Jason Schneider Media
@jasonschneidermedia.com
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)
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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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
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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PIQSIQ Share New Christmas Single "Jingle Bells"
PIQSIQ Share New Christmas Single "Jingle Bells"
Inuit throat-singing duo PIQSIQ (sisters Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay) are ushering in the holiday cheer with a newly released
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
PIQSIQ Share New Christmas Single "Jingle Bells"
I had the pleasure recently to talk about That Gun In Your Hand with Sal Cataldi for the radio show/podcast Reading Is Funktamental. Check it out!
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The History of "Hey Joe" with author Jason Schneider on Reading Is Funktamental
YouTube video by Reading Is Funktamental
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November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I had the pleasure recently to talk about That Gun In Your Hand with Sal Cataldi for the radio show/podcast Reading Is Funktamental. Check it out!
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Check out Rich Hope's chat with @scummywatertower.bsky.social about his new album Live At The ANZA Club, available now everywhere!
#CanadianMusic #Vancouver #RockAndRoll
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#CanadianMusic #Vancouver #RockAndRoll
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It Come Alive: Vancouver’s Rich Hope Revisits Career On Energetic Live Album (Interview) - Scummy Water Tower
An interview with Canadian singer-songwriter Rich Hope about his 2025 live album Live At The ANZA Club
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November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Check out Rich Hope's chat with @scummywatertower.bsky.social about his new album Live At The ANZA Club, available now everywhere!
#CanadianMusic #Vancouver #RockAndRoll
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#CanadianMusic #Vancouver #RockAndRoll
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Thanks @3amrevelations.bsky.social for including Elliot C Way's new single "Margaret"!
#CanadianMusic #altcountry
#CanadianMusic #altcountry
Songs of the Week: November 17 - 23, 2025 ft MOONRIIVR, Larkk, Elliot C Way, Common Holly
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Songs of the Week: November 17 - 23, 2025 — 3am Revelations
“ You Get Me By ” by MOONRIIVR New MOONRIIVR alert! I can’t believe it’s already been almost two years since their debut album, Volume 1 , and I’m so excited to get new material. “You Get Me ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thanks @3amrevelations.bsky.social for including Elliot C Way's new single "Margaret"!
#CanadianMusic #altcountry
#CanadianMusic #altcountry
New adds at SiriusXM North Americana (Ch. 359):
BirdBelly - "Desert Khaki"
Elliot C Way - "Fool's Gold"
Tune in to hear the best (mostly Canadian) alt-country!
@siriusxmcanada.bsky.social #countrysky #altcountry #americana
BirdBelly - "Desert Khaki"
Elliot C Way - "Fool's Gold"
Tune in to hear the best (mostly Canadian) alt-country!
@siriusxmcanada.bsky.social #countrysky #altcountry #americana
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New adds at SiriusXM North Americana (Ch. 359):
BirdBelly - "Desert Khaki"
Elliot C Way - "Fool's Gold"
Tune in to hear the best (mostly Canadian) alt-country!
@siriusxmcanada.bsky.social #countrysky #altcountry #americana
BirdBelly - "Desert Khaki"
Elliot C Way - "Fool's Gold"
Tune in to hear the best (mostly Canadian) alt-country!
@siriusxmcanada.bsky.social #countrysky #altcountry #americana
Happy release day to Rich Hope's Live At The ANZA Club, recorded earlier this year in Vancouver
"It seems the rock and roll gods are displeased with us. So they sent us Rich Hope’s Live At The ANZA Club that we may be redeemed." Gordie Johnson, Big Sugar
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"It seems the rock and roll gods are displeased with us. So they sent us Rich Hope’s Live At The ANZA Club that we may be redeemed." Gordie Johnson, Big Sugar
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Live At The Anza Club, by Rich Hope
9 track album
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November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy release day to Rich Hope's Live At The ANZA Club, recorded earlier this year in Vancouver
"It seems the rock and roll gods are displeased with us. So they sent us Rich Hope’s Live At The ANZA Club that we may be redeemed." Gordie Johnson, Big Sugar
richhope.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
"It seems the rock and roll gods are displeased with us. So they sent us Rich Hope’s Live At The ANZA Club that we may be redeemed." Gordie Johnson, Big Sugar
richhope.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
Big thanks to @americanauk.bsky.social for spotlighting Bobby Dove's "Trans Canadian Blues" video!
"driven along with a brilliant sense of motion and energy"
Bobby's in Winnipeg 11/20 at Times Change(d) and in Ottawa on 11/23 at Red Bird!
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky
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"driven along with a brilliant sense of motion and energy"
Bobby's in Winnipeg 11/20 at Times Change(d) and in Ottawa on 11/23 at Red Bird!
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky
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Video: Bobby Dove “Trans Canadian Blues”
Here’s Canadian alt-country artist Bobby Dove with the immediately-absorbing ‘Trans Canadian Blues’. A great guitar groove, propulsive percussion from Dani Nash and Dove’s u…
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November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Big thanks to @americanauk.bsky.social for spotlighting Bobby Dove's "Trans Canadian Blues" video!
"driven along with a brilliant sense of motion and energy"
Bobby's in Winnipeg 11/20 at Times Change(d) and in Ottawa on 11/23 at Red Bird!
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky
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"driven along with a brilliant sense of motion and energy"
Bobby's in Winnipeg 11/20 at Times Change(d) and in Ottawa on 11/23 at Red Bird!
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky
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Out today! Elliot C Way's "Margaret," his second single of 2025 via North Country Collective. An epic ode to the importance of family. Find it on all streaming services ▶️ orcd.co/ecw-margaret
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana #AltCountry
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#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana #AltCountry
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Elliot C Way - Margaret (Privet Viewing Link)
YouTube video by Elliot Way
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November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Out today! Elliot C Way's "Margaret," his second single of 2025 via North Country Collective. An epic ode to the importance of family. Find it on all streaming services ▶️ orcd.co/ecw-margaret
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana #AltCountry
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#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana #AltCountry
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Big day as copies of my novel The City Knows have arrived! Thanks to Montag Press for completing my 20-year odyssey with this story.
So surreal to have two books published in the same year, but it's feast or famine. You can get The City Knows from Amazon ▶️ www.amazon.ca/City-Knows-J...
#BookSky
So surreal to have two books published in the same year, but it's feast or famine. You can get The City Knows from Amazon ▶️ www.amazon.ca/City-Knows-J...
#BookSky
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Big day as copies of my novel The City Knows have arrived! Thanks to Montag Press for completing my 20-year odyssey with this story.
So surreal to have two books published in the same year, but it's feast or famine. You can get The City Knows from Amazon ▶️ www.amazon.ca/City-Knows-J...
#BookSky
So surreal to have two books published in the same year, but it's feast or famine. You can get The City Knows from Amazon ▶️ www.amazon.ca/City-Knows-J...
#BookSky
Vancouver scene legend Rich Hope releases Live At The ANZA Club this Friday! Get a preview and hear the blazing track "It Come Alive" now at @scummywatertower.bsky.social
#CanadianMusic #rockandroll
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#CanadianMusic #rockandroll
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Singles Spotlight: Rich Hope – “It Come Alive” - Scummy Water Tower
Hello reader, How are you today? Ready for another Singles Spotlight? Today, SWT is excited to discuss another rocker/singer-songwriter who is making some great memories for his fans: Rich Hope. The V...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Vancouver scene legend Rich Hope releases Live At The ANZA Club this Friday! Get a preview and hear the blazing track "It Come Alive" now at @scummywatertower.bsky.social
#CanadianMusic #rockandroll
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#CanadianMusic #rockandroll
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Canadian singer/songwriter Josh Ritchie writes about his new album So Much More Than A Dream in today's Artist Essay at @scummywatertower.bsky.social
A “concept album telling the story of a young adult searching for peace and purpose"
#CanadianMusic
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A “concept album telling the story of a young adult searching for peace and purpose"
#CanadianMusic
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Artist Essay: September Talks By Josh Ritchie - Scummy Water Tower
Editor's Note Last month SWT introduced you to Canadian singer/songwriter Josh Ritchie via a Singles Spotlight feature on his fantastic song "September Talks". The song is featured on his third LP So ...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Canadian singer/songwriter Josh Ritchie writes about his new album So Much More Than A Dream in today's Artist Essay at @scummywatertower.bsky.social
A “concept album telling the story of a young adult searching for peace and purpose"
#CanadianMusic
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A “concept album telling the story of a young adult searching for peace and purpose"
#CanadianMusic
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Great to see that Joe Bussard's record collection has a new life. Nice work by Lance Ledbetter and Dust-To-Digital!
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Great to see that Joe Bussard's record collection has a new life. Nice work by Lance Ledbetter and Dust-To-Digital!
Of all the press I've done so far for That Gun In Your Hand, talking about it with my dear friend Michael Barclay means the most. Subscribe to Michael's Substack That Night In Toronto (3 years and counting!) for some of the best music content in Canada
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Jason, Jimi and Joe
The long, strange legacy of "Hey Joe" fuels Jason Schneider's latest book
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November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Of all the press I've done so far for That Gun In Your Hand, talking about it with my dear friend Michael Barclay means the most. Subscribe to Michael's Substack That Night In Toronto (3 years and counting!) for some of the best music content in Canada
michaelbarclay.substack.com/p/jason-jimi...
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Happy release day to More Noise In An Already Noisy World, the sophomore album by Edmonton cowpunks The Give 'Em Hell Boys! Maximum C&W!
Get it in all formats from @bandcamp.com 🔽
thegiveemhellboys.bandcamp.com/album/more-n...
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana
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Get it in all formats from @bandcamp.com 🔽
thegiveemhellboys.bandcamp.com/album/more-n...
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana
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More Noise (in an already noisy world)
YouTube video by The Give 'Em Hell Boys - Topic
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November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy release day to More Noise In An Already Noisy World, the sophomore album by Edmonton cowpunks The Give 'Em Hell Boys! Maximum C&W!
Get it in all formats from @bandcamp.com 🔽
thegiveemhellboys.bandcamp.com/album/more-n...
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana
youtu.be/0pl1XkZjtWE?...
Get it in all formats from @bandcamp.com 🔽
thegiveemhellboys.bandcamp.com/album/more-n...
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #Americana
youtu.be/0pl1XkZjtWE?...
Thanks to Tinnitist for exclusively premiering the video for "Parts Of Me," the new single by @msjustinegiles.bsky.social, available wherever you find music online!
#CanadianMusic #singersongwriter #americana
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#CanadianMusic #singersongwriter #americana
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Justine Giles | Parts Of Me: Exclusive Video Premiere - Tinnitist
Justine Giles shows us what she’s made of with the video for her revealing and intimate single Parts Of Me — premiering exclusively on Tinnitist. Shot in a single take in front of a white-curtained wi...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thanks to Tinnitist for exclusively premiering the video for "Parts Of Me," the new single by @msjustinegiles.bsky.social, available wherever you find music online!
#CanadianMusic #singersongwriter #americana
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#CanadianMusic #singersongwriter #americana
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Today on GET LIT Jason Schneider talks about That Gun in Your Hand: The Strange Saga of ‘Hey Joe’ and Popular Music’s History of Violence.
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here:
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@anvilpress.bsky.social @jasonschneidermedia.com
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here:
tinyurl.com/5dwu8ht6
@anvilpress.bsky.social @jasonschneidermedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today on GET LIT Jason Schneider talks about That Gun in Your Hand: The Strange Saga of ‘Hey Joe’ and Popular Music’s History of Violence.
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here:
tinyurl.com/5dwu8ht6
@anvilpress.bsky.social @jasonschneidermedia.com
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or on pods or here:
tinyurl.com/5dwu8ht6
@anvilpress.bsky.social @jasonschneidermedia.com
Big thanks to @americanauk.bsky.social for sharing Elliot C. Way's new video for "Fool's Gold"! Find the song on all digital platforms via North Country Collective
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #altcountry #americana
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#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #altcountry #americana
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Video: Elliot C Way “Fool’s Gold”
Check out the outstanding outlaw sound of ‘Fool’s Gold’, the latest single from Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Elliot C. Way, just released via North Country Collective. The so…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Big thanks to @americanauk.bsky.social for sharing Elliot C. Way's new video for "Fool's Gold"! Find the song on all digital platforms via North Country Collective
#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #altcountry #americana
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#CanadianMusic #CountrySky #altcountry #americana
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Thank you @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social and @rachelcholst.bsky.social for spotlighting Bobby Dove's killer new single "Trans Canadian Blues!"
#CanadianMusic #countrysky
#CanadianMusic #countrysky
This week's Rainbow Ruckus features cruise control, homoerotic tension, Bluenecks, and honoring veterans.
Bobby Dove
@onnor McGee
Maia Sharp
Medium Build + Sydney Rose
@chrishousman.bsky.social
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Bobby Dove
@onnor McGee
Maia Sharp
Medium Build + Sydney Rose
@chrishousman.bsky.social
rainbowrodeomag.com/...
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thank you @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social and @rachelcholst.bsky.social for spotlighting Bobby Dove's killer new single "Trans Canadian Blues!"
#CanadianMusic #countrysky
#CanadianMusic #countrysky
Had a great time last night with Michael Barclay seeing Robert Plant at Massey Hall, then grabbing a farewell pint at the Imperial Pub. Really gonna miss that place!
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Had a great time last night with Michael Barclay seeing Robert Plant at Massey Hall, then grabbing a farewell pint at the Imperial Pub. Really gonna miss that place!
Thank you to @raypadgett.bsky.social and his great site Cover Me for letting me highlight some of the more obscure versions of 'Hey Joe' featured in my book That Gun In Your Hand
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
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@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
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"Hey Joe" Book Author Shares Five Lesser-Known Versions Worth Hearing - Cover Me
Jason Schneider, author of 'That Gun in Your Hand', takes us beyond Hendrix
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thank you to @raypadgett.bsky.social and his great site Cover Me for letting me highlight some of the more obscure versions of 'Hey Joe' featured in my book That Gun In Your Hand
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
www.covermesongs.com/2025/11/the-...
@anvilpress.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social #booksky
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New music from Bobby Dove! "Trans Canadian Blues" is out today on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms!
Catch Bobby on tour across Canada in Nov starting tonight in Saskatoon
#CanadianMusic #countrysky #americana
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Catch Bobby on tour across Canada in Nov starting tonight in Saskatoon
#CanadianMusic #countrysky #americana
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Bobby Dove - Trans Canadian Blues (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Bobby Dove
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November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New music from Bobby Dove! "Trans Canadian Blues" is out today on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms!
Catch Bobby on tour across Canada in Nov starting tonight in Saskatoon
#CanadianMusic #countrysky #americana
youtu.be/YSI9Yacr0jo?...
Catch Bobby on tour across Canada in Nov starting tonight in Saskatoon
#CanadianMusic #countrysky #americana
youtu.be/YSI9Yacr0jo?...
My dream #BlueJays off-season:
- sign Bo long term
- acquire Skubal for Francis / Loperfido / Nimmala / Tiedemann
- sign Bellinger and DFA Santander
- find a Yamamoto-level pitcher in Japan
- sign Bo long term
- acquire Skubal for Francis / Loperfido / Nimmala / Tiedemann
- sign Bellinger and DFA Santander
- find a Yamamoto-level pitcher in Japan
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
My dream #BlueJays off-season:
- sign Bo long term
- acquire Skubal for Francis / Loperfido / Nimmala / Tiedemann
- sign Bellinger and DFA Santander
- find a Yamamoto-level pitcher in Japan
- sign Bo long term
- acquire Skubal for Francis / Loperfido / Nimmala / Tiedemann
- sign Bellinger and DFA Santander
- find a Yamamoto-level pitcher in Japan
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Mike Tod is one of the most compelling artists I know and I'm thrilled to be working with him on his new single "Lyke Wake Dirge," out today in honour of Samhain.
Produced in Dublin with John "Spud" Murphy. Thanks to Glide Magazine for the video premiere.
#gothfolk
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Produced in Dublin with John "Spud" Murphy. Thanks to Glide Magazine for the video premiere.
#gothfolk
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Mike Tod Conjures Up a Haunting Gothic Folk Fever Dream with "Lyke Wake Dirge" - Glide Magazine
Bob Dylan said in 1966, "Obviously, death is not very universally accepted. I mean, you'd think that the traditional music people could gather from their
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November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mike Tod is one of the most compelling artists I know and I'm thrilled to be working with him on his new single "Lyke Wake Dirge," out today in honour of Samhain.
Produced in Dublin with John "Spud" Murphy. Thanks to Glide Magazine for the video premiere.
#gothfolk
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Produced in Dublin with John "Spud" Murphy. Thanks to Glide Magazine for the video premiere.
#gothfolk
glidemagazine.com/319431/video...
Billy Strings did an EPIC cover of "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" during his annual Halloween show!
#CanadianMusic
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#CanadianMusic
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Billy Strings " Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald " Halloween
YouTube video by bklynwmn
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November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Billy Strings did an EPIC cover of "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" during his annual Halloween show!
#CanadianMusic
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#CanadianMusic
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