Jann Arden is a favorite in our house.  We love her music!  She has a new album coming out that we are looking forward to.

Arden began her music career in the late 1980's in her hometown of
Calgary, Alberta. She sang with various long-defunct bands until she was "discovered" singing Olivia Newton-John covers. Jann turned to writing her  own songs, and success came gradually. Having to overcome some rough times in  the early years, she's now in top form with the release of her third album  in 1997.

1993 saw Jann's debut album,  "Time for Mercy"   hit the record stores, producing the  singles "I Would Die For You" and "Will You Remember Me".  For these efforts,  Jann won the Junos for Best New Artist and Best Video  at the 1994 Juno Awards.

Jann's next album was 1994's multiple-platinum  "Living Under June."  Singles from  that album included "Could I Be Your Girl", which was  featured in a Baywatch  episode,  and "Insensitive", which was included in the Christian Slater movie  Bed of Roses.  This album earned  Junos in 1995 for Best Single, Best Songwriter,  and Female Vocalist of  the Year.

"Happy?"  is the ambiguous title of Jann's latest CD.  And ambiguous is the nature  of the album, with songs both melancholy and hopeful. But  so far, public  response to the album, and its first single "The Sound Of",  has only been  positive.
 

Jann's CD "Greatest Hurts" has 16 excellent tracks on it.  She was here in Vancouver, BC a few months ago and had to do two shows as the first sold out and the 2nd one did too.  "Greatest Hurts" I think is the best she has done.

Aside from appearing at the BC Cancer Foundation Benefits Concert in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jann is busy promoting her new album, Jann Arden Live with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and a book of selected journal entries called "If I Knew, Don't You Think I'd Tell You?"

More new CD's on next page.