Who is Melody Gardot | American Jazz Singer-Songwriter
Ranked #2,094 in Music, #57,690 overall
New Neural Pathways Lead to Music
When medication and physical therapy no longer helped, she turned to music and credits listening to music and then humming or singing with helping to re-establish neural pathways in her brain. While she continues to experience residual difficulties from her injuries such as constant pain, dizziness, memory loss and sensitivities to light and sound, she made an amazing recovery.
In 2006, songs that Gardot wrote and sang showed up on MySpace and she began to perform on stage, an experience that blotted out pain and replaced suffering with a flow experience.
Now Melody Gardot's album titled My One and Only Thrill ranked No. 1 on the Swedish music charts for more than four weeks and continues to climb the charts in countries throughout the world..
Photo of Melody Gardot sharing childhood stories with her audience in The Netherlands: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maartmeester/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
Melody Gardot
Born February 2, 1985
New Jersey USA
Melody Gardot
Melody on MySpace Music
Interviews with Melody Gardot
- History of Melody Gardot | Interview Magazine
- To reveal that an artist has overcome adversity in order to achieve success in the music industry is, generally speaking, about as much of a revelation as the discovery of cuteness in babies or kittens. See Behind the Music, any episode, or an open mic-night in the West Village. But Melody Gardot's story takes the singer-songwriter's woeful narrative arc and turns it on its head.
- Melody Gardot | NPR
- Melody Gardot artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Melody Gardot's 2010 World Tour
Melody Gardot | Baby I'm a Fool
Norwegian/Swedish talkshow "Skavlan" on September 25, 2009
All the time I felt you gave your heart I thought that I would do the same for you,
Tell the truth I think I should have seen it coming from a mile away,
When the words you say are,
"Baby I'm a fool who thinks it's cool to fall in love"
If I gave a thought to fascination I would know it wasn't right to care,
Logic doesn't seem to mind that I am fascinated by the love affair,
Still my heart would benefit from a little tenderness from time to time, but never mind,
Cos Baby I'm a fool who thinks it's cool to fall in love,
Baby I should hold on just a moment and be sure it's not for vanity,
Look me in the eye and tell me love is never based upon insanity,
Hear the way my heart is beating every other moments fleeting,
Kiss me now,
Don't ask me how,
Cos Baby I'm a fool who thinks it's cool to fall,
Baby I'm a fool who thinks it's cool to fall,
And I would never tell if you became a fool and fell in Love.
--Written and performed by Melody Gardot
Melody Gardot in the News
- Philly songbird Melody Gardot flies far on new disc
- Melody Gardot's 2009 breakout, "My One and Only Thrill," has sold millions of copies abroad. Shervin Lainez Listening to the impeccable, irresistible new Melody Gardot album, "The Absence," it's hard not to be struck by the set's daring, worldly nature ...
- Melody Gardot Aims For The Space Between Notes
- By Tom Moon Melody Gardot takes an understated approach to Brazilian music on her new album, The Absence. - Melody Gardot takes an understated approach to Brazilian music on her new album, The other day, I had a conversation with Melody Gardot about ...
- New Releases From Travis Porter and Melody Gardot
- BEN RATLIFF MELODY GARDOT ?The Absence? (Verve) An alternate title for ?The Absence,? Melody Gardot's spellbinding third studio album, might be ?Wanderlust,? so immersed is it in the cultures of Portugal, Argentina and Brazil, places she visited in a ...
- Listen Up: Melody Gardot, Scissor Sisters, Magnetic Zeroes
- By Elysa Gardner, Brian Mansfield and Steve Jones, USA TODAY By Tim Whitby, Getty Images Babydaddy, left, Del Marquis, Jake Shears and Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters sign copies of their new album, 'Magic Hour,' at a HMV store in London.
Blog Posts about Melody Gardot
- Philly songbird Melody Gardot flies far on new disc
- Melody Gardot's 2009 breakout, "My One and Only Thrill," has sold millions of copies abroad. Shervin Lainez Listening to the impeccable, irresistible new Melody Gardot album, "The Absence," it's hard not to be struck by the set's daring, worldly nature ...
- Melody Gardot Aims For The Space Between Notes
- By Tom Moon Melody Gardot takes an understated approach to Brazilian music on her new album, The Absence. - Melody Gardot takes an understated approach to Brazilian music on her new album, The other day, I had a conversation with Melody Gardot about ...
- New Releases From Travis Porter and Melody Gardot
- BEN RATLIFF MELODY GARDOT ?The Absence? (Verve) An alternate title for ?The Absence,? Melody Gardot's spellbinding third studio album, might be ?Wanderlust,? so immersed is it in the cultures of Portugal, Argentina and Brazil, places she visited in a ...
- Listen Up: Melody Gardot, Scissor Sisters, Magnetic Zeroes
- By Elysa Gardner, Brian Mansfield and Steve Jones, USA TODAY By Tim Whitby, Getty Images Babydaddy, left, Del Marquis, Jake Shears and Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters sign copies of their new album, 'Magic Hour,' at a HMV store in London.
Melody Gardot Sings in The Netherlands
VVAA North Sea Jazz Night @ Ahoy Rotterdam on Thursday, July 9th 2009
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maartmeester/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
Tweets about Melody Gardot
Melody Gardot Speaks about Life & Music
Includes Looks Behind the Scenes
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Edutopia
Jan 30, 2012 @ 8:50 pm | delete
- Jazz has, much to the loss of the general public, gone under appreciated these days. Great lens for a great artist.
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rachsue
Oct 20, 2010 @ 3:04 pm | delete
- I have never heard of Melody, but I am sure glad you posted this lens. I think she is great. What a great lens. Thank you for sharing
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Meloramus
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- I only heard Melody Gardot recently and was completely smitten by her voice. Great lens!
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ZablonMukuba Oct 5, 2010 @ 12:19 am | delete
- interesting lens
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Worrisome Heart: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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Worrisome Heart: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Amazon Price: $10.45 (as of 06/02/2012)
American jazz singer and musician, Melody Gardot's soulful and insightful debut album Worrisome Heart was released to roaring reviews. This album-matching folio features professional arrangements for Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Titles: All That I Need Is Love * Gone * Goodnite * Love Me Like A River Does * One Day * Quiet Fire * Some Lessons * Sweet Memory * Twilight * Worrisome Heart.
My One & Only Thrill
By Melody Gardot
My One & Only Thrill
Amazon Price: $6.64 (as of 06/02/2012)
Amazing though it is, the story of how Melody Gardot overcame the effects of a near-fatal accident to become one of the vocal sensations of 2008 is not the most extraordinary thing about the 23-year-old Philadelphia singer-songwriter. It is simply that here is a voice in a million; one that touches the soul.
Flow: The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness
By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow
Amazon Price: $12.13 (as of 06/02/2012)
You have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport, conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity. This is "flow," an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding--an experience that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the most enjoyable and valuable experiences a person can have.
