Thanks to the readers of The Pittsburgh City Paper for selecting me and my band as the #1 blues performer/band in Pittsburgh!! I couldn’t be more honored and love my hometown fans!
You can check out the entire list of winners, including Wiz Khalifa by visiting this link
Check out the article below, posted by Bluespowr.com! You can read the full article here or below.
Recently, we told you about the return of talented young blues musician Melinda to our Steel City. In addition to having a mighty impressive voice, Melinda is also quite a gifted songwriter, as demonstrated by these lyrics from the opening track of her EP.
“Well, I tried to tell you,
but you just wouldn’t take it from me.
I wasn’t lyin’ when I told you
that the truth was gonna’ set you free.
But you never did listen to reason,
now you’re clearly out to try to break even -
gave you one leg up
and you cut yourself off at the knees.
You had to learn the hard way, baby,
even though I tried to let you down easy.
The hard way, baby,
I guess you just didn’t believe me.
I guess we’re gettin’ to the part
where you wanna’ blame someone else.
I could never, ever hurt you
no deeper than you hurt yourself.
You had to learn the hard way, baby,
even though I tried to let you down easy.
The hard way, baby,
well, I guess you didn’t, guess you just didn’t,
I guess you didn’t, guess you just didn’t,
believe…”
-The Hard Way, Melinda/Kevin Bowe/Kristian H
Posted by Mike
Thanks to Mike Rick @ The BluesPowR Blog for the great review of “Don’t Be Sweet”!
To read the review click here
Big thanks to the folks at Blues Matters Magazine for continuing to publish a great magazine and giving a review of “Don’t Be Sweet” in this month’s issue!
Fresh of the presses is another great article featuring my music, this time over at the home of American Blues News, AmeriBlues.com.
Monica Yasher was kind enough to get in touch with me to talk about my music, and my upcoming EP release, “Don’t Be Sweet”.
To read the full article, click here.
Here’s a small excerpt from the piece:
Melinda is located in LA and is releasing her new CD. Her latest single “The Hard Way,” which was co-written and produced by Grammy winning producer/songwriter Kevin Bowe (Jonny Lang, Etta James, Lynyrd Skynyrd) is just a preview of what’s to come on her new EP.
Melinda boasts that she has been enroute to LA from Pittsburgh. However, there has been a stop along the way. Specifically, Boston, where she attended the Berklee College of Music, after recieving the World Scholarship award. While at Berklee, her vocals were recognized as she found herself performing in the prestigious Singers Showcase and receiving The Aerosmith Endowment Award. During her stay in Boston, Melinda had the attention of Epic Records, as she was a member of the all girl rock band Mass Ave. Melinda is a bluesy rocker girl, and I think you will hear more about her in the time to come. Let’s learn a bit more about Melinda.
