Articles by Amanda Ash

Jenn Grant

Echoes

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2009

If there's one song on Echoes that captures the personal journey Jenn Grant's taken since we last heard her on Orchestra For The Moon, that...

Jenn Grant's Heartbreak

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2009

"When I started making Echoes, I knew it was going to be a heart-wrenching thing, but I didn't really realize how much until I got there an...

Amelia Curran

War Brides

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2009

Picture this: two best friends, sitting in a bedroom, both angry and bitter at the world, when somehow, despite all of the rage, one manage...

Slow Down Molasses

I'm An Old Believer

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2009

I'm An Old Believer is the product of 14 head-butting, knuckle-cracking musicians, as opposed to a single keyhole peep into an individual's...

Justin Rutledge / Jenn Grant / Jody Glenham

Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver BC November 20

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2008

Having Jenn Grant and Justin Rutledge on the same bill is like being offered sex and chocolate in the same sitting (or rather, the same "la...

Annabelle Chvostek

Resilience

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2008

Resilience is a fitting title for Annabelle Chvostek’s new album. The ex-Wailin’ Jenny performs with such strength and versatility that it’...

Mr. Pine

Rewilding

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2008

There’s something about Winnipeg that breeds incredible songwriting and musicianship. Should we thank the relentless winters? The claustrop...

Michael Rault

Crash! Boom! Bang!

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

Take a 19-year-old punk kid, stick him in the middle of a dusty farmer’s field and hand him an acoustic guitar — what you’ll end up with is...