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Ann Vriend is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in the neighborhood of McCauley. She has played festivals and venues around the world. == Recording career == Vriend released a popular demo in 2000 which received immediate radio play on stations across western Canada and earned her a spot at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. A year later she won a songwriting contest which took her to Nashville, Tennessee and helped fund her debut album, ''Soul Unravelling'' (2003), which was well received by critics and sold well for an independent release. The album is now in its fifth pressing. Vriend's second album, ''Modes of Transport'', was released two years later. "Feelin' Fine", the album's first single, was put on heavy rotation by a local adult contemporary/jazz radio station. A third album, ''When We Were Spies'', was released on March 11, 2008. Produced by Juno-nominated Douglas Romanow, it contains fuller production, drawing on modern pop sounds. A single, "St. Paul", received heavy rotation in her hometown of Edmonton and hit the Top 30 on radio stations in Toronto and Cologne (Germany). Vriend's first music video, for "(If We Are Not) Spies", was released in mid-2008. ''Love & Other Messes'', Vriend's first studio album in almost three years, was released in early 2011. The album features a seven piece band, including vocalists Coco Love Alcorn and Chloe Albert, and includes a duet with Matt Epp. The recording, produced by Vriend herself, was influenced by Nashville, Muscle Shoals, classic R&B and Motown sounds. Vriend released a video for "Graffiti on my Heart". ''Love & Other Messes'' was number 1 on the CKUA album charts for two weeks and received a 3.5 star review in the ''Toronto Star''. In 2011, Vriend provided vocals for a topical single called "William and Kate". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ann Vriend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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