Lynette Diaz
Lynette Diaz is an American-born, New Zealand-based Singer-Songwriter with a voice and style that evokes flashes of female folk singers of the 60’s. while writing contemporary themes of Universal love and dignity.
Lynette sings with a fiery voice that she attributes to her Mexican-American roots.
“Music comes through me, it’s a passion, it’s heart-filled, it’s fun, it’s intense and it’s all rooted in my upbringing around a hodgepodge of various styles of music from 60’s and 70’s folk/country, contemporary acoustic music, independent singer-songwriter, even 80’s techno and traditional Mexican folklore music.”
Lynette released her debut Cd, “Lyrics In My Head’ in late 2008. To date, the song ‘Living Before Dying’ has received International songwriting honours. Various songs from the Cd have received airplay in NZ, Australia and United States.
In November 2010, the song 'Me For You, You For Me' was released, as a single, and is also a contribution to the New Zealand Cd compilation, 'Merging Landscapes'.
A prolific songwriter, Lynette has been performing a stream of new material at her gigs, and is currently working on bits and pieces for her next Cd with a projected release date of mid-2011.
She has teamed up recently with NZ finger-style guitarist, Susan L. Grant.
Besides her own music, Lynette is active in promoting other New Zealand female acoustic artists through the New Zealand Women's Acoustic Collective, which she founded in 2008. The NZWAC celebrates a sense of community and collaboration amongst member female artists.
Lynette is also the radio host of "FemAcoustica Music and Review" , a monthly radio show on PlainsFM (Christchurch), featuring female acoustic artists, with an emphasis on New Zealand music.