Articles by Amanda Ash

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  Emily Jane White

  Dark Undercoat

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2007

  Emily Jane White’s brand of "dark folk” music was carved out during her time spent at UC Santa Cruz in early 2000. Inspired by artists like...

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  Amos The Transparent

  Amos The Transparent

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  Amos The Transparent is the debut album from the Ottawa-based septet of the same name and unlike what their moniker implies, there’s nothin...

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  Ani Difranco

  Canon

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  It’s been 17 years since Ani DiFranco released her first album. Biting commentaries on political and sexual issues have always been a part...

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  Wendy McNeill

  The Wonder Show

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  In The Wonder Show, you really do get a wonder show. Forget all the weeping lap steels, solemn acoustic guitars and the rustic prairie deje...

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  The Besnard Lakes

  Starlite Room, Edmonton AB October 3

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  "Holy guacamole! That guy sure can hit the high notes.” That’s what we all exclaim after hearing the Besnard Lakes’ album, The Besnard Lake...

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  Justin Timberlake

  Rexall Place, Edmonton AB August 28

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2007

  Justin Timberlake has come a long way from his bubblegum pop days with *NSYNC, but that doesn’t mean he’s abandoned the womaniser inside of...

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  Dala

  Who Do You Think You Are?

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

  Dala consist of Toronto-based artists Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther, but if we could refer to the duo by a more flowery term, they’d b...

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  The Deep Dark Woods

  Hang Me Oh Hang Me

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

  Born out of Saskatchewan’s cold, gloomy winters, Hang Me Oh Hang Me is the sophomore album from Saskatoon’s the Deep Dark Woods. The record...