Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Published in the Edmonton Journal September 10, 2013. BY AMANDA ASH, EDMONTON JOURNAL EDMONTON – If there was any animosity remaining between Eagles members Monday night at Rexall Place, it was hidden beneath friendly jokes and campfire stories about the good ol’ days. Perhaps a handsome dollar figure attached to their North American tour made […]
Published in the Edmonton Journal August 1, 2013. BY AMANDA ASH, EDMONTON JOURNAL When you’re out in the wild, living in a jungle of tents harbouring strange shirtless beasts, life’s priorities change. Shelter comes to mind as an immediate survival necessity, but Nick Mytopher says things are different out here. On this dusty patch of […]
Published in the Edmonton Journal on July 24, 2013. BY AMANDA ASH, EDMONTON JOURNAL EDMONTON – Mark Sasso is painting the trim of his house. In the background, his dog barks at a field mouse that’s crept into his Toronto yard. The vocalist for Toronto death country trio Elliott Brood enjoys these little pleasures. For a small […]
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Published in the Vancouver Sun September 10, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Taylor Swift curled her hands into the shape of a heart. With a sweet smile, the 21-year-old country-pop superstar hoisted the symbol above her head, letting it float above a sold-out crowd at Rogers Arena Saturday night. It was unlike the usual […]
Friday, September 9, 2011
Published in the Vancouver Sun September 9, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Good thing Ke$ha’s glitter orgy fell on a Friday. If it were a weekday, no one would’ve made it to work the next morning. As can be expected from the 24-year-old pop-rock star who sing-raps about brushing her “teef” with Jack Daniels, […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun August 26, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN When you’ve got 34 number one songs to your name, you’re allowed to celebrate any way you want. As the title of Janet Jackson’s current Number Ones: Up Close & Personal tour suggested, the 45-year-old R&B pop star chose to look back […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun August 14, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Sade’s decade-long hibernation hasn’t left them buried and forgotten Ten years may have passed since the English R&B soft rock band last toured or released a record, but neither Sade nor the crowd at Rogers Arena seemed to blink an eye at […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun on July 20, 2011 BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Katy Perry has her unwavering confidence to thank for the giant, cotton candy Cloud Nine she’s been riding since her breakthrough single I Kissed A Girl hit the airwaves in 2008. Sure, her blue wigs and cupcake bras are hot. Her […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun July 1, 2011 BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Britney Spears’s performance at Rogers Arena Friday night must have triggered a flood of memories for the stilettoed female 20-somethings in attendance who undoubtedly grew up idolizing the ’90s teen-pop sex symbol along with Dawson’s Creek and pogs. But there was also […]
Published in the Vancouver Sun June 29, 2011 BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN While those attending Canada Day festivities in and around Metro Vancouver will display their Canadian pride with red-and-white clothing, face paint and fluttering flags, this year’s Top 20 Peak Performance Project competitors are celebrating by coming together and singing their hearts out. […]
