Jan Hellriegel’s back - All Grown Up

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Jan Hellriegel’s back - All Grown Up

Critically-acclaimed singer songwriter Jan Hellriegel is back. The pioneer solo artist of the 1990s is returning to the public eye with a new album, All Grown Up, her first release since 1995 and a concert at Auckland’s Civic Theatre on October 22.

“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,” Hellriegel says.

Jan Hellriegel is considered a groundbreaking female singer songwriter within the music industry both here and in Australia.

Award winning Australian producer Daniel Denholm (Midnight Oil, The Cruel Sea, The Whitlams) arranged the orchestration on three tracks on the album and says Jan Hellriegel is one of the best storytellers he has worked with for 20 years.

“Her songwriting voice has grown since her last work. All Grown Up is achingly honest and sublimely beautiful. It’s the work of an artist at the peak of her powers”, he says.

Respected New Zealand musician and producer Wayne Bell produced All Grown Up at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios in Auckland. Bell has worked with Bic Runga, Tim Finn and Dave Dobbyn and says Jan Hellriegel is every bit their equal as an original singer songwriter.

“Jan is hard to compare to others and her musical influences aren’t immediately obvious. She doesn’t sound like anybody else and she has remained true to her own voice. Her music has a unique and rich quality,” he says.

Jan says she hopes the songs on All Grown Up will speak to anyone who has ever felt a bit lost in life.

“I think you grow into optimism. It’s an album about being older and wiser, the freedom you feel when you wake up one morning and find yourself all grown up. Life’s like music. Sometimes you shouldn’t think too hard about it, you should just feel it,” she says.

Jan will be performing live with a full band and special guests at the Civic Theatre, Thursday 22nd October 7.30pm. The album All Grown Up will be available in store on 19 October.

For bookings phone 0800 buy tickets (2898425) or online www.buytickets.co.nz TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Special collectors edition albums are available through Blind Date Records http://www.blinddaterecords.co.nz/Home.aspx. Purchasers will receive a signed and numbered collector’s edition vinyl version of All Grown Up along with the CD version, plus a 22 page booklet and complimentary tickets to the Civic show.

About Jan Hellriegel

Jan Hellriegel was a member of 1980s Dunedin bands Working With Walt and Cassandra’s Ears, before going solo and signing 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 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.

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.

The band is comprised of Nick Gaffaney on drums, Mark Hughes on bass, Brett Adams on lead guitar, Ben Fulton on guitars and Wayne Bell on vocals, guitars and percussion.

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

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