Jackie Bristow: September South Island Tour

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JACKIE BRISTOW

September South Island Tour

LA-based Kiwi singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow has returned home to perform a series of live shows in the lead-up to the October release of her stunning new album, Crazy Love.

Bristow’s warm, soulful, folk-pop style has seen her make in-roads into the international music scene, after first moving to Australia in the mid-nineties and more recently basing herself in Los Angeles, from where she has spent the last 12 months touring the USA to promote Crazy Love.

Her sweet melodies and hypnotic tones have her poised to become one of New Zealand’s most talented musical exports.

Bristow will tour the South Island this month, including a show in her hometown of Gore, where it all started, singing in her school church choir at age 8, before returning to Auckland to support US singer-songwriter Jeff Young.

After 10 years of touring the USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Bristow has built up an enviable live reputation: “It didn’t take long sitting there in Hollywoods Hotel Café to realise that Jackie Bristow was special…Bristow brings to the stage a soulful voice, acoustic guitar with pop accessibilities and folk sensibilities. She offers rooted music that is fresh and modern and uniquely her own.” Desert Highway Magazine

She recently performed at the Canadian Music Festival in Toronto, a sell-out Australian tour with Daniel Lanois, and has also performed with Art Garfunkel, Madeleine Peyroux,, Renee Geyer, Bic Runga, Mark Seymour, The Whitlams, The Badloves, and British band Capercaille.

Bristow relocated to Los Angeles in 2005 to record Crazy Love, the follow up to her 2002 debut Thirsty. The album was recorded and produced by Helik Hadar, (engineer to Rufus Wainwright, Madeleine Peyroux and Walter Becker) and producer Mark Howard (Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams), along with a line-up of notable international musicians.

Crazy Love, which includes Bristow’s latest single Tempted, is a hauntingly beautiful collection of new material showcasing Jackie’s alluring vocal ability and song-writing smarts.

Bristow’s songs have featured on hit Australian television shows The Secret Life Of Us and Home And Away, and in 2004 her song Carry Me Away featured in the Australian movie Go Big. In 2005, Jackie won the Tourism Australia Song For Australia Competition for their international campaign to promote Australia to the world. Her winning track, This is Australia, was used in consumer and trade promotions worldwide. Back in New Zealand, two tracks from Crazy Love have been play-listed on Air New Zealand flights, and two have featured on the hit New Zealand television show Outrageous Fortune.

Crazy Love is due for release in New Zealand October 8.
September Tour Dates:

Christchurch, Wednesday 12th
Dux de Lux, 8pm

Dunedin, Thursday 13th
Circadian Rhythm, St Andrew St, 8pm

Queenstown, Friday 14th
Revolver, Shotover Street, 8pm (Support for Jordan Luck)

Queenstown, Saturday 15th
Revolver, Shotover Street, 8pm (Support for Jordan Luck)

Cromwell, Sunday 16th
Golden Gate Lodge, Barry Avenue, 7pm

Queenstown, Thursday 20th
Wild Thyme Bar & Restaurant, Sky City Casino

Invercargill, Friday 21st
Mollys Wine Bar, Kelvin Hotel, 6pm

Gore, Saturday 22nd
Old Post Cafe, 7.30pm

Auckland, Wednesday 26th
Ming Bar (Opium), 8pm (support for Jeff Young)

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