[Harp-L] Subject: re: Melody Gardot - Contemporary voice of today/Christelle harmonica

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Thanks, Eric:   Much appreciated! 
 
I'd no idea she'd made a CD before Worrisome Heart...so just checked  with 
CD Baby to see if they still carried it. It's currently out of stock  but on 
back-order. I'm signing up for it. Did get to hear a few bars of each of  
the songs and, while Melody's voice is worth noting even then, it was  only 
the beginning of her journey.  She sounded much more  'folk-singer/jazzy'. 
The song 'Some Lessons' is also featured on Worrisome Heart  (and is her best, 
I think).  Still, I'll buy anything she's  released...I'm so enamoured of 
her voice.
 
Truly, in a few brief years she's developed into an incredibly mature  
vocalist/songwriter.  I'd suggest to anyone else interested to first buy  her 
current album: 'My One and Only Thrill' and then the others to hear her  
development. She's as good now as any vocalist I've ever heard...and I'm  
hearkening back to the best of the best. She deserves a ton more exposure than  
she's gotten (although I do believe the world will not overlook this  chanteuse 
the way they did Eva until it was too late for her).
 
For everyone's enjoyment here are a couple of her 'official' videos:
 
Baby I'm a Fool
 
(nobody panic...although she IS in a bathtub, this first isn't  remotely 
suggestive)
 
 
 

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89qB0VO-3K4_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89qB0VO-3K4) 
 
 
Quiet Fire
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBXfWd8Waq4_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBXfWd8Waq4) 
 
 
 
Our Love is Easy (still picture/audio with lyrics)
 
 
 
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSjZHshqj0_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSjZHshqj0) 
 
 
 
Harp content?  none...unless you're playing along on either a  chromatic 
<G> (as I do) or a diatonic as Christelle does...
 
Elizabeth
 
Message: 7
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 04:57:53 -0400
From: Eric  Nielsen <ericbarnak@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Subject: re:  Melody Gardot - Contemporary voice
of      today/Christelle harmonica
To: EGS1217@xxxxxxx
Cc: _harp-l@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx) 

Hi Elizabeth,

I think Melody's great, too. You might also look  for the EP, *Some Lessons:
The Bedroom Sessions, *that she put out in 2005. I  think cdbaby.com used to
have it.

If I remember correctly, she  produced this CD in bed while recovering from
her injuries. Some story-and a  great voice. I can't wait to hear her and
Christelle together. As soon as I  can get to a computer that will let me
play  youtube.

Eric

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