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The Courier-Mail Newspaper (Today Section, 19 February 2007, p.35)

Melissa was featured in the Courier-Mail Newspaper (Brisbane/Qld) in Feb 2007 in a story about career changes. You can read the article here.

San Antonio Urban Weekly News (Issue March 1, 2006)

Melissa is featured in the "Urban World" section. The article includes a review of Melissa's CD, "No More Mondays". Read the article here.

Time Off Magazine (Issue October 5-11, 2005)

Time Off Magazine interviews Melissa about her album "No More Mondays", her career change and the local music scene in Brisbane. Read the article here.

The Courier-Mail (24 September 2005)

Noel Mengel from The Courier-Mail interviews Melissa in the "Question & Answer" section of BAM Magazine (p.11). Read the article here.

The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald (17 September 2005)

Have a listen to Melissa Forbes, a soul 'n' jazz bella from Brisbane who has been the reigning queen among Australian artists at www.download.com for weeks. Forbes used to be a lawyer but hated it. "Every week was pure fear and loathing," she says in an interview posted at her website (www.melissaforbes.com). So she chucked it in for her secret love, signing up for jazz vocals studies at the Queensland Conservatorium. Her debut album is appropriately entitled No More Mondays. The album has got some of her own melodic magic but she also covers artists as diverse as D'Angelo, Michael Jackson and Metallica. (Source: www.theage.com.au, www.smh.com.au)

APRAP: Newsletter of the Australian Performing Rights Association (July 2005)

MELISSA FORBES’s debut album No More Mondays, is a jazz and soul inspired collection of original material and inventive covers of songs by Michael Jackson and Metallica. Her song, The Weekday Sun, written with Jim Forbes, was a finalist in this year’s Port Fairy Folk Festival Songwriting competition. Melissa has performed at World Expo 2005 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The album has spent months on the AIR Jazz Chart and her songs have received tens of thousands of downloads on music.download.com, where she has been top jazz artist for several months. (Source: www.apra.com.au)

ABC Local Radio - Brisbane (2 May 2005)

Melissa is interviewed on ABC Local Radio about her singing career and her debut album, "No More Mondays".

Australian Music Online (28 April 2005): "Meet Jazz Singer Melissa Forbes"

AMO (www.amo.org.au) interviews Melissa about her Australian musical influences, her career change & "No More Mondays", and life as an independent musician in Australia. Read the full interview here.

Time Off (9 March 2005)

Time Off reviews Melissa's CD launch at the Brisbane Powerhouse on 5 March 2005. Read the review here.

ABC Local Radio - Brisbane (7 March 2005)

Richard Fidler (612 ABC Brisbane) interviews Melissa about her debut album "No More Mondays". Live from the Spark Bar at the Brisbane Powerhouse, Melissa performs "Black Coffee/Brown Sugar" and "Blackheart Blues".

CD Launch at Brisbane Powerhouse - Program (5 March 2005)

See a copy of the program from the launch of "No More Mondays" at the Brisbane Powerhouse on 5 March.

Brisbane Northern News (3 March 2005)

Brisbane Northern News interviews Melissa about her career change and the launch of her debut CD "No More Mondays" at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Read the article here.

Sunshine Coast Daily - Entertainer Magazine (3 Dec 2004)

To coincide with Melissa's performance at La Opera, the Sunshine Coast Daily presents a feature story on Melissa in the Entertainer magazine. Read the article here.

Brisbane News (October 2004)

Trent Dalton reviews Melissa's performance at The Troubadour on 29 September 2004. Read the review.

Australian Legal Business (August Edition 2004)

Melissa talks about her career change from law to music. Read it here.

The Brisbane Independent (19 August 2004)

The Independent asks Melissa about the grant she has received to record her debut album. Read it here.

ABC Local Radio - Brisbane (31 March 2004)

LISTEN to Melissa being interviewed by Alex Bernard and performing "Black Coffee/Brown Sugar" with Mark Turner on 612 ABC Brisbane. You will need Real Player to listen to this interview. If you don't have the Real Audio player, you can download it free here.