Aussie Joy's Life

Alabaster Box’s lead singer, Naarah has just launched her new album called ‘The Story’.  The songs really are stories… reactions to the unpredictable and somewhat uncertain circumstances life throws at us. I’ve been on the journey with Naarah and known her now for over ten years and just love the way the songs on this [...]

It really has been way too long since I’ve written a proper update… so here goes.  I’ve been back in Australia now for nearly two months.  It’s been great catching up with my family and helping my little sister prepare for her wedding which is next weekend!  She turns 21 tomorrow and then gets married [...]

Another day on the road… yesterday we traveled through the back roads and over the Great Dividing Range to get from Taree to get to Tamworth. The shot seen here was taken out the window along the way. I love driving through the bush of Australia. Especially when its all green! Very uncommon. Tour has [...]

Well I’m home for a couple of days after a crazy beginning to Alabaster Box’s ‘We will not be silent’ Tour. Here are some show highlights from cities and towns we’ve been in so far… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_IltEUKsY] Click here if the video doesn’t come up in your browser. Highlights for me personally – In Rocky I [...]

I hate that I’ve barely had a second to blog in the last two weeks since I’ve been back in Australia. Getting online is a luxury! I landed in Brissy Thursday week ago… the first week was just a blur trying to finish off the itinerary for this 22 town and city tour! Seriously check [...]

This past week I took a couple of days of with a good friend Mandy Desutter in Chicago. It’s been an absolutely crazy couple of month and the band (Alabaster Box) wanted to send me on a little holiday before we embarked on our massive Australian “We will not be silent” Tour. So a couple [...]

Last night – for the fourth time – I tried winning tickets $25 to see the musical ‘Wicked’ – The untold story of the Witches of OZ’. The show was completely sold out and tickets in the top balconies were at least $50 each – when they were available! The musical does this special competition [...]

On Friday night, New River Fellowship, my church, had their first Creative City Movement event. Creative artists were encouraged to contribute creative expressions to the exhibition – from fine art, abstract montages, digital art, photography, wood sculptures and even edible delicacies could be found. The artistic expression that had the most profound impact on me [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZF9s_jQ-Vg] This October I get to go back home to tour with Alabaster Box. I’m really excited about this tour because I will get to actually see more of my country then I’ve seen in my lifetime. We’re heading to the outback to Alice Springs – I so hope I can squeeze a visit into [...]

This past weekend Alabaster Box drove to Canada to play live on 100 Huntley Street on the Crossroads TV network. I thought the guys did a great job. You can check out some of the song clips/interviews below to make you’re own opinion! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXafBYUAPAQ] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guEQEmMEFms] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSxUmnk1T_A]