Tahitian Born Singer/Dancer Heiarii Gets Ready To Release Two EP's 'Back To The Island' And 'Amazing Grace'

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Allure Records) - 2006 was a hectic year for Tahitian-born pop singer Heiarii (pronounced Hey-ah-ree), but not nearly as hectic as 2007 is likely to be! Before getting his new pop material ready for the follow up to his debut album Dance!, Heiarii will spend lots of time in the recording studio preparing for the releases of two EPs: Back to the Island, a recording of Polynesian and French songs and Amazing Grace, an EP filled with positive, inspirational music. Both EPs will be released in mid-April.

Born and raised in Tahiti, Heiarii has been singing traditional Tahitian songs all his life in the native Polynesian and French languages. "I thought it was time to let people know that I will never forget my roots, "Heiarii said, "so the songs I decided to record are really island favorites. They're very danceable and upbeat, like 'Ha'a Hula,'and 'Chanter Cette Melodie".

For his set of inspirational music, Heiarii chose some of his all-time favorites like "You Raise Me Up," "Amazing Grace" (which he performs a capella in English and Polynesian), and the Celine Dion classic, "The Power of Love" in which Heiarii holds a note for an amazing 20 seconds! "I wanted to choose songs that I love to sing and that would inspire others. These are all positive message songs that I sing at churches every Sunday."

Heiarii will soon be announcing a schedule of summer festival appearances and then it's back to the studio to finish up his Christmas Cool CD.