">Originally from Saint Louis, Missouri, John was influenced early on by that town's rhythm and blues and his Oklahoma mother’s singing. This funky start was drastically tempered by a nine-year stint in a Catholic seminary where silence and Gregorian chant were his daily bread. After leaving the brotherhood, and armed only with his vow of poverty, John moved to New England and pursued the path of an itinerant musician, playing in sundry bands and bad barrooms. It was during this time, he realized, that his audience could not understand Latin.

His music is memorable, poignant, hopeful, wise, and passionate.

Winner of both the 2003 Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Contest & the 2006 Rose Garden Performing Songwriting Competition,  

John lives in Jaffrey, NH with his wife, Jane and cats, Iko & Godzilla.

"Wise, witty and dark."  Charlie Hunter of Flying Under Radar

  Dick Pleasants, WUMB: "John's songs really connect."

"New Hampshire's John Schindler knows how to translate life into wise, oddly witty songs and his new Memory Train album collects many of the calm little gems he's been writing in recent years." Daniel Gewertz, The Boston Herald 

“ A true original.” WUMB’s Boston Folk Festival

 "I would close for that man again any time." Tom Rush

“…John's the best singer songwriter I've run into in the last 10 years or so."  Bob Franke

  For booking (603) 532-6096 or star.broom@gmail.com

">"Photo above and 2nd down at right: Copyright Boyd Estus,2004 .

Balance of photos courtesy of Phil Knudsen

Dear Friend(s), "Even if you don't use any other makeup, apply some blush in the middle of your forehead. If your nose shines out then use a concealer, slightly darker than your skin tone, on it. Some experts suggest that you ....Whaa-hey, that's not the topic I wanted to discuss at all!* Not many people know that in addition to my many areas of expertise, I've also, on occasion, delved into the "WeIRd & WaCkY WOrLd oF CoSmOlogY" And now I feel compelled to show you everything I know in this matter. Speaking of matter, the first topic is: Matter: Often preceded by the phrase "What's the", this basic building block of nature (thought, in some rarified circles, to be also the "erector set of the universe") is divided into light and dark matter. 'Nuff said! Mass: Discovered by Albert Einstein in 1905, Mass is represented as "M" in the amazing formula E=MC2, despite the grumbling of the many other letters that had auditioned for the spot. Mass was later on appropriated by the Episcopalians and Catholics for some of their secret sacrificial rituals. Talk about a unifying theory! Big Bang: For the sake of keeping this discussion serious, I'm going to skip this concept as well as that of Black Holes. Really, grow up! Expanding VS Contracting Universe: Come on now...clearly the longer something is around (and the Universe is has been around a long time, possibly eons) like my waistline, suggests to all of us that the former, expanding universe, is the more realistic model of the universe. After all, think of the costs of having the universe "taken in" a few parsecs! There's also a steady state concept but you're probably still distracted by the Big Bang phrase to pay attention... I could go on with this but I think you're starting to get the idea of what I know... Find out more at my next gig

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"Someday I'll be a star."