Somewhere in between a deep dark-holler, a Texas road house and a Manhattan bound F-Train you'll find singer-songwriter Melissa Greener, picking an acoustic guitar and singing her truths.
Inspired by modernist poets & literate folk singers, Greener's songs are often painterly abstractions. Melodic, rhythmic and quirky, they captivate with dynamic ranges and moody tones, in a unique language all her own.
Leaving home at her first chance, she has been touring everywhere, ever since...
“I once climbed the second highest mountain in the Swiss Alps. I once trekked the second highest mountain range in the world in Slovakia. I once spent two weeks at the holiest mountain in Tibet. I once climbed the Sinai. I once rode my bicycle from Vancouver, British Columbia across Canada to North Sydney, Nova Scotia. I once lived in a little village in China where porcelain was discovered 2000 years ago, occurring naturally in the ground. I once sailed so far into the Mediterranean Sea I couldn't see land. I once saw so many stars in an Egyptian desert I couldn't see the sky.
“I'm told by my mother (who was a lounge singer at the Playboy Club in Detroit, and a classically trained vocalist) that she would hear me through closed door, singing "like a soprano" when I was a very small girl. My mother was a ballerina. My dad is a hippie. I am in therapy.”
Greener's sophomore effort, Dwelling, helmed by acclaimed producer John Jennings (Mary Chapin Carpenter) is due for a spring 2010 release. Fall From the Sky, her debut release, continues to receive rave reviews from an international music community.
Greener tours throughout North America and Europe performing in theatres, festivals, clubs, house concerts and subways. She sings truths she’s come to believe in - stretching some, in the name of art...
When she is not on the road, Greener splits her time between Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and the lower east side of Manhattan.
Melissa Greener proudly endorses Greenfield Guitars, touring with models G3.2 and G4.2
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