Jann Arden - Live with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
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Jann Arden - Live with the Vancouver Symphony OrchestraForget The Osbournes—why not The Ardens? Canada’s musical stand-up comedienne has been cracking up concert audiences for years with imitations of her mother and her father. Listening to her routines between songs here, you can almost visualize a reality-based TV sitcom. Like her forthcoming book, which deals with everything from “cat food to death, bra size to spirituality, family to goose poop,” an Arden concert runs the gamut. But do hits like “Good Mother” and “Waiting in Canada” really need the symphonic treatment?



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