Andy Stochansky

Canadian singer/songwriter Andy Stochansky’s career is checkered as a gingham quilt. A session musician for everyone from Ani DiFranco to Barenaked Ladies, he made two experimental piano-pop albums on his own in the ’90s before landing a deal with Private Music for his eclectic major-label debut, Five Star Motel, in 2002. With the completion of Stochansky’s latest and perhaps best album, One Hundred, produced by Goo Goo Doll Johnny Rzeznik, he seems poised to deliver on the infinite promise of his minor and major works to date. So naturally, on the eve of its release, Stochansky was unceremoniously and unexpectedly dropped by Private Music parent RCA. At press time, Stochansky’s management was entertaining label offers to find a new venue for One Hundred while RCA continues to live up to its nickname among some of its former artists: Record Cemetery of America.