Mood Media & Music Network Magazine

I stopped by the harbour side offices of Mood Media on a trip to Sydney and met the wonderful staff there, including their director of music programming, Cathy Lee. Mood Media have been great supporters of the new record and have added the first single, You Can Call Me Baby, to their in store play lists across the country. Now what do you know, Cathy Lee and I ended up in the "Look At Me!" pages of Music Network Magazine this week! I'm looking forward to seeing Cathy when I'm in Sydney again and perhaps we'll have time for a cold glass of Sauvignon Blanc next time!

The "Woman's Day" Magazine Interview is out now!

I wrote a blog a while back about this interview I did with Australia’s “Womans Day” Magazine. Well the article just came out this week – in the edition with Princess Mary, Katie Holmes and Oprah on the cover.

It’s the first time ever that my brother, Lee, my sister, Tania and myself (pictured above) have been interviewed together. We had a great time and they squeezed a fair bit into a 2 page spread – the whole piece (including more about my sexy American husband and producer, Dan) is also posted on the “Womans Day” website. The link to that page if you wanna check it out is –

http://www.womansday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=368531

Rock On!


ps- don't forget, to hear samples of all the tracks on my new record, "Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies", go to www.myspace.com/fionakernaghan

There are links there to my online store and iTunes as well. Cheers!

"You Can Call Me Baby" on the Gold Coast's 107.3fm!

I dropped in to visit the team at Life 107.3 fm on the Gold Coast recently. DJ, Benni Mihan, and I recorded a great interview and I'm wrapped to report the station has programmed the first single off "Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies" - and you can hear it on the super cool "Oz Shuffle" show as well as on the nightly countdown.

THANKS 107.3!!

Check out 107.3fm at http://www.1073.com.au/index.php

You can click on "Live @ 1073" and follow the links to watch Dan and I playing a live acoustic version of "You Can Call Me Baby", too!

Fiona Kernaghan & Daniel Kresco join with Maton Guitars

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Maton – Australia’s leading guitar makers - would like to announce their latest dynamic duo endorsement - International songwriting and production team - Fiona Kernaghan and Daniel Kresco.

“We are proud to have them join the Maton team, playing guitars built from 60 years of experience. Fiona has a great new album, a great new guitar so now there’s no stopping her” says Maton’s Mark Malmborg.

Both Fiona and Daniel have always had a strong love for Maton Guitars choosing them not only for use in the studio while recording and writing but also in a live setting.

Fiona Kernaghan is an award winning songwriter having written eleven #1 hits in Australia and has over 100 songs recorded around the world in a number of different genres. She is also an ARIA nominated artist and has just released her brand new album, “Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies”.

“I’ve played my Maton for 12 years and it just gets better with age. I’ve taken it all over the world and people always ask me about it and where the can get one”, says Kernaghan. “The smaller body model I have is super versatile – I love how it feels to play live, the electrics have been 100% reliable over the years and it also transitions perfectly in the studio”.

Daniel Kresco is an internationally renowned producer and engineer who has worked with superstar artists including Michael Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Barenaked Ladies, Limp Bizkit and LeAnn Rimes.

“The CW-80 Cutaway is one of the most versatile acoustic guitars I have ever played. I can go from playing finger style ballads to the rock riffs and leads that take me all the way up the neck without needing to change guitars”, says Kresco. “The AP5 EQ lets me dial in the perfect amount of midrange so I fit in perfectly with Fiona’s vocal on stage. The low end is powerful yet defined – which is perfect for what we do on stage.”

For further information about Maton’s fantastic range of guitars check out www.maton.com.au



For further information, interviews or performances from Fiona and Daniel:
Karen Waters – Red Rebel Music
enquiries@redrebelmusic.com


www.fionakernaghan.com
www.myspace.com/fionakernaghan
www.myspace.com/danielkresco

IT’S ALIVE at The Virgin Megastore!

I just received some press shots of my in store appearance and gig at The Virgin Megastore in Sydney the week of my album launch, 10/17. Many thanks to their ever cool store manager, David Mottek, and his staff for making it quite an event! It was really cool to be playing back in the city – I lived there for about three years before I took off to the U.S.A, so it was super fun to spend some time back in my old stomping ground. I was assailed by many happy and goofy memories of the wild times I had there back in my early 20’s, rockin’ around town with my soul sista E.T and cashed up with my first big publishing advance. Man those were the days! Lol! Said soul sista and I got together there again for the launch celebrations of Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies and we were hoofin’ it up George Street one night when I said, “You know my feet are killing me! I’m buggered and I just wanna sit down and have a nice cup of tea… We used to do walk all over the city back in the day in crazy high heels and I don’t remember ever having sore feet or anything… how did we do it?!” E.T laughed and said, “well, we were most likely inebriated!..” Yeah we were full of piss and vinegar, too. We sure had a good time, though. The face of rock and roll has changed for us – it’s a bit older and wiser now and though we may not “party” quite like we used to when it comes down to it I think we are actually more “rock n roll” now than ever. Something happens in your 30’s, and I think this is especially true for women, where you don’t take fools lightly, (you don’t tend to make a fool of yourself quite so much either! Lol!) and you don’t take much shit from anybody. Your authenticity radar is more efficient than ever. And that rocks.

Giant Faerie Towers & my first review!

I'm sitting here at our dining table listening to my husband, Dan, working on a mix in the office cum studio down the hall... It sounds good. It's a track for rock guitarist and singer, Troy MacCubbin, from LA. He has been playing lead guitar on tour all over the world with Russian popsters, T.A.T.U now he's working on a solo project.
It's a nice summer ish night here in QLD Australia. There's a big full moon outside and all the windows are open so I can hear the neighbours having some kind of dinner party or BBQ downstairs. We went for a walk on the beach late this evening. Only my second in the 4 months I've been here! Tragic! The lights of the Surfers Paradise skyline looked gorgeous, like giant Faerie towers at the oceans edge in the twilight.
I've been busy organizing my next trip to Sydney. I hope to catch up with some old friends while I'm there and meet some folks at radio stations, too. Maybe they'll have added "You Can Call Me "Baby" " to their play lists by the time I'm there?! That would be awesome! I'll be playing three gigs on this next trip. Friday night the 16th in Rozelle, Saturday the 17th in Parramatta and Sunday the 18th in Balmain.
Meanwhile, I'm really pleased that "Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies" received its first review! I'll cut and past it below if you're curious... i love how he called it "grown up pop"!

FIONA KERNAGHAN
SHADOW WINE and TRUTH LILIES (Red Rebel/MGM)
U.S based Kernaghan, the quiet achiever of the Oz country music clan, has spent much of her career as a songwriter for hire. This, her second album of grown up pop - high on melody and insight and light on twang and utes - is more personal than a tattoo: Secrets Of The Flesh has an epic emotional flow that wouldn't have been lost on Sheryl Crow's great Globe Sessions.

Jeff Apter.
The Sydney Morning Herald Metro.

A Glass of Pinot Noir and The Week That Was...

I’m sitting here with a glass of Pinot Noir taking stock of the week that was… I’ve been working my ass off to get our live set ready for the official launch gig at The Basement. I’m happy to say that went off without a hitch on Wednesday night. Charlton Hill and Anthony Snape opened for me and they were awesome. We had some fun playing the songs off my new record, Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies, talking about men, relationships, sex and eating chocolate. Thank you to everyone who came along and made it a great night and to those of you who bought a copy of the cd on the night!

While I was down in Sydney this week I also did live to air performances on Channel Nine’s The Today Show and Mornings with Kerri Ann and they were great fun. It was super cool having my hair and make up done for two mornings in a row! If I ever get really rich I think I’ll have someone come and do my hair every day! Lol. We played the single, “You Can Call Me Baby” and it was kinda funny to sing about doing coke and having a mind like a whore on am shows! He he. I got a special little thrill out of that ‘cause that’s just how I am.

I did an interview with Sydney’s 2SM radio and hope to get a copy of that interview with Carl posted here for you to hear – we talked about how Dan and I met at a demo session in Nashville and how we got married at the drop of a hat at LAX Courthouse. I’m not sure of we mentioned our Quick-E-Mart reception… we got a $3 bottle of pretend bubbly and toasted ourselves in the parking lot with plastic cups, hiding from the police cruisers passing by.

Now I’m home and pretty buggered from all the running around. I don’t seem to have the stamina I recall having when I was last living in Sydney, gallivanting around half drunk on Stolli with my soul sister Emily… she has a baby now and I’m married and partial to a nice cup of tea. Ahhg! Am I losing my edge? I like to think we still rock – just in moderation these days. Lol...

To check out my performance on The Today Show - just click on this link below then click on my pic, just under James Blunt who was on the day before me.

http://today.ninemsn.com.au/section.aspx?sectionid=3093&sectionname=entertainment