Pop Jazz singer-songwriter Astrella Celeste will performing the renowned Isle of Wight Festival 2007 on June 9th. Astrella will be joined by her band, including Yoad Nevo (guitar)' Joe Atkinson (keys), Tom Stubbs (stand up bass) and Stewart Lawrance (percussions), to play the tracks "Dream" and "Rain."

She was recently featured on a host of radio stations in anticipation of the June 4th release of her single "Dream," including:
* BBC Manchester - DJ: Eamonn O'Neal
* BBC Wales - DJ: Alan Thompson
* BBC Stoke - DJ: Nick Robbins
* BBC Leicester - DJ: Rupa Ranjani
* Ipswitch Community Radio - DJ: Ken Bates
* Isle Of Wight Radio - DJ: Tom Stroud

Astrella will be warming the crowd for Jazz and Soul singer Amy Winehouse, with the legendary Rolling Stones closing out the night. The Isle of Wight Festival 2007, which sold out in a record time of less than 5 days, is the sixth revived Isle of Wight Festival on the Seaclose Park site in Newport on the Isle of Wight.

Astrella was recently featured with her father, the legendary Donovan who's psychedelic pop hits include Mellow Yellow and Hurdy Gurdy Man, on PBS WLIW21's "The Donovan Concert: Live in L.A.," filmed at the Kodak Theater in L.A. in January, in a concert benefiting the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. Airing nationwide in June and August, Astrella joins her father for a duet rendition of her UK hit "Dream." She recently opened for her father at the Jazz Café to critical acclaim and will be playing a series of dates in Autumn.

Astrella's career has been richly developed by working with other musicians in recording sessions, performances and/or home jams, amongst them David Gilmour, Brian Setzer, Donovan, Mark White, Happy Mondays, and Graham Nash, to name but a few. Musicians are drawn to Astrella with the result that the credits for her upcoming EP release 'Blue Star' (the Spanish translation of Astrella-Celeste) make for interesting reading - written by Astrella with Kevin Hunter (of Sheryl Crow fame), the record is produced by Yoad Nevo (Sugababes, Goldfrapp), string arrangements are by the legendary John Cameron (Les Miserables, Jose Carreras) with Rat Scabies on drums, Andy Hobson (Pretenders) on bass and Carmen Squire on backup vocals. Interest in Astrella has been high with features already having run in Sunday Times Magazine, Hello and Daily Mail.

Having performed on stage since her childhood (releasing a single in Italy at age 8, which led to the Pope asking to meet her) Astrella spent her youth in acting schools and dance troupes before working with her father providing backing vocals and touring with him. She says, "My dad will always be my biggest influence but I also love Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Sade, Tori Amos, The Cardigans... I could go on and on."

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