Posted on March 31, 2011
Wow, what a week ! 5 days in Los Angeles, more Darth Vader and Sidewalk Stars than Aladdin can shake a magic carpet at !! hahaha So the week started with the filming of several segments for the new reality TV show “Almost Famous” starring Bernadette Brennan… the crew followed me through Hollywood, sitting for […]
Posted on March 28, 2011
Back in New York…oh yeeeaaahhh, baby !…love the lights, the nightlife, the action! So on with the show ! This one is at one of the city’s landmark music venues, Arelene’s Grocery, a converted bodega in NYC’s lower east side…an amazing vibe…a great stage, lights and sound…it was rocking! I had the privilege of […]
Posted on March 23, 2011
After our appearance on CTV’s Canada AM television show (6:30am stage call, say what ???… hahaha) I was so excited to be singing again in Toronto! The Canadian Music Week Festival invited us to perform in two prestigious venues, Toronto’s “Hard Rock Cafe” on Thursday the 10th and the wonderful “Opera House” on Saturday the 12th…The […]
Posted on March 22, 2011
It’s been just over one month, and here I am back in Canada….this time in the East in Toronto Canada… My tickets already booked, I received a call from my publicist telling me that the nationally televised morning show “Canada AM” had asked for me to come perform live on their show! What a mammoth […]
Posted on March 4, 2011
Well this diary entry is done with a lot of sadness and a heart full of love and admiration for all my friends and family who have had to endure the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand… I live in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand…and it is known that we live over a fault line […]
Posted on February 21, 2011
What do you get when you load a traveling van with a bunch of rowdy Samoans, Maori and Pakehas ?…Continuous laughing and craziness oh yeah!! You guessed it, tripping in a van to Hawkes Bay…5 hours from Welly…but I’m telling you the time just flew with all the singing and joking! I made my way with Richard Te Tau’s Tautoko to perform at “Maori Motown”, a […]
Posted on February 13, 2011
Once again I have to give it up for my crew who performed with me at the ‘Flava Native Noise’ Waitangi Day festival in Auckland last week. My dancers and band rocked it out….love you guys!!! Man it was so much fun…the audience was awesome!! Had to fly straight after the performance to Palmerston North, so […]
Posted on February 8, 2011
I’m finally back home in New Zealand sipping on some Laffaré coffee after a three week whirlwind of events. I’m feeling so excited with all that’s taken place… After having a fantastic time performing in Western Canada in mid January I went to Cannes, France for the MIDEM International Music Festival. I performed an acoustic showcase at the Carlton Hotel on their beautiful grand piano. Talk about […]
Posted on January 19, 2011
Dear Diary, Ok, the single and video for Destiny are just about to drop. It’s real exciting, gonna showcase them at the “Flava Music Festival” on Feb 6, in Auckland and then later that day in Palmy at the Waitangi Day Festival there… but for now, I’ve left behind my jandels and sunglasses for the […]
Posted on January 4, 2011
Let me start by wishing you all a very Happy New Year!! I hope your 2011 is crammed with optimism, enthusiasm, opportunity, loving resolutions, and promises fulfilled! A quote from John Wayne: “Tomorrow …Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” […]