Jann Arden

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Jann Arden has been a household name in Canadian music for over a decade. Jann has sold over two million albums worldwide, has won several Junos, and was recently induced into the Canada's Walk of Fame.

After struggling for years as a lounge singer, Jann scored big in 1993 with her debut album, Time for Mercy. Her second album, Living Under June (which includes the hit song "Insensitive"), was released in 1994 to rave reviews. Jann's other releases are Happy? (1997), Blood Red Cherry (2000), her live album Jann Arden Live With the Vancouver Symphony (2002) and Love is the Only Soldier (2003). In April 2005, she released her latest album self-titled, Jann Arden.

Jann has also participated in a few projects over the last five years. She co-starred in the successful play, The Vagina Monologues. In October 2002, she released her first book entitled If I Knew, Don't You Think I'd Tell You?, consisting of a collection of journal entries and drawings done by Jane. Jann also performed at the Canada Live 8 concert.

Sources:Jann Arden's official website, CTV.ca, Juno's Official Site

Relationship to Blue Rodeo

Jann has many ties to Blue Rodeo. Here are a few:

On Blood Red Cherry, Jim Cuddy sings a duet with Jann on a song entitled "Mend".
Jann and Blue Rodeo have both received numerous Juno awards. They were both nominated in 1998, Jann for female vocalist of the year and Blue Rodeo for group of the year.
In July 1996 (and again in 1998), Jann and Blue Rodeo shared the stage at the Calgary Folk festival. From Tyler McLeod of the Calgary Sun: "Last night at the Calgary Folk Festival, the Canadian Supergroup [Blue Rodeo]...turned in a performance to challenge Jann Arden's fine showing the night before."
In January 1999 it was announced that Jann would host the Canadian Radio Music Awards for the second year in a row. One of the nominees? You guessed it, Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy. The awards are designed to honour first time top charted artists.
Both Jann and Blue Rodeo had a song featured on the same episode (#146) of the Canadian television show Due South: "Unloved" by Jann and "You're Everywhere" by Blue Rodeo.
She performed at Canada's Live 8 concert in Barrie. The concert's line-up included Blue Rodeo.
Jann and Jim Cuddy participated in an auction done at the 2006 Juno Awards to benefit the CARAS program. She autographed a poster with other Canadian artists for the auction.
Jim Cuddy presented Jann her star on the Canada's Walk of Fame.

Quotes

On her duet "Mend" with Jim Cuddy: "I never intended the song as a duet, but we gave Jim a lift once and as we were talking I thought he would be perfect to sing the harmony. You'd never even know it's him. He's singing really low and really high. He just sings beautifully. I sent him a disc of it and he's never said if he liked it or not. I'm hoping he did." - Jann Arden.

"I was fortunate enough to be traveling with Jim in a car in Ontario, we were both going to a charity function. And I just asked him if he was interested in singing on other people's records. He was in New Orleans and I was in L.A. when he sang his part. I sent him the tape there and he ended up singing a verse as well, which made it really special."- Jann Arden (from a Canoe.ca chat, April, 2000).

Last Updated

September 2006

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