Travels..

Hello everyone... I'm currently in SIngapore, but my flight leaves in a few hours for London, then heading straight to the festival.. I'll be playing at the Astrolabe - on friday at 5.30pm. The one day I had to relax in Singapore was wonderful! Had the famous 'singapore sling' (see picture) and visited Chinatown, Little India, Mustapha and the Zoo (surprised to see they have polar bears there... and they're trained!) Will be posting pictures and video here after Glastonbury.. xox

Good news..

The CD's have arrived in the country today (ahead of schedule which is wonderful!) :) and I'll be posting all the pre-order copies early next week.. Everything is clicking into place and we're one week from departure now (I've even bought some gumboots this time.. taking no chances on the weather at Glastonbury) ;) I'll be taking photos and video-blogging for the first time, and will be posting everything here.. Looking forward to the 24 hour daylight summer in Iceland and touring again..

Here are the photos taken for Morphic Creations the other day.. they have a new website up.. go have a look :) (I love the merino stuff.. it's so warm and comfortable.) xox

Something to see..

Here is some video footage from the live concert, recorded on 16/05/08


xox

Something to listen to...

Here's a little sneak peek at the live album.. three songs you can listen to.. xox
 

 

The Day Before

Cause of My Pain

Believe Me (Live)

New Live CD!

It's been an interesting week,  Chartfest was lastnight and was wonderful.. very well organised and nice to see so many people out and celebrating New Zealand Music Month! I've had the flu - or a bad cold.. for a few days now so my voice is sounding different.. it's kind of a novelty, a bit deeper and husky-er ;)  I've had it coming for a while now though.. I don't think I've been sick since just before SXSW last year..

Am very happy with the new live CD, it was recorded at AL's just over a week ago, we've been mixing it this week, and this morning the master, artwork and proofs were sent away.. The finished CD will arrive here in three weeks.. and I leave a week after that..

This is a picture of the cover.. (photo by Richard Loader taken on the night) and you can even see the extra microphones on the guitar that were set up for the recording..
It's a very personal album.. James and Michael play beautifully :) and it's almost all new songs.. 11 out of 14 have not been released before.. and there are no covers.

1 soundcheck song *
2 believe me
3 upside down
4 sorry
5 the day before
6 cause of my pain
7 angel by her side
8 nothing new
9  ofie..
10 hafid thennan dag
11 raking leaves
12 sleepyhead
13 itchy palms          14 feels so good **    

I'm sending signed copies of this album as soon as it arrives to anyone who pre-orders before june 8th.. (it will arrive just a few days before I leave) But if you want to pre-order just send an email here through the site (contact button) and put pre-order in the message subject box..  It will be available online eventually, this is just an opportunity to get it first :) and signed how you like.

I want to tell you about Voeveo.. they've set up a site for me here..
and they have a promotion at the moment, they're giving away a free prepay credit if you sign up :) it's like the CD baby of mobile phones.. very friendly site :)
you can get wallpapers, ringtones and screensavers etc... (not just stuff from me :) but there is some there..) so go and get some free stuff! :)  xox

Thank you..

Just a little note to say thank you to all of you who came last night, it was a wonderful night :) and photos coming soon.. here is one in the meantime..

These people helped make the evening possible;
Sound by Toby and Jhonny from Tandem Voice Booth, Filming by Bronnie and Martin Howells, Lighting by Dave and Hang up entertainment, Photos by Duke Mule and Richard Loader, Make up by Jolene Parker of Style Counsel, and the dress is from Frankie.. (thank you Kirsten).. Hjortur on the door. And of course thank you Al Park of AL's Bar, and James Wilkinson & Michael Kime for the beautiful Music..

The live album will be mixed and mastered this week then sent off to be made, and I'm off in a few weeks.. If you would like to pre-order a copy of the album, send an email through the site here and let me know.
We will then send out the pre-orders before I leave ;)

Also.. photos to come from Elemental, which went wonderfully at the Christchurch Art Gallery Last Thursday.. xox

and one more thing.. have a look at this site..
it's all things for your phone.. ringtones, wallpapers etc.. (it's a friendly phone site I promise) at the moment they are giving away a prepay credit.. so you can go get some stuff for free.. there are full versions of a few of my songs there, some wallpapers and more..  -click here for the link..



UPDATE:: Here are some Photos from the evening.. these are taken by Richard Loader