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What Some Folks Are Saying…
“Melinda brings that mysterious and wonderful yet sometimes hard to describe element to everything she does..that one thing you can’t quite put into words, yet you feel it when you hear her sing and for me to be onstage with her, I felt it just the same..that quality is best described as SOUL! and she’s got it!”
- Danny Mo, Professor Berklee College of Music
“Melinda aims for the heart.”
- Blues Matters! Magazine
“This fresh looking beauty from Pittsburgh, PA mixes the blues and rock in a perfect way till it’s one whole piece of outstanding music”
- Bobtje Blues Pages, Belgium
“Melinda’s got a rare high amount of ‘it’ in her voice. She’s got a very dynamic voice, she sounds beautiful and raw at he same time, and she’s got that special thing in her voice that makes us love singers like Janis and Tina.”
- Alexander Knutsen, Guitarist
“The girl can sing”
- Music Connection Magazine
“Melinda’s “Devils Garden” touches the soul of the rocker in all of us. Raw, sexy, powerful, and not just another flower in the garden. “Hard Way” is hard evidence that this girl is loving her craft and plays each guitar riff with attitude and feeling. Her outstanding vocals on “What If” have even more power to carry her through the perfectly polished blues production. Melinda’s 2009 release should be a guarantee to please!!!!”
- Stephen Sloat, Independent Producer/Composer
” Your voice goes down, nice and easy, with a little fire, like whiskey on the rocks.”
- John R., Fan
Melinda Featured in Blues Matters Magazine Issue 48
Melinda in issue 48 of Blues Matters! magazine.
If you’ve never heard of it, Blues Matters! is a magazine based out of the UK dedicated to covering blues music from every corner of the world. They do a really fine job of promoting blues artists, shows, festivals, and albums, and they’re a completely independent organization.
Blues Matters! has just released their 48th issue this month, and there’s a great piece on yours truly in there. It may be tough to get in the States, so there’s a scan of the article in this post, just click on the image for a bigger version…
…or just support the cause and head on over to the Blues Matters! website.
Thanks to everyone at Blues Matters! for the write-up!
ISC Semi-Finalist
Melinda has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Contest for the 2008 Blues Category. Click here to see the full list of semi-finalists.
The ISC receives over 15,500 entries from almost 100 countries, displaying the talent of songwriters worldwide. The contest aims to give both unknown and world-renowned songwriters an arena in which to showcase their work. The grand prize is $25,000, and over $150,000 in prizes are awarded each year.
Keep your fingers crossed and let’s see how far “What If” can go…
…And if you haven’t heard the song, maybe you should wander over to a place like iTunes and get it?
Bobtje’s Blues Review
Below is a review from Bobtje Blues (of bobtjeblues.com) for Melinda’s EP… seems like he has some good taste :-D…
For those who want to look further then just blues maybe will find their “thing” with Melinda. This fresh looking beauty from Pittsburgh, PA mixes the blues and rock in a perfect way till its one whole piece of outstanding music.
Melinda first started performing with notable local musicians at the early age of 15. They understood in a second that this girl was very talented. From one thing to another, she could not be missed anymore in the blues- and rock scène of Pittsburgh. She went to Berklee College of Music where she won the Aerosmith Endowment Award, from where she moved to Boston, MA. There Melinda became a member of a girl rock band Mass Ave, who was according to Melinda’s biography in the picture of Epic Records.
Nowadays she makes music by her own name, this with the cooperation of Grammy-winner and producer Kevin Bowe (Jonny Lang, Etta James, Lynyrd Skynyrd). Not only can Melinda lean on the great sound of her voice (sometimes a little bit hoarsely, very strongly and above all convincingly), but also her guitar sounds are incredible. You can describe her music as a succeeded marriage between rock and blues. She got her inspiration from Queen, Heart, The Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams, Otis Redding, Aerosmith, Tina Turner, Elvis, Zeppelin, Etta James, The Pretenders, Howlin’ Wolf and Sheryl Crow.
On her website you can listen to some of her songs, which are going to be released in 2009 on an EP. My honest opinion is that her music, whether its rock or blues, has got a whole lot to offer. The song ‘The Hard Way’ (written by Kevin Bowe, Melinda, and Kristian H) is a song, ready for the rock charts, while “What If” (Melinda & Richard Rosenblatt) is an immense slow soul-blues.
You have to listen this!
