragg / The Tragically Hip / Hayden
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006
It seems fitting that Bob Egan's current residence is just steps away from Kitchener's train station. The well-travelled multi-instrumental...
Bobby Bare
The Moon Was Blue
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006
Bare rarely gets mentioned in the same breath as contemporaries like George Jones and Merle Haggard, but he remains one of the great Nashvi...
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan
Ballad of the Broken Seas
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006
The pairing of the former Belle & Sebastian vocalist with the tortured Lanegan seems unlikely on the surface, but after establishing a frie...
Centro-matic
Fort Recovery
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006
With the odds of Neil Young ever tearing loose again with Crazy Horse growing longer by the day, the line of those hoping to receive the to...