Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Printed in the Vancouver Sun on October 19, 2010. Article was also posted on Justin Bieber’s Facebook page on October 19, 2010: http://www.facebook.com/JustinBieber BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN “If there was a Justin Bieber school, we could teach there,” Lyndsey Gavin says matter-of-factly. “It’s crazy. We know what he orders at Tim Hortons.” Gavin, a […]
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Published online in the Vancouver Sun on October 7, 2010. Don’t start mourning the classic Alice In Chains lineup quite yet. Some fans may be quick to pine for the days of Layne Staley, who headed the high-profile Seattle-based grunge band before overdosing in 2002. But after reinventing itself in 2005 with a brand-new lead […]
Saturday, October 2, 2010
BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN There’s something comforting about country music. It’s a bit like taking a sonic holiday, except instead of white beaches and foamy oceans, you’ve got never-ending country roads, dusty boots and the powerful punch of a pickup truck on the highway. Country music superstar and Grammy Award winning artist Brad Paisley […]
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Story published in the Vancouver Sun on October 2, 2010. BY AMANDA ASH, VANCOUVER SUN “He’s, like, The Mellow Guy. What’s he gonna do?” Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg pretty much sums up Jack Johnson’s pop-culture image. If you’ve seen the Hawaii-born musician’s latest music video for At or With Me, which features Samberg making […]
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 […]
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 […]
