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15 April, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jan Hellriegel coming to Wellington

Jan Hellriegel is coming to Wellington for one special night only to perform in the Museum Hotel season of Life is a Cabaret at the St James Theatre on May 21, 2010.

Fans will be able to get close to Jan in the intimate surrounding of the plush cabaret at the St James Theatre Gallery as she and her band perform songs from her new album All Grown Up as well as favourites from her hit albums It’s My Sin and Tremble.

“Cabaret provides fans with an opportunity to get close to the artist, to really see, hear and feel the songs and emotion” says Celia Walmsley, Director Programming at the St James Theatre. “Accompanied by a good glass of wine, yummy food, an intimate environment you can really experience your favourite artist in a great night out.”

Jan will be performing with her band who all feature on her new album: Nick Gaffaney on drums, Mark Hughes on bass, Brett Adams on lead guitar, Ben Fulton on guitars, Michael Larson on keyboards and Wayne Bell on vocals, guitars and percussion.

Jan Hellriegel’s new album All Grown Up was released late 2009 to loud critical acclaim. Critics have hailed the return of New Zealand’s pioneer female singer/songwriter as one of the musical highlights of 2009.

Simon Sweetman, reviewing for The Dominion Post also awarded the album five stars saying “hearing this album was a joy on first listen.”

Russell Baillie, of the New Zealand Herald rates All Grown Up a five star return, calling it “one of the year’s best local releases.”

Respected music writer Graham Reid comments on elsewhere.co.nz that Jan “sounds more confident than she has ever been - she has every reason to be.”

Jan Hellriegel says the album is an intensely personal product of the last decades living.
“This moment has been a long time coming and the journey I‘ve taken since my last release has given me a lot to say. Being back in the studio and on stage feels like I’m home again,” Jan says.

About Jan Hellriegel

Jan Hellriegel is a New Zealand born singer/songwriter who signed a solo record deal in 1991. She released two albums to Australasian critical acclaim It’s My Sin 1992 and Tremble 1995. Her last release, before her current album, was a 1996 single Melusine.

In 1993 she was awarded the Most Promising Female Vocalist and Songwriter of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards.

Before going solo Jan was a member of 1980’s Dunedin bands Working with Walt and Cassandra’s Ears.

Following her success Jan continued to write, work and tour with fellow musicians both here and in Australia, before taking several years out of the industry to raise her young children.

In 2009 the video for her 1991 single “The Way I Feel” was placed second in a New Zealand Film Archive Wall of Fame online poll to find New Zealand’s greatest music videos.

About All Grown Up

All Grown Up was produced by Wayne Bell and recorded at Roundhead Studios, Auckland with special guests Eddie Rayner on piano and Rikki Morris and Jackie Clarke on vocals.

All Grown Up is the culmination of 12 years of songwriting for Jan and is her third album.

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