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Canadian music PR company. @AmericanaFest member. Books include The Longest Suicide: The Authorized Biography of Art Bergmann / 3,000 Miles (A Novel) / Have Not Been The Same: the CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995 (co-author)

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · Aug 2

THAT GUN IN YOUR HAND is officially out!
Foreword by Lenny Kaye
Ask your local bookstore for it
CAN orders @anvilpress.bsky.social
US orders @asterismbooks.bsky.social
"A sweeping piece of cultural criticism. I haven't read anything like it since Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus." Jim DeRogatis

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 2h

And of course that's Rusty playing fiddle on Neil Young's monumental "Ambulance Blues"
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Ambulance Blues (2016 Remaster)

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 5h

Really happy to hear that my favourite Inuit throat singing duo PIQSIQ has contributed to the new Apple TV show The Last Frontier! Check out their new albums Legends if you haven't already.
#CanadianMusic #Indigenous @polarismusicprize.bsky.social

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 18h

I hate to shamelessly plug my own book (again), but I really think you'd enjoy it Ann
Crucial periods of multiple artists' lives are discussed.
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That Gun In Your Hand | Asterism Books

Check out a feature piece on *That Gun In Your Hand* in [*Exclaim!*!] (https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the-5-essential-versions-of-hey-joe) This is the story of a song. Yet, it is a song that binds ...

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 1d

We all know that our favourite musical elders are going to die, likely sooner than later. Yes, we can mourn, but how about doubling down on promoting artists doing great work RIGHT NOW?

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msjustinegiles.bsky.social @msjustinegiles.bsky.social · 1d

Parts of Me 🎶 Oct 24
Supported by CADA
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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 1d

Big thanks to @scummywatertower.bsky.social for sharing BirdBelly's gorgeous single "Desert Khaki" from The Wind The Wood LP out this Friday!
#CanadianMusic @polarismusicprize.bsky.social

Scummy Water Tower @scummywatertower.bsky.social · 1d

It's a new day, which means another chance to spotlight great music. Today, we’re excited to discuss another artist who continues to create great music: BirdBelly. Her debut album, which is out Friday, features the great song "Desert Khaki".

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Singles Spotlight: BirdBelly – “Desert Khaki” - Scummy Water Tower

Hello reader, How are you today? Today, we’re excited to discuss another artist who continues to create great music: BirdBelly. This is the new moniker of Alberta, Canada-born Métis singer-songwriter ...

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 1d

Thanks to @americanauk.bsky.social for spotlighting the new Nadjiwan single "Breaking The Dawn"! The album Now Is The Right Time Of Year coming 10/24 on Heading North Music
#CanadianMusic #Indigenous
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NADJIWAN “Breaking The Dawn” – shining a light

This song came out at the end of September – released to mark Canada’s annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which aims to address the ongoing impacts of the Canadian Indian…

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 1d

Watching Eddie and the Cruisers on #TCM for the first time in ages. It feels like the superior Springsteen movie.

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Richard Leader @leader-music.bsky.social · 2d

#NowPlaying BirdBelly - Black Horses from a beautiful new album The Wind The Wood on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

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Richard Leader @leader-music.bsky.social · 2d

#NowPlaying Pony Gold - Big In The City - from a new album High Road Reverie on 107 Meridian FM #NewMusicMonday

I can't believe how many great albums we're getting through tonight!

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 2d

So nice to speak with @jefito.com for Liner Notes about That Gun In Your Hand. Give it a read!
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social
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Liner Notes: Jason Schneider - Harmonic

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 2d

This was a wonderful chat with @bradleymorgan.bsky.social. Hope you can check it out. The book is also available to order in the U.S. from @asterismbooks.bsky.social

Bradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social · 4d

My latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview!. Spoke with @jasonschneidermedia.com about “That Gun In Your Hand” (@anvilpress.bsky.social, 2025) exploring the history/legacy of the modern murder ballad “Hey Joe.” Check it out here or where you get podcasts: newbooksnetwork.com/that-gun-in-...

Cover of book "That Gun In Your Hand" by Jason schndier featuring musicians who recorded the song.

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 4d

I'd say Rory, Mike Bloomfield and Johnny Winter were the only white guitarists to legitimately devote their lives to "the blues"

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 5d

Had a wonderful time last night at Pony Gold's Toronto album launch at The Burdock. Get High Road Reverie now via Neon Moon Records or wherever you find music.
(Post-show pic of Johnny 99 with Theresa Anne Bromley aka Pony Gold)
#CanadianMusic #countrysky #americana

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 6d

Yeeessssss!!!!!

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 8d

A lot of us in Canada have known for a while that she's right-leaning. And on behalf of Canada, you guys can have her.

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 8d

Well, I wish they would tour with Feist. I think people would be ready for that.

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 9d

Loving the response so far to Pony Gold's new album High Road Reverie, out now on Neon Moon Records!
She launches it in #Toronto this Thurs Oct 9 at The Burdock. If you're an alt-country fan, I hope to see you there!
#CanadianMusic #altcountry #americana

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 9d

Rush was the only legacy band left that hasn't continued on in some form after big losses. I also don't begrudge Alex and Geddy for wanting to keep doing what they've done since they were teens.
I can picture them having a St. Hubbins/Smalls convo: "People should be envying us." "I envy us."

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Jake Goldsbie @jakegoldsbie.bsky.social · 10d

Step on their fucking throats

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 11d

Until they changed their grooming rules, it was like cheering for the cops. But I'll probably always feel that way.

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 11d

Remember, they gave U2's Songs Of Innocence five stars too. This is worse, but not by much

Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 12d

For @stuberman.bsky.social
Corey Glover isn't the Day-Glo Donahue he was on Arsenio, but he still went into the crowd!
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Living Colour – Cult of Personality

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 12d

Yes, someone else released a record today, but here's one also out today actually worthy of AOTY consideration.
Pony Gold - High Road Reverie (Neon Moon Records)
#CanadianMusic #altcountry #BandcampFriday
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High Road Reverie, by Pony Gold

11 track album

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Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com · 13d

Johnny 99 (City & Colour's John Sponarski) shares another great single today, "Lay Down The Hammer," a classic country "road song" with plenty of twang and memorable lines.
Available on all digital platforms via North Country Collective
#CanadianMusic #countrysky
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Lay Down The Hammer

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