Story published in the Vancouver Sun on February 4, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN “I can’t tell you how happy I am that we weren’t squashed like a bug.” John McCrea sounds thrilled. Over the phone from a hotel room in Memphis, Tenn., the vocalist for the Sacramento-based alt-rock band Cake is taking in […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Story published in the Vancouver Sun on February 1, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Louise Burns has played sidekick for pretty much her entire musical career. She’s Batman’s Robin. Maverick’s Goose. Han Solo’s Chewbacca. From the age of 11 when she co-founded the all-girl, Juno-nominated band Lillix to her present day involvement in groups […]
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Story published in the Vancouver Sun on January 26, 2011. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN Cultural boundaries don’t exist within Kiran Ahluwalia’s music. The India-born, Canadian-raised vocalist and composer holds four releases under her belt, which creatively melt sounds ranging from Portuguese fado to Celtic fiddle with her traditional Indian ghazals and Punjabi folk songs. […]
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Published online at Exclaim.ca on January 11, 2011. By Amanda Ash Jenn Grant’s music has always mirrored her emotions. Orchestra for the Moon, the Halifax, NS-based singer-songwriter’s debut, showed us her spunky, wide-eyed naivety. Then, her 2009 release,Echoes, brought us to a heavy place filled with heartbreak, loneliness and mourning. Now, with Honeymoon Punch, Grant is ready […]
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 […]
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Article printed in Us Weekly, week of October 20, 2010. Features reporting by myself. NOTE: There is a correction. Article should read the incident took place in Richmond, BC.
