Published in the Vancouver Sun June 3, 2011 BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN “When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful. A miracle. Oh it was beautiful, magical …” The lyrics to Supertramp’s The Logical Song weren’t just words to mouth along to Thursday night. They meant something much more to the middle-aged […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun May 28, 2011 BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN With six Juno Awards, gold and platinum records, and enough shaggy lumberjack hair to make women squeal for the past eight years, it’s safe to say the Sam Roberts Band is quickly becoming a Canadian music staple. It all started with Roberts’ […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun on May 17, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN A lot of people hate on Kid Rock, but the truth is there’s not much to hate — any more, that is. The Detroit-based singer-songwriter, rapper and country artist is a changed man. He hasn’t put the most straitlaced foot forward […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun on May 10, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN James Blunt is like the middle child in a family of radio superstars and soft-rock indie darlings: He seems to get lost in the fuss over his more defined siblings. Blunt, a British cavalry captain-turned-musician, straddles the border of Top 40 […]
Review published in the Vancouver Sun on April 19, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Robert Plant is a musical nomad. He’s sailed the spiraling seas of ’70s psychedelia, scaled the jagged peaks of rock ‘n’ roll and wandered through the twisting backcountry of bluegrass. Today, touring in support of his new album Band Of […]
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Published in the Vancouver Sun on December 16, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN The masses couldn’t have picked a more worthy winner when they crowned Carrie Underwood as the 2005 American Idol. In just five short years, the country starlet has not only lived up to her title but charged ahead full […]
Monday, November 15, 2010
Published in the Vancouver Sun on November 15, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN After decades of ingesting a cornucopia of narcotics and slinging back buckets of booze, the so-called Prince of Darkness is alive and kicking. Sure, Ozzy Osbourne (who turns 62 in December) is no longer at his physical or musical […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun on November 5, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, SPECIAL TO THE SUN If the Stone Temple Pilots had a reality TV show, they could easily give Intervention, The Hills and Jersey Shore a run for their money. But from what fans at the Pacific Coliseum could tell Thursday night, the San […]
