Sensation from New Zealand with wet hit!
Brooke Fraser has been singing for a while. But only scores phenomenally now with her irresistible single 'Something In The Water' and the 'Flags' CD, released by Warner.
A face with character, nice clips, solid voice, full lips (that sometimes seem to lisp?) Plus the gift of writing fantastic songs, of course, and that since 2003 already, with previous CDs 'What To Do With Daylight' and 'Albertine'.
Until suddenly there was a serious pause around 2009 and an apparently exhausted Brooke Fraser. Fortunately, she'll also be appearing at America's Coachella Festival this year too. Where she can listen along to Fleet Foxes (especially) and have her musical appetite return. She even sings about the experience in the song 'Coachella', for real!
But, furthermore, from now on it's all a little less personal and the songs are rather richly filled with colourful personages. The successful result remains the same, as always heading straight to Number 1 in New Zeeland's charts! What's more: also appears to be Best Pop Album, Highest Selling Single & Album, People's Choice Award and International Achievement Award (even as far as the ABClub!) in 2011 there too.
Support-act will be the extremely promising Billie Kawende about which TV Brussel reported: 'The 21-year-old Billie Kawende has Congolese roots and was born with music in her genes.'