Carrie Lakin Band - Sydney Jazz Bands - Australian Entertainment Consultants and Booking Agents Sydney Australia

Carrie Lakin is an enigmatic singer who hails from the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. A skilled and polished entertainer, Carrie performs a wide variety of musical styles from Jazz, Blues and Pop through to Soul and RnB. This versatility has seen Carrie as a singer-in-demand.

For the past six years, Carrie has been busy performing at public, private and corporate events in, and around, Sydney. Some highlights have been knock-out performances at the Manly Jazz Festival, the Hawkesbury Jazz Festival together with her highly acclaimed support of Yvonne Kenny's Opera in the Vines and Cliff Richard at Wyndham Estate, Hunter Valley. With the ability to touch audiences both large and small, she has entertained at BB's Wine Bar, La Lupa Restaurant, Pruniers, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, the Cruising Yacht Club and Dee Why RSL.

Carrie also enjoys performing as a lead soloist with the impressive jazz-gospel vocal ensemble, Jubilation, led by internationally renowned artists, Joy Yates and Dave MacRae. Carrie and Jubilation have peformed at the premiere jazz festivals throughout Australia and New Zealand. They have performed with Alex Lloyd for Crown Princess Mary, at the LIVE sites for the 2000 Olympics and Paralympics and at regular shows at The Basement. For the past five years, Carrie and Jubilation have performed at the Carols in the Domain TV spectacular backing Marcia Hines, Julie Anthony, and Australian Idol's Paulini, Guy Sebastian, Casey Donovan and Young Divas. You will have seen Carrie as a featured soloist on the 2005 show performing the pumping and thumping gospel belter, "He's All Over Me". The group has recorded, and released two CD's, and they recently launched their own DVD.

International experience also features in Carrie's singing career with a successful six month season at the Hilton Hotel, Tokyo in 2004. As lead singer of Le Nouveau, she performed at the prestigious St Georges Bar and delighted the international and local patrons of this highly regarded nightspot.

Since returning to Sydney, Carrie secured a residency at Avery's Bar in the Avillion Hotel, where she performed a mixture of Jazz, Blues and Pop tunes two nights a week for over 18 months. At Avery's, Carrie established an even wider fan base with many audience members returning on a regular basis to catch Carrie's weekly gigs.

Not content with just one regular performance venue, Carrie kept busy with very successful gigs at many of Sydney's best venues like Soup Plus, Wine Banq, The Marble Bar, The Rocks Square and The Opera Bar. And in October of 2006, she staged an outstanding performance with her quintet at Australia's premier jazz event, the Manly International Jazz Festival.

By the close of 2006, Carrie had joined two other rising singing stars, Anthea White and Asli, to form a group called The Collective. This hot new vocal group performs a universal mix of soul, pop and RnB and has just rocked the stages at the Live Site at Belmore Park, The Rocks Aroma Coffee Festival and the White Ribbon Dinner, where they performed for luminaries such as Nicole Kidman.

Video - Band of Giants with Vocalist Carrie Lakin

Carrie has also been busy lately performing backing vocals for the No.1 selling group Evermore, at the MTV Awards and the Enmore Theatre, along with country music superstar Troy Cassar-Daley on Sunrise, and with up and coming funk band, The Hipstones, on Mornings with Kerri- Anne.

With all these other projects on the go, Carrie is still out there charming audiences with recent performances at The Rocks to celebrate the Sydney Harbour Bridge's 75th Birthday, The Manly Food & Wine Festival, regular weekly performances at Jacksons on George amongst many corporate and private events. She was also the featured artist on FM 99.3 in June 2007, where her CD was the celebrated "Wish Disc" and a recording of three live tracks was broadcast on this popular radio station.

Carrie is a singer that knows how to WOW any crowd!! Be it a classy intimate wedding or an energetic corporate event, Carrie Lakin is THE singer to use. Carrie is happy to tailor her musical lineup to suit individual needs, from acoustic duos and stylish jazz trios, up to swinging or rocking 4 and 5 piece bands. With her effortless professionalism and exceptional performance skills, she will delight fans and guests.

This girl can sing, watch her shine!