Sunday, September 12, 2010
Review published in the Vancouver Sun on September 11, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN You have to wonder how Hedley made it to Deer Lake Park. Not to the outdoors Burnaby venue exactly, where the pop rock quartet chose to kick off their North American Tour, but to the point in their […]
Saturday, September 11, 2010
My Hollywood North column, published in the Vancouver Sun September 11. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN A week after Hollywood’s golden girl Reese Witherspoon starts shooting her romantic comedy This Means War (alongside Star Trek actor Chris Pine and Inception’s Tom Hardy), actress Jessica Biel will return to B.C. to star in The […]
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Story published in the Vancouver Sun on September 9, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN After a decade of promoting technology-inspired sights and sounds, Vancouver’s New Forms Festival plans to celebrate its 10th anniversary by highlighting some of the city’s pioneering media artists. The theme for this year’s eight-day event is Traversing Electronic Narratives. According […]
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Story published in the Vancouver Sun on September 4, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN It’s been a year and a half since Steven Page left the popular Canadian band the Barenaked Ladies, but like any long-term relationship breakup, Page is still adjusting to the single life. Sept. 28 marks the release of […]
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Published in the Vancouver Sun on September 1, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN “The blues had a baby and it was rock ‘n’ roll. I’ve basically spent most of my life singing [the blues],” Cyndi Lauper says over the phone from West Wendover, Nev., where the landscape sparks a random exclamation of “I feel […]
Story published in the Vancouver Sun on August 24, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Joan Jett may be in her fifties, but that doesn’t mean she’s traded in her leather bustiers for cotton floral-print pantsuits. Her voice says it all: Over the phone, calling from her home in New York, the infamous tomboy from […]
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Story published in the Vancouver Sun on August 21, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Lady Gaga is smarter than her glitter-encrusted roadkill hats lead us to believe. Gaga – real name Stefani Germanotta – has created an image for herself that has infested every crevice of popular culture today. Think about it: her name […]
Review published in the Vancouver Sun on August 6, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN The Backstreet Boys still got it goin’ on. The boy band—all grown up but still baby-faced—danced, sweated and crooned their way straight into fans’ hearts Friday night at a packed Rogers Arena. The quartet (fifth member Kevin Richardson left the […]
Published June 25, 2010 on the UBC School of Journalism website. By Amanda Ash The CBC-UBC student-led project to create a Canadian music online encyclopedia, the Canadian Music Wiki, has launched after eight months of research and development. The site aims to be the most comprehensive online resource on Canadian music and related topics, with contributions from […]
Published on the Polaris Music Prize website (www.polarismusicprize.ca) on June 21, 2010. Amanda Ash (Vancouver) Freelance Journalist Jury Member Since: 2007 Please share the Top 5 Canadian records you put on your first ballot. Basia BulatHeart of My Own Tegan & Sara Sainthood Justin RutledgeThe Early Widows Hannah Georgas This is Good You Say Party! We Say […]
