Priscilla Ahn at the Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, May 12 2014. Kirk Chantraine photo.

Photos – Priscilla Ahn at the Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, May 12 2014

– photos by Kirk Chantraine

Priscilla Ahn on tour for her third album, This is Where We Are. Accompanying the singer on this tour is Wendy Wang.

On the new album, the L.A.-based singer/songwriter told us,  “It’s the first full-length album I made without a label or input from anyone. I’ve always been interested in writing this kind of music. I’m a big fan of bands like Little Dragon and Lykke Li, Gardens & Villa. I never really knew how to write that kind of music with those electronic and synthesizer elements because I only wrote my songs on my acoustic guitar. So I bought a MIDI keyboard, and learned how to use Pro Logic for the first time and used samples and it opened up a humongous window for me creatively, just to have new sounds, and also the freedom to just try whatever I want. No one’s looking over my shoulder. If it sucks it sucks, and I can move on. It was very liberating for me.”

Ahn, a fan of Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro) has a song on the the Japanese animation company’s new film When Marnie Was There.

Read more in our interview with Priscilla Ahn