Behold! The Kiwi nightingale - Wing

Okay, so I’m finding it hard to relate this post to Denmark, except to say given Wing’s worldwide blitzing of the entertainment world, she may hit these Happy Isles sometime soon.

Wing is a Kiwi via, I guess, China. I’ve been listening to her all morning, in between stair-cleaning duty, a rather unusual Danish flat dweller’s tradition. We only have to do it once every ten weeks but goodness! That seems to come around all too quickly.

Just to entice you even more, apart from listening to her strangely haunting dulcet tones, you can read this article by New Zealand journalist, Robert Colbert, from The Listener on Wing’s extraordinary and astounding rise to fame. Here’s an excerpt:

““Wing is selling more CDs overseas than she is here. She thinks this could be because New Zealand music fans are more conservative.
““They are used to their singers – like Hayley Westenra – coming from proper procedures, but my procedure is more extraordinary,” she says.

“Wing’s web presence grows daily as she is added to weird and wonderful sites all over the world. Her fans are as devotional as you will find, thrilled by Wing’s musical journey, her elusive pursuit of melody, like chasing mercury across a glass table.”

Listener article

After much deliberation, she has finally released “Highway to Hell”, although she doesn’t find the title terribly positive…

It’s not everyday stardom happens to those who least expect it and, it’s nice to see someone who just loves singing, reach the stars.

Happy listening!