Jann Arden

Multi-platinum and Juno award winning artist Jann Arden will return to the Okanagan this fall in support of her latest album, “These Are the Days”, which was released in March. Her Western Canadian tour will be stopping in Kamloops on Sunday October 28th at the Sagebrush Theatre... Last year, Arden completed a highly successful 27 date Canadian tour, previewing two songs from the new album, which was produced by Grammy award winning producer Bob Rock. The two singles “A Long Goodbye”, and Everybody’s Always Pulling on Me” have received extensive airplay on pop-oriented stations right across the country.

Arden catapulted onto the Canadian music scene in 1993 with the release of her debut album “Time for Mercy” featuring the hit single “I would Die for You”. A year later with “Living Under June”, she would have her career breakout hit “Insensitive”, that would solidify her position in the music world. She has released 14 albums and has had 19 top ten singles.

In her career to date, she has received 8 Juno Awards including Female artist of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year, and she hosted the awards in 1997, and again in 2016. She is also the recipient of 10 SOCAN awards, 4 Western Canadian Music awards, a Much Music Video award, 3 Prairie Music Awards, and an Alberta Recording Industry Association Award.

Arden is also the proud recipient of a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, and in 2012 she was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and in 2013, was inducted into the Western Canadian Music Alliance Hall of Fame.

In addition to being a singer/songwriter, Jann is of course an author of note. In 2017, she released the Canadian best seller “Feeding My Mother-Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mom Lives with Memory Loss.” Her previous releases include “If I knew, Don’t You Think I’d Tell You”, and" I’ll Tell You One Damn Thing, That’s All I know", and her bestselling self-penned memoir ‘Falling Backwards.”

In 2010, Jann took on broadcast duties as the host of "Being Jann”, an hour long talk show on CBC radio, and just a year later she sat in the judge’s chair for Canada Sings. Never one to settle into one discipline, Arden has made appearances on several television sitcoms, including Ellen, Corner Gas, and on the Rick Mercer Report. This year Jann has been involved in “Working Moms”, and “The Detour”.

The ‘These Are the Days Tour,” featuring Jann Arden live in Concert in Kamloops at the Sagebrush theatre, is a presentation of the Kootenay Concert Connection.

“These are the Days is the award-winning singer-songwriter’s 14th studio album and includes her new single, “Not Your Little Girl”, and a powerful song about her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s, “The Long Goodbye”.” - CTV Your Morning

“Fourteen albums, four books and 19 Juno Awards later, 2018’s Jann Arden has narrowed her songwriting focus on herself for These are the Days.” – CBC Music

“Jann Arden's keeping it real and delivering a powerful message in the new music video for her song Not Your Little Girl” – eTalk

“Arden discusses the grimmest moments of her life with a sense of humour so lively it’s hard to smother a laugh even when the subject matter is painful.” – The Globe and Mail

“Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden says her new album is about learning from mistakes and embracing hardships.” – CTV News

“From track opener “Everybody’s Pulling on Me” to “A Long Goodbye” to “Not Your Little Girl”, Arden is vulnerable yet uncompromising.” – CBC Music

“The tone of the video will drag you in and leave you feeling rebellious as ever. With the combination of its power-ballad chorus and Jann Arden's distinguished voice and look, this video is something you're going to want to watch more than once.” – E! News

“Arden refuses to allow even the storm of dementia and Alzheimer’s that has blown through her family to sink her famously raw honesty – or her wit.” - Zoomer Magazine

“The album is varied, runs the gamut of emotions, but never loses that strength.” – Top 100 Canadian Blog

“The album is filled with that classic guitar-based sound, and lyrics that make you think.” - 96.7 CHYM