Ilonka - Holding On

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:23
Size: 61,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:09)  1. Holding On
(3:13)  2. His Love
(3:16)  3. Bigger Than Words Can Say
(3:17)  4. Good Day
(3:58)  5. Free to Live
(4:21)  6. My Second Chance
(5:06)  7. Safe

Growing up in South Africa, Ilonka journey led her to the U.S. to devote her life and voice to ministry. ilonka encourages women with the love of Jesus Christ by reminding them that their stories matter. Ilonka has performed worldwide as well as collaborating and performing on projects with Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James, Paul Coleman and Phil Keaggy, just to name a few. She has also served as a member of the Worship Team at Christ Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee for the past 7 years; has five albums: Fly, Holding On, Jesus Joy of Life, Ever & Ever, Classic Christmas, and her latest single Wash.  Ilonka is a member of The American Association of Christian Counselors and graduated in 2013 from Light Universities Biblical Counseling Degree Program. In 2012 she and her husband Bill opened a free Counseling Center in the Franklin area for women, serving those whom are often overlooked and under-resourced. For the past several years ilonka has worked with organizations such as World Vision, Women At Risk, Int. (WAR), Crisis Aid International and Bethany Christian Services as an artist and speaker. ilonka has also publicly shared the power and love of Jesus Christ on multiple Christian Television Programs with her testimony and music. https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/Ilonka1

Holding On

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Ilonka - To Be Loved

Size: 117,6 MB
Time: 50:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz/Pop Vocals
Art: Front & Back

01. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (4:02)
02. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (2:47)
03. Extraordinary Life (2:51)
04. You Needed Me (3:53)
05. Real Emotional Girl (3:00)
06. The Way You Look Tonight (4:22)
07. If You Stay (4:32)
08. Love's Work Is Never Done (3:43)
09. I Can't Imagine (4:26)
10. Getting Over (3:50)
11. The Power Of Love (5:30)
12. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (3:01)
13. A Reason (4:30)

Ilonka began her professional singing career at age 12 when she won a national singing competition in her native South-Africa. That accomplishment resulted in her first record label deal and launched her into six consecutive years of performances and casino tours.

With a thousand shows under her belt, a young nineteen-year old Ilonka then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue the next chapter of her music story. Her most recent record project (tenth studio album), “To Be Loved”, is a Light Jazz/Adult Contemporary creation on Naxos’ Suite 28 Records that showcases her intimate, yet powerful mezzo-soprano voice, in the same sisterhood as Sarah McLachlan and Celine Dion.

Her tumultuous journey through a childhood music career compelled her to write a tell-all book, “Keeping Secrets”. The book (2016) chronicles the dramatic and abusive life of a young girl surviving the South-African music industry and has propelled her to become a fierce advocate for women facing abuse.

She has shared her story on the Steve Harvey Show and multiple TV networks. She founded a free women’s counseling clinic in Franklin, Tennessee to help women in crisis. She continues to sing and speak, and directs her passions to encourage audiences with her uplifting message.

When she’s not on the road Ilonka lives in Franklin, Tennessee, enjoying the “bliss of life” with her husband Bill, daughter Iália, her Yorkie, a good book and wading in a fly fishing stream.

As a women of passionate faith, her music and book truly reveals a personal journey from “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted” to having an “Extraordinary Life”.

To Be Loved

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