Maren Ord – May/June 1998
Style: young and restless
Line-Up: Maren Ord (vocals, acoustic guitar), Greg Kavanagh (acoustic & electric guitars), Steve Lucas and Peter Bleakney (bass), Greg Critchley (drums), Rob Gusevs (Hammond B3)
Contact: Greg Kavanagh, 189 Haddington Ave., Toronto, ON M5M 2P7 (416) 256-5605, (416) 256-5606,
This singer-guitarist has been given a gift from above. At 16, she has practically mastered the art of songwriting. The eighth of 10 children, who also perform as The Ord Family Singers, she won one of six top spots at Edmonton radio station Power 92′s homegrown contest. The prize was a session in Toronto with one of the judges, producer Greg Kavanagh, the “K” in techno project B.K.S. They recorded two tracks at his Kava Sound, the ballad “Eternity” and gripping “Falling”, the later of which was put into heavy rotation at Power 92. Kavanagh was so impressed with the teenager he continued to work with her. Sounding at times like a nightingale, at other like a less angry Holly McNarland, the other songs on this CD pro are the bouncy pop of “Sarah”, the do-doo “Duet”, with its vocal acrobatics and rockier chorus, and the truly outstanding “Harsh” – arresting, moving, all that stuff.