The Background: I emailed a reporter for Canada's nation-wide newspaper 'The National Post' enquiring into Amanda's whereabouts. Little did I know he would email me back, saying he would 'sniff around for me'!!! Well, yesterday, BY CHANCE I happened to be looking for an article from Tuesday's, July 17, 2001 paper....WHEN I SAW IT.
Looking for Amanda Marshall; Rhoda for President
(picture of Amanda Marshall at the 2000 Junos)
Shinan Govani's - The Daily Dish -
A concerned reader writes: "I have read your column in the National Post several times now, and I was wondering.....I am a fan of Amanda Marshall, and many other fans are wondering what is currently going on with her. She seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth since her last tour ended in May 2000. Her official website has not been updated since April 17, 2000, either, and well, we are....anxious for some news!" Dear Fretting Fan: Sadly, I haven't heard much about her lately, either. Just a couple of years ago, the Toronto singer, right, had a Furtado-ish buzz and was being hailed by no less a seer than Elton John as the Next Big Thing (Elton has since shifted his mentorly affection to- you guessed it- Nelly Furtado.) A source at Amanda's music label, Sony Records, assures me, however, that she is 'in studio' working on new material. When asked if Amanda still has her trademark jump-rope tresses, my source responded tactfully: "I don't know. I haven't seen her in a long time".
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?????? Not only did he say he might look into my cause, HE DID!!! And not only did he 'get back to me' HE PUT IT ALL IN HIS COLUMN (this took up more than half of the space), AND he quoted me!!!!! WOW!!!!
BUT....it's not only cool because I had something to do with that article, BUT that he found out WHAT IT happening with Amanda....AND according to a source at Sony Music Canada (this time for real), Amanda IS in the studio preparing for her next album (she is recording it/mixing it). There you go people!