Hello to one and all,

I thought I'd take a moment to write something personal to all of those people who bother to read these things. I haven't been too involved with this site in the past but I've decided to share what's been going on with me recently. The big news is that I'm going to have a baby!! I am currently very pregnant and trying to slow things down for a bit while I concentrate on being a prospective mother. Trying, being the operative word as I just can't stop working at the moment because so many amazing opportunites keep coming my way.

I've just finished mixing and recording my new album which will come out in 2008 as I am not up to touring right now and I really want to set the record up in the right way and give it the promotion  it deserves. It is the culmination of 5 years work and I wrote and performed it with my old pal Ian Dench and rather special it is too! It is a lot more mellow than the sounds I have been experimenting with in the past but it is no less dark and haunting and has been largely produced by Paul O'Duffy who co-produced my last album Ghost Stories. I'll post some of the songs on this space soon so watch out for them.

Also my burgeoning career as a song-writer seems to have just gone through the roof as I just scored my second top 3 US Billboard single with a song I co-wrote for Beyonce and Shakira called Beautiful Liar, I must say that this has surpassed even my wildest dreams as it is really performing well and the video is so incredibly hot, I am totally chuffed to bits! I am working on so many different projects right now that it would be hard to list them all but they range from massive superstars to the unknown. It's nice to be in demand and it really has been fun to take the focus off my own career as an artist and help out my fellow peers. So watch this space, I'll keep you informed of the releases as they happen and thankyou all for your kind and sweet messages that you have been sending, they really are greatly appreciated. I'm off to try and do some breathing exercises now and try and get some R&R in before the baby drops! Peace and Love

AMANDAXXXX