Lucie Silvas checked in with her Twitter followers (@LucieSilvas), reacting to the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. The 33-year-old English singer songwriter’s father is of New Zealand descent and her mother is Scottish. Lucie writes:

All my thoughts are with people in New Zealand that are effected by the earthquake

Thank you for all the sweet messages of concern about my family in NZ. They are fine but a lot of people’s lives have been destroyed by this

Lucie Silvas checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Monday (October 18) with news on a follow-up to her 2006 album ‘The Same Side’. The English singer songwriter tells readers:

EXCITING NEWS!!!
Hey all…

Wanted you to be the first to know that I have now started recording my new album! It’s so great to be back in the studio again and I can’t wait for you all to hear the new material.

Please watch out for updates on how we are getting on, and if you haven’t already, please do join the mailing list as I will be sending out a newsletter soon and maybe even some little video updates from the studio.

Any of you who are coming to the charity gig at The Bedford next week, I look forward to seeing you there. It’s all sold out now, which is fantastic news and means we have raised a great amount of money for a very special charity, CLIC Sargent.

See y’all soon.

Lucie xxx

Lucie Silvas updated fans on her blog at MySpace on Tuesday (September 8), writing about the death of songwriter, singer and producer Howard New. The English singer songwriter tells readers:

I wanted to say a few words about my friend Howard New. He was tragically taken away from us last thursday and we are all shocked and deeply upset. My heart and love goes out to his wife Jane and daughter Scarlet who have lost their most loved one too early in life. He loved his family more than anything and was always inspired by them with his music.

Howard and I met in 2001 when I signed to EMI records. My AnR Sas Metcalfe had introduced me to Howard and was already sure from knowing us both that we would get on great and write music together. Sas was right and the first song Howard and I wrote in our first meeting in his studio in Camden was “It’s too late” which ended being my first single on EMI. We got on like a house on fire and going to his studio in Camden, drinking our cappuccinos and talking about our lives became a regular occurrence.

Check out the entire message – part one and part two.

Lucie Silvas updated fans on her blog at MySpace on Monday (October 27), clarifying which destinations on the web are the real deal. The British singer songwriter tells readers:

Just wanted to let you know that any Facebook pages or other personalized websites under the name Lucie Silvas were NOT set up by me. I am not a member of Facebook or Bebo and have never set up pages. I really appreciate anyone who has set up pages for me and will be so grateful for their continued support, just wanted to make it clear that anyone sending messages to me on Facebook or any other forum will be sending them to someone else running under my name, unless it states that it’s a fanpage. MySpace and my official website luciesilvas.com are the only websites that are run by me personally and the people who are helping me with them.