PRESS COVERAGE (2023-24)
ARUNA & THE SIRENS
MUSIC & PERFORMANCES
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Nov 10/24 "Listening Now: Aruna & the Sirens City Hotel” Last Day Deaf. https://lastdaydeaf.com/listening-now-aruna-the-sirens-city-hotel/
Nov 9/24 “Aruna & the Sirens” Tits Upon Tyne: Chill Vibes Playlist. https://titsupontynenortheast.wordpress.com/2024/11/09/chill-vibes-playlist-128/
Oct 18/24 Martin Noakes “Single Release: Aruna & the Sirens, “City Hotel””. Great Dark Wonder. https://greatdarkwonder.com/single-release-aruna-the-sirens-city-hotel/
Oct 18/24 Jenna Melanson “Aruna & the Sirens share lead single “City Hotel”. Canadian Beats. https://canadianbeats.ca/2024/10/18/aruna-the-sirens-share-lead-single-city-hotel/
Mar 22/24 Paige La Fraugh "Themes of intimate partner violence leaves audience in sombre mood". Review of performance of song cycle "Have You Seen My Sister?". Queen's University Journal. https://www.queensjournal.ca/themes-of-intimate-partner-violence-leaves-audience-in-sombre-mood/
Mar3/24 Christena Lawrie “(Pre-concert) Interview with ARUNA and Alesha Stevenson (vocalist with the Caledonias)” CFRC Queen’s University Radio News. https://frequencynews-wpoffloadmedia.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/04120902/international-womens-day-performance.mp3
Oct 25/23 Tori Stafford "Kingston resident nominated for Canadian Folk Music Award for song raising awareness of gender-based violence". Kingstonist. https://www.kingstonist.com/news/kingston-resident-nominated-for-canadian-folk-music-award-for-song-raising-awareness-of-gender-based-violence/
n.d. Linda Garnet "Aruna Antonella Handa on Her Collaborative Project, "Have You Seen My Sister?, Crafting Vocal Spaces, and Empowerment in Music". Indie Music Women. https://indiemusicwomen.com/featured/aruna-antonella-handa-on-her-collaborative-project-have-you-seen-my-sister-crafting-vocal-spaces-and-empowerment-in-music/
May 15/23 Eric Alper "Emerging ensemble Aruna & the Sirens sings of the shadow pandemic on "Have You Seen My Sister?" Roots Music Canada. https://www.rootsmusic.ca/2023/05/15/emerging-ensemble-aruna-and-the-sirens-sings-of-the-shadow-pandemic-on-new-single/
May 8/23 "Sounds Like Here - Aruna & the Sirens" Ontario Morning with Ramraajh Sharvendiran. CBC Radio One. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-112-ontario-morning/clip/15983197-sounds-like-here-aruna-sirens
April 21/23 "Global News Morning chats with members of Aruna & the Sirens" Global News Morning Kingston. (television) https://globalnews.ca/video/9641703/global-news-morning-chats-with-members-of-folk-roots-group-aruna-and-the-sirens/
April 16/23 "Rising Folk/Roots Group Aruna & the Sirens Release “Have You Seen My Sister?”". BK On the Scene. https://bkonthescene.com/2023/04/16/rising-folk-roots-group-aruna-the-sirens-release-have-you-seen-my-sister/
April 7/23 "Rising Folk/Roots Group Aruna & the Sirens Release “Have You Seen My Sister?"" Record World International. https://www.recordworldinternational.com/2023/04/07/rising-folk-roots-group-aruna-the-sirens-release-have-you-seen-my-sister/
April 6/23 "Rising Folkroots Group Aruna & the Sirens Release “Have You Seen My Sister?” Cashbox. https://cashboxcanada.ca/reviews-album/rising-folkroots-group-aruna-sirens-release-have-you-seen-my-sister/6089
April 6/23 Jenna Melanson "Aruna & the Sirens release “Have You Seen My Sister?” (Interview) Canadian Beats. https://canadianbeats.ca/2023/04/06/aruna-the-sirens-release-have-you-seen-my-sister-interview/
April 5/23 Daryle Stardan "Aruna & the Sirens Need to Know: Have You Seen My Sister?"“ Tinnitist. https://tinnitist.com/2023/04/05/aruna-the-sirens-need-to-know-have-you-seen-my-sister/
n.d. Linda Garnet. "Rising Folk/Roots Group Aruna & the Sirens Release “Have You Seen My Sister?”" Indie Music Women. https://indiemusicwomen.com/news/rising-folk-roots-group-aruna-the-sirens-release-have-you-seen-my-sister/
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