June '09 Andriette sings the background vocal on Pierce Turner's new single, Julie London, which makes its world premiere this month in Ireland.
Bollywood! John and Andriette filmed an event at the Lee Strasberg Institute in NYC for the new branch of the acting school to be opened in India. David Strasberg (Lee's son and school's leader), and Rahuul Rawail, the revered Bollywood film director, are luminously devoted to the importance of drama training. Plus various Indian press folk and young actors running around made for an entertaining day!

May '09 Sun Palace's new CD, Designed To Fly, is soooo close!
Andriette and John attended the Children's Health Fund gala where their fundraising film was shown, and Willie Nelson played with Paul Simon joining in. Generosity abounded for a good cause.
April '09 John and Andriette hit the Motor City and worked with singer Paul Simon, filming him for his charity, the Children's Health Fund. Detroit people were lovely; the kids were beautiful! Best wishes for Motown's recovery.
Sun Palace is working on a new video for When I Think of You, which features a duet with Andriette and Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens.
March '09 Sun Palace's new album, Designed to Fly will be released soon! Mixes, check! Artwork, check! Release Date, stay tuned!.
Feb. '09 John and Andriette enjoyed filming Sudanese former child soldier, "peace rapper" Emmanuel Jal for LitWorld, world literacy project.
Jan. '09 The Would You video, a song fresh off the new record, and featuring a duet with Pierce Turner and Andriette, is on YouTube and our Images Page. Lyrics are up on the US page. John had a blast playing lead guitar with the Smithereens, headliners at the New Year's Eve festival in Raleigh, NC... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6kGBpXe4-g).
Dec. '08 The NY Daily News, in an article about Pierce Turner, mentions Andriette and John for completing their feature film script entitled Three Minute World, and featuring the music of Pierce's album of the same name.
Nov. '08 Pete Johnson of New Jersey channels Jamaican guitar rhythms on Peace, and Gregor Winkel of Germany adds trumpet on Life Bubbling (A New World Everywhere). Meanwhile, Andriette's voice-over, camera work and Sun Palace music were featured on the the Randall's Island Sports Foundation fundraising film produced by John for the Gala event at NYC's Plaza Hotel, attended by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other luminaries.
Oct. ‘08 John and Andriette spent a week in the Galveston, TX area filming (for CHF) the devastation of Hurricane Ike, and interviewing the nice people who have sadly lost their homes; we wish them well.
July ‘08 Mixes, fixes and visits to the Jersey Shore to catch a wave -Then jumps to the other coast, the Malibu Shore - To film folks for the Ronald McDonald House Charity: singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, Cindy Crawford, Billy Bush, and Dayanara Torres. And, oh my! Earthquake!! 5.4! Sun Palace's first one, and Andriette bows to the forces of nature, and feels, surprisingly: elated!
June ‘08 Avi Pavlovich records a lovely Brazilian guitar part on When I Think of You. The Sun Palace team is very pleased!
May ‘08 Andriette and John film a Beach Cleanup for the Surfriders Foundation at Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk, NY, with musical artist, G Love, for a national news story.
April ‘08 Andriette records French horn parts on several new songs. John & Ron look on in amazement.
March ‘08 Andriette sings the backing vocal on Pierce Turner's cool, new song, Julie London.
Feb. ‘08 Sun Palace is recording their 3rd CD, at Jersville Studios in Woodstock, NY, with Jerry Marotta on drums and Tony Levin on bass, with engineer Roman Klun, and at Atlantic West Studios in Brooklyn, with engineer Ron Shaffer. Pat Dinizio, lead singer of the Smithereens, sang a duet with Andriette on the song, When I Think Of You, smiles at Kurt Reil's House of Vibes in Highland Park, NJ.
Jan./Feb. ‘08 Andriette played a scientist/Lady Aurora and sang ethereal melodies in a new play, In Bocca Alla Lupa by Pennylynn White, a cosmos-filled dramedy about light vs. dark, scientists living in a parallel world with medieval castle people - spooky, Scottish myth with a touch of Star Trek - Was a fun, full house every night at the Access Theater, 380 Broadway, NYC.
Dec. ‘07 Andriette sang and played keyboards on several songs with Pierce Turner, at Joe's Pub, NYC. Earlier this year, Andriette sang with and arranged a choir for Pierce at his sold-out shows there. (Andriette sings on songs Omagh & Drumsna, on Pierce’s record, The Boy To Be With. Pierce's album, Three Minute World, was voted into Ireland's top 100 albums of all time.)

Best seller: '06, The Give Me a Perfect World CD by Sun Palace has been the best selling record on Magnatunes.com.
Highest rated: '06, The Sun Palace CD Into Heaven has been the highest rated CD on Magnatunes.com.
Added: '06, Sun Palace’s song Round and Round was added to XM Satellite Radio Ch. 43.
Added: '06, Radio Manager Tasha Jakush has confirmed various radio stations around the country adding Sun Palace’s version of Going to California.
Documentary music: Sun Palace’s music is featured in InsideOut: A Documentary About Women Who Are Imprisoned.
Documentary music: Sun Palace songs Under the Moon and Give Me a Perfect World are being used in a documentary called AmmA, about an orphanage in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami. For more info visit: simbashare.org.
Feature Film music: Sun Palace’s song Into Heaven was used in Indian Fish, a light-hearted film about an immigrant from India coming to America and finding love.
Documentary music: Andriette, and Danny Kelly of Seattle band, Heliotroupe, sang Nancy Griffith’s Trouble in the Fields for a doc about the plight of Midwestern farms, As We Sow.

' 06-'07, Sun Palace’s John and Andriette (New York Music and Video Productions - NewYorkMVP.com) won two Telly Awards and an Insight Award , for their videos for the Children's Health Fund, headed by singer Paul Simon and Dr. Irwin Redlener. (One of the videos was handpicked by director George Lucas to be shown at the Star Wars III premiere in NYC, '05. Another was screened at the Madison Square Garden Benefit Concert: From the Big Apple to the Big Easy, '05, attended by Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, Jimmy Buffett, Neville Brothers, Bette Midler, John Fogerty, Elvis Costello, Cindy Lauper, Lenny Kravitz, Paul Newman, Scarlett Johanssen, Jessica Lange, Ed Bradley and President Clinton.)

In '06, NewYorkMVP produced a fun documentary on “baseball meets music”: 7th Inning Stretch, shown on ESPN, featuring Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens as host and several baseball and musical guest stars, including Bruce Springsteen, Todd Rundgren, Joan Jett and George Thorogood.