Jason kerrison born

  • Born, (1976-10-15) October 15, 1976 (age 48) Invercargill, New Zealand ; Genres, Rock, pop ; Occupation(s), Singer-songwriter, producer ; Instrument(s), Vocals.
  • Jason Mark Kerrison MNZM is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer, and former radio broadcaster, best known as the lead singer of the band Opshop.
  • Born in the South Island and now living in Northland, after many years writing and touring with OpShop and the Babysitter's Circus, Jason has 'come home' to.

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    Kia ora, Jason. You’re a well-known New Zealand figure through your music, especially because of your band, Opshop – and a number of lovely songs you’ve written. But you’ve been a radio jock too. And then there’s been your work on television as a perceptive and kind-hearted judge of young musical talent. That’s probably promoted you to celebrity status. If so, you wouldn’t be the first celebrity to emerge from Invercargill. But I assume that your high profile owes a fair bit to the musical genes you inherited from your mum and dad. Is it true that you grew up in a musical family?

    Yeah, there was a bit of music in my background. I had a grandmother who was very musical. I have memories too of my mother playing on the old piano. And one of the things I liked – even revered – about going to church on Sundays was the singing. Full lungs. It was beautiful.

    But the biggest influence was my dad, Francis Kerrison, who was a freezing worker (an oyster shucker too) – a jazz muso and a d

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    JASON KERRISON | Northland NZ

    Jason Kerrison is a multi-platinum, multi-award winning singer-songwriter, producer, meditator, planetarian and efterapare surfer. Born in the South Island and now living in Northland, after many years writing and touring with OpShop and the Babysitter’s Circus, Jason has ‘come home’ to live in the beautiful hills and bush of the north. He continues to write, record and perform, in between fencing and building projects!

    In 2011, JK was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for Services to Music. After the first major earthquake in Canterbury in 2010, Jason worked with Paul Ellis to create the grupp Together concert in Hagley Park , Christchurch, to raise spirits in his hometown. It drew 100,000 people and was streamed live on TV. He appeared on the “Team Ball Player Thing” single that raised money for Cure Kids (in 2015) and had high-profile roles on TV as a judge on New Zealand’s Got

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    Jason Kerrison

    Jason Mark Kerrison

    MNZM

    Kerrison performing at TechFest in 2008

    Born (1976-10-15) October 15, 1976 (age 48)
    Invercargill, New Zealand
    GenresRock, pop
    Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, producer
    Instrument(s)Vocals, electric guitar
    Member ofOpshop, The Babysitters Circus

    Musical artist

    Jason Mark KerrisonMNZM (born October 15, 1976)[1][2][3] is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer, and former radio broadcaster, best known as the lead singer of the band Opshop.

    Kerrison's albums with Opshop have gone multi-platinum and received critical acclaim. He received the 2008 APRA Silver Scroll Award for the hit single "One Day".[4] In 2011, Kerrison was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.[5] In 2015, he received the Southland Music Ambassador award at the ILT Southland Entertainment Awards.[6]

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