The 24-year-old native of Kingston, Texas will headline a special dinner concert at the ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel in Makati on Friday, August 28.
This is her first major concert and her second visit to the Philippines. Best known as a jazz performer with three albums to her credit, she first performed in Manila last year in a show with trumpeter Chris Botti.
Olstead’s voice has been compared to those of Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse, and Adele.The local female trio Baihana will be her special guest in the concert.
As an actress, Olstead is best known for her role in the sitcom “Still Standing”, which ran from 2002 to 2006, and her co-starring turn in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”, the ABC teen drama series which ran for five series from 2011 to June of this year.
She also appeared in the movies “13 Going on 30″.
source: interaksyon.com
