Other Melody Gardot news;
On February 5th, Melody performed a special and intimate showcase of her up coming album My One And Only Thrill at New York's Soho Apple Store on Prince Street.
With her debut album Worrisome Heart, Melody Gardot displayed her instinctive gift for transforming the traditions of jazz and blues with "her personal kiss of life." But even her most ardent admirers will be amazed at the giant creative leap forward she has taken with the follow-up, My One And Only Thrill.
Click to watch "Quiet Fire" (Live in Paris) and click to watch "Worrisome Heart" (Live in Paris)
Mixing Latin rhythms, finger-snapping blues and deep, smoldering torch songs, it's an album that seems to have been shaped from several lifetimes of love, loss and longing. Though she's still only in her early twenties, the rapturous reception accorded to Worrisome Heart by fans and critics meant that she suddenly found her life moving at triple speed, as Melody and her band bounced between gigs, hotels and airports as demand blossomed across several continents.
These eleven songs, covering a wide range of emotions, are all her own except for an irresistible, Brazilian take on "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
Melody commented "I love Brazilian music, it's one of my favorite genres…Stan Getz bossa nova years, Getz/Gilberto, Jobim, Caetano Veloso… some amazing music has come from there. I think there is a sentimentality that's very specific to the Brazilian culture itself. The voices are soft and hushed, and the lyricism is dripping with metaphors and poetics."
To see a short film about Melody Gardot, click here
