Freedom

Outsider

Wildcat

Livin' For Love

Surrender

Tennessee You Call Me Home

Fool For You

California

Without You

Easy Road

Shakin' My Bones

Never Too Late

Rockin' Chair

"When Your Near Me" was a B side on a single released in 2000.  This song was played many times on an Australian TV show called "Home and Away"  

When You're Near Me

Fallen Youth - from Jackie Bristow's forthcoming album "Shot of Gold"

My Childhood friend Aaron who is a New Zealand soldier found this poem in our hometown library in Gore, New Zealand.

It was written by a young, un-named New Zealand soldier during WW1.

This poem has been very special to Aaron and he carried it around with him for 15 years, sharing with his fellow soldiers.

He asked me if I could possibly turn it into a song.

I read the poem a few times and the story hit me in the heart. Being home in New Zealand always stirs up emotion for me and I was sitting at the top of rolling green Hokonui hills, and in the beautiful silence I started playing my guitar.

The melody came to me immediately as the story was so powerful, and I could feel the sadness and poignancy of the original poem.

Fallen Youth

Whistle Blowin is the second single from Jackie Bristow forth coming album "Shot of Gold"
Produced and Mixed by Mark Punch. 
Released Feb 05 2016.

Whistle Blowin'

Two Southland born New Zealand singer/songwriters Jackie Bristow and Jason Kerrison come together to sing "Warrior Spirit."  Jason and Jackie have both had a life long journey in music and It was Michelle Bakker from 369 Music who inspired the idea to bring Jackie and Jason together to perform in Los Angeles last year.  After a great show and the joy of singing together they were excited to record and went into the studio in Los Angeles with a stellar line up.  

Produced by Mark Punch and Engineered and Mixed by Neil Baldock.   Nick Gaffaney - drums, Rosa Pullman - piano, Dave Sutton - bass, Mark Punch - Electric Guitars and Jackie Bristow, Acoustic Guitar. 
Jackie Bristow and Jason Kerrison - Lead Vocals. 

Jackie said " I wrote this song while doing a massive solo tour and road trip across America, playing shows in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, A long ways from homeland New Zealand. Warrior Sprit is a song about finding your inner strength and drawing deep from your roots it was a soulful and inspiring time in my life.    I am thrilled to have recorded this song as a duet with Jason Kerrison, his voice soaring with joy and soul. "

Warrior Spirit - Jackie Bristow and Jason Kerrison

7.Shot Of Gold

FREEDOM

Aotearoa

Hightail It

Pray For the Love

Runnin

Holy Mess

Selected Tracks from 'Freedom Album' 
Recorded in Austin, Texas

Without You (Roger Shah's Campfire Mix)

 At once heartfelt and sophisticated, Jackie Bristow combines subtle but beautiful melodies and hooks that hypnotise the listener, demand complete surrender and then stick around with the backbone of a real friend. 
New Zealand  born transplanted to the United States with a guitar, a suitcase and a song. Jackie Bristow travels light but packs a heavy punch.
Jackie has had the honour to be the opening act for many of her musical heros.  Opening for Bonnie Raitt in New Zealand on the 2013 Slipstream tour was a dream come true and internationally-acclaimed guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel 2011.  Jackie and Tommy played to sold-out theatre's across the America. 
Jackie has also been the opening act for Marc Cohn, John Oates, John Waite, Bettye Lavette, B.J Thomas, Joe Ely, Marcia Ball, Charlie Robison, Rick Springfield, Bob Schneider, and Jimmy Lafave, Euge Groove, Ruthie Foster, Howard Jones, Herbert Gronemeyer, Phoebe Snow, Art Garfunkel, Daniel Lanois, Madeline Peryoux, Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, and Shawn Mullins.  
Jackie live performance has captivated audiences. One reviewer of her tour opening for Tommy Emmanuel wrote: "Opening for a musical giant like Emmanuel would seem a daunting task, but Bristow was relaxed as her soulfully-seductive melodies reverberated within the auditorium.  Her beautiful voice and earnest songs resonated with the audience, and they applauded her eagerly.  Near the end of the show, Bristow joined Emmanuel on stage for an amazing duet that received a standing ovation.
Jackie’s songs have been used repeatedly in Australian and New Zealand film and television hit shows such as "Go Girls," "The Secret Life of Us," "Home and Away,""Outrageous Fortune," "Shortland Street," and "Go Big."  Her original song "This is Australia" won Tourism Australia’s nationwide competition  and was featured in Tourism Australia's worldwide promotional campaigns for three years. Music from "Crazy Love and, "Freedom," were programmed into rotation at 7,000 Starbucks locations nationwide in the US.  
2014  Jackie was awarded New Zealand Southland Music Ambassador of the year. 
Jackie has proven to be an artist who shows no signs of stopping. Jackie is working on her 4th album "Shot of Gold" for release spring 2015.

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