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Showing posts with label Jann Arden. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Jann Arden - Tour January 2010
We are back out on the road with Jann! First show of the tour started in Montréal. Great show, great crowd!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Jann Arden - Edmonto Journal Review
CONCERT REVIEW
Jann Arden
When: Wednesday
Where: Jubilee auditorium second show tonight at 8
Sometime in the past decade or so, Jann Arden's voice became one of those that would often come to mind while you were suffering in the depths of a heartbroken, TV drama-style crisis.
On a particularly wistful bus trip you might find yourself imagining the chords of Good Mother or Insensitive scoring the ride, and it's that sentimental, somewhat cheesy place she holds in many Canadians'hearts that Arden likes to poke fun at.
Though she jokes about her songs being depressing, like she did last night about Leave Me Now, a song she's never performed live before her current tour, it's no secret that the 47-year-old Calgary chanteuse frequently sells out her concerts because audiences have come to love not only her woeful tunes, but also her notoriously wicked sense of humour.
Last night, in her first of two performances at the Jubilee Auditorium, Arden delivered a two-and-a-half-hour show chock full of old favourites and new songs, all interspersed with scathing anecdotes and her characteristic sassy banter.
The show felt more like an evening jam in the Arden family living room than a packed concert hall--this feeling hit home especially after she introduced the members of her outstanding six-piece backup band through a photo album slide show, which included childhood pictures of the musicians, as well as scenes from Arden's personal past, including some of her bad-hair decisions from the '80s.
Of course, it wasn't all comedy. Arden's vocals were strong and emotive, her performance variations refreshingly different from her album versions--particularly fun was the reggae-infused rendition of I Would Die For You.
Opening with the title track from her latest album, Free, Arden took the stage alone with a guitar, gently strumming until the curtains behind revealed the band, already jamming with enthusiasm, guitar ist Keith Scott was an immediate, skilled standout.
Looking For it, from 1994's Living Under June, followed soon behind, and after encouraging the audience to take as many flash pictures as they pleased, Arden kicked into the Nashville-style ballad The Devil Won.
The set list featured songs from nearly every Arden album, including Sleepless from Blood Red Cherry, and Wishing That from 1997's Happy?
Arden's cover of Janis Ian's At Seventeen was soft and tender, as were Where No One Knows Me and Could I Be Your Girl.
The band got to show their gusto in a rousing, powerhouse cover of Sly and the Family Stone's Higher, and Arden toned things back down with the sombre Everybody's Broken.
Arden is living proof that an artist can write 10 albums' worth of good, sad songs and still remember not take everything so darn seriously --and that crafting a memorable performance can be as simple as treating the audience like family.
© Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal
Original post here
Friday, November 20, 2009
Jann Arden - Vancouver Sun Review
JANN ARDEN
Wednesday night
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Also tonight, 8 p.m.
Tickets $49-$75 from ticketmaster.ca
If Jann Arden gave her fans a bit of a scare on Tuesday night in Victoria, she was back in full force for the first of her two Vancouver performances at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Wednesday.
Moments after she took the stage two days ago, Arden had to step away from the spotlight to recompose due to a short bout of tachycardia — accelerated heartbeats she later quipped were due in part to her tight-fitting dress.
It’s not the first time Arden has had to seek medical attention for heart problems.
In 2007, Arden was diagnosed with takotsubo, a stress-induced heart condition also known as “broken-heart syndrome.”
One can easily understand some of the pressure Arden has been under recently.
Her latest album, Free, is her first collection of original material since her eponymous 2005 effort (2007’s Uncover Me being a collection of cover songs).
For Free, the 47-year-old Calgary-bred singer also parted ways with longtime guitarist and collaborator Russell Broom, who was instrumental in penning some of Arden’s most famous songs and played alongside Arden on stage for 14 years.
And then there’s the stress of special occasions.
At Wednesday night’s show, Arden was inducted as a Vancouver “favourite” into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame, a celebration that included Arden being presented with a plaque that will be on permanent display at the Orpheum, handed to the singer by Hall of Fame President Elizabeth Ball and local media celebrity and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Red Robinson.
Whew.
If anything, this “intimate evening” with Arden just proved she really shouldn’t sweat the small or the big stuff.
Fans know her material inside and out, wear their love for Arden on their sleeves, and the whole affair felt less like a concert than a big family reunion.
"Just sit back and relax," Arden told the crowd in the opening moments of the evening. "We're going to play you some songs."
Simple enough, no?
It started, of course, with the title track from her latest effort, before quickly kicking into gear with Looking For It (Finding Heaven) and Where No One Knows Me.
For some reason, it took a little while to achieve the right balance in terms of sound, the vocals finding themselves slightly drowned out at first.
Could have been nerves or the desire to hit a bit too hard too soon, perhaps, but by the time Arden and her ace musicians, which included Bryan Adams guitarist Keith Scott (filling in for Broom) as well as the amazing multi-instrumentalist Allison Cornell, settled into the Nashville-tinged The Devil Won and classic Sleepless, we were nicely balanced and sonically comfy.
But Arden's show was about much more than just getting to hear Insensitive once again (stripped down and acoustic this time around, thank you), it was also about experiencing how genuinely funny the woman is. (Seriously, someone needs to get her a comedy gig.)
Among some highlights, there was a brief Q&A where she quickly dispensed some incisive, rib-tickling answers and anecdotes -- about her fat cat that likes tampons and catnip, about her running routine ("As far as the mini-bar"), and about if she remembered Antigua ("Have we screwed?").
There was also the reggaefied version of I Would Die For You, which she hit right on the head, and talking about a song she never performed in concert until this tour, Leave Me Now.
"It's a lovely song but it's so depressing," she said before mentioning it's, quite ironically, from her Happy album. "You can lay down on the floor if you want."
The family feel didn't end with Arden's ability to have the crowd rolling in the aisles, it also came through when she introduced her band, bringing up a personal (if somewhat embarrassing) picture slideshow reminiscent of your not-so-favourite uncle’s home videos or — gasp — his excruciating diaporama marathon (but much, much funnier).
There was also the "karaoke" moment -- Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart -- where more laughter ensued as the crowd joined in ("Security!") and Arden roughed up her voice to echo Tyler's notoriously gritty delivery.
"The whiskey and slurpee period of my life comes to mind," Arden deadpanned.
Of course, Arden's specialty is songs about love, about religion, about personal insecurity and, evidently, about heartbreak (no pun intended), and she can either make you laugh and cry by simply being Jann.
It's easy enough to understand why she'll always be a favourite around here, and it was quite the emotional moment when Robinson and Ball handed her her Hall of Fame plaque, the fans leaping out of their seats for a long (and loud) ovation.
Her acceptance speech would be as tongue-in-cheek as it could possibly be, Arden standing awkwardly in the spotlight like an overwhelmed pageant winner (good time to re-cue At Seventeen, which she had covered so grippingly earlier).
"I believe in gay marriage," she half-whispered. "I believe everyone has the right to be miserable."
Good one, but no one could ever feel miserable after over two hours of such classic Jann.
© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
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http://www.vancouversun.com/health/news/2238835/story.html?tab=PHOT
Monday, November 16, 2009
Jann Arden - Canadian Tour November 2009
Allison Cornell & Keith Scott on the ferry to Nanaimo for our first show, after rehearsals in Vancouver.
Keith jumps!
Maury and Hen.
Lyle Molzan.
Allison.
Keith jumps!
Maury and Hen.
Lyle Molzan.
Allison.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Winnipeg
Got to meet up with my friends when Jann played a show in Winnipeg.
Since I've been traveling I haven't seen them for a while. The gig
was not without stress, as Darcy and I BOTH lost luggage on our flight
from Nanaimo, and of coarse, they were the bags we NEEDED for the show.
Not only that, but Air Canada charged me $25 extra baggage fee, so they
could properly handle and loose my GUITAR! Money well spent...
I didn't get any good shots of Darcy because he was running around SO
much trying to get his gear (that only arrived an hour or so before
the show) to work!
Saturday, March 01, 2008
THE ACC ONE NIGHT SHOW
Jann Arden played the ACC, it was my first time playing there. Sarah Mclachlan sang "Die for You" with us, it was great. And a totally wonderful show. Jann hosted the rest of the night and was really funny as usual. There's no way you can see me in this video, but you can catch my vibe....
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