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Ann Vriend

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About Me

Ann's new album, "When We Were Spies", is now for sale online, right here, for a discount price before it goes into stores on March 11! Get your copy before everyone else, and for $3 less than retail price!!
To buy Ann's albums:
Click on the icons of the albums (below) and purchase securely online right now with your credit card (no account necessary). (Please note: songs on "The Clandestine EP" are only available by purchasing the whole EP, as this is a signed, limited edition).
Ann's Video has been released (If We Are Not) Spies debuted in Edmonton on May 22:
Teaser for Ann's animated (If We Are Not) Spies Video - visit the website for release info!:
TV video for "Backseat Driver", filmed in Sydney, AU on the "Mornings With Keri Anne" show:
Ann performing "St. Paul" .. TV, promoting "Homefest" (fundraiser for Edmonton's homeless crisis):
Brief bio:
Ann's upcoming album, "When We Were Spies" will be released March 11, 2008. It has already presold 800 copies. "St. Paul", a single from this album is currently in heavy rotation on commercial radio in Ann's hometown of Edmonton, "(If We Are Not) Spies" was added the week of January 20, 2008. Ann's EP containing live tracks and singles from her upcoming album (released June, 2007) garnered 4 star reviews in NOW Magazine, and charted in the Top 30 on Toronto's CIUT radio. Her new album just received a glowing 4/5 star review in A n E Vibe, and others. Writes American Music Biographer David Ritz: "Once every generation a singer-songwriter emerges with the creative fire to set the music world ablaze. Ann Vriend has that fire." This will be year you will hear more and more about Ann Vriend.
For more bio info visit www.annvriend.com/bio

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/28/2006
Band Website: annvriend.com
Band Members: Ann Vriend, writer, piano player, singer
Performs solo, duo with organ/synth, or with full band (drums, bass, guitar, organ/synth, BGs vocals), or variations thereof with lighting/video artist. Tour/show formation depends on venue offers and budgets.
Influences: Reviewers and audiences have compared Ann to Katie Melua, Cat Power, Kate Bush, Regina Spektor, Carole King, Sarah Slean, Damion Rice, Fiona Apple, Royal Wood. Her childhood influences were '70s songwriters such as Paul Simon, Cat Stephens, Leonard Cohen. Vocally Ann is a huge fan of Aretha Franklin, and her recent production sound is categorized as "baroque pop" (melodramatic, melodic pop incorporating orchestral instramentation within the pop format, such as the Beatles "Elanor Rigby", for e.g.).
Press quotes:
"Edmonton's own piano pop laureate of emotional conflict, [Ann Vriend delivers] a lean, literate black and blue Tapestry for a new generation" --Ottawa Express
"Ann Vriend sings with the heart-stopping intensity of Aretha Franklin, plays piano with the ease of Norah Jones and writes songs as powerful in their simplicity as those of Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen" --Elle Magazine
"Her latest release, The Clandestine EP, a great precursor to what's sure to be a memorable third full-length album... finds the perfect balance between lush, radio-friendly pop and Alberta twang... showing off the songwriter's endless potential” --NOW Magazine, August 2007
Sounds Like: To buy Ann's singles:

Type of Label: None

My Blog

T.Nile/AV Top Secret New Music Press Release!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Connect Presents: An Evening of New Friends and New Music with T. Nile Featuring: -A 6 member Band -All New Material -The Best Audience in the City (You) Plus Special Gue...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:02:00 PST

Excitement Ensues In AV Land!!

Another BC Tour Due to lots of good things happening in AV land as a result of the BC/AB tour in July, former agent Ann Vriend will venture out to our country's most Western province once again just o...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:05:00 PST

Top Secret Insider Info from AV Headquarters!

This Just In -- Top Secret Insider Info from AV Headquarters!   Former spy Ann Vriend will be coming in from the mountains to make a special guest appearance with the T. Nile Band at Vancouver's...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:26:00 PST

Coming Back To You

Hi everyone! I just posted a version of the Leonard Cohen song, Coming Back To You, that I will be doing for the International Leonard Cohen Festival in Edmonton, AB on July 26, 2008 at the Winspear C...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:15:00 PST

Former Secret Agent Poses As Journalist!

Back in my Secret Agent days, I was posing as a journalist and I thought you might like to see some real evidence so you'll know that I wasn't making it up!http://seemagazine. com/author/ann-vriend/ W...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:34:00 PST

Quick Update From The Secret Agent Herself!

Quick Update from the Secret Agent HerselfAs I continue on the Top Secret Tour, I'm making my way back from BC to AB this week, even gonna venture into Cowtown during the stampede-- yikes-- if you nee...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PST

Show with Matt Dusk Friday, not Thursday!

Show with Matt Dusk Friday, not Thursday Well, the promoter for the show got his days mixed up! Sorry to cause any undo trips to the casino 1 day too early for anyone! But the good news is, if you th...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:39:00 PST

Mailing List News for June 2008

Mailing List News for June 2008! Video The video release in Edmonton unveiled the new animated video by Grime Studios and Working Title Artists, and the little video that could seems to be creating qu...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:00 PST

Late Breaking News - Last Minute Show with Matt Dusk TONIGHT!

Late Breaking News!..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   Show With Matt Dusk, Thursday June 26   Last minute show added in ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns ...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:08:00 PST

Top Secret Video and Show

The trailer for my upcoming video for "(If We Are Not) Spies" is now posted on Myspace, and on my website, www.annvriend.com-- a teaser for the upcoming real deal.Secret screening: The full video will...
Posted by Ann Vriend on Thu, 08 May 2008 09:40:00 PST