News

Thursday 19 April 2007

Ipswich Festival 2007

Melissa will be performing at the upcoming Ipswich Festival on Sunday 29th April 2007. Read about the afternoon of jazz/blues & the full line up of artists here.

Wednesday 04 April 2007

Courier-Mail Article Feb 2007

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.

Thursday 18 January 2007

Lana Martino-Smith @ The Troubadour

Lana Martino-Smith will play the Troubadour Friday 26 January to help Emma Dean launch her debut EP, "Face Painter" (Doily Records/MRA).  Don't miss this sensational evening of original music!  Lana will perform with the second-to-none duo of Steve Newcomb (organ and piano) and Dave McGuire (guitar). Stay tuned for details of Lana's own launch concert for "Cinderella Sings the Blues" (Kitten Kong Records/MRA), coming soon...in the meantime, pick up your copy from good records stores or online so you can sing along or play air guitar at the launch!

Emma Dean with Lana Martino-Smith
The Troubadour
Valley Mall, Brisbane, Australia
Friday 26 January 2007
Doors open 8pm
Bookings on 1300 762 545 - door $10

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Monday 18 December 2006

New CD Review

A new review of Melissa's album "No More Mondays" can be read at Smooth Jazz Therapy or in the Reviews section here.

Wednesday 13 December 2006

Gian Fiero Music Awards 2006

Gian Fiero of the Muse's Muse has announced his 2006 Muses's Muse Awards. The awards are drawn from Gian's annual list of CD reviews - in 2006 he received 440 CD submissions. Melissa won awards in 6 categories:

* Best Adult Contemporary CD (Female): "No More Mondays"

* Best Adult Contemporary Song: "Thinking You Over"

* Best Performance & Interpretation of a Cover Song: "Black Coffee/Brown Sugar"

* Best Rendition of a Cover Song: "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"

* Best Song Lyrics: Melissa Forbes

* Best Chance of Getting a Publishing Deal: Melissa Forbes

You can read about the Gian Fiero Awards & see the full list of winners by following the links below:

* Awards Overview

* Best CD Awards

* Best Song Awards

* Best Performance Awards

* Miscellaneous Awards

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Friday 03 November 2006

Baby News!

Melissa gave birth to a healthy baby girl on 31st October 2006!! Mum and baby are both doing well.

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Monday 25 September 2006

Awards Nomination for "Rising Up"

Melissa's song "Rising Up" (from No More Mondays) has been nominated as a Top 20 Finalist in the Vocal Jazz Song category of the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards. This year's awards received 350,000 song nominations from over 100 countries world-wide. Winners will be announced in November. You can read about the awards & see the full list of song/album nominees here.

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Thursday 30 March 2006

New CD Review

Gian Fiero of "The Muse's Muse" has written the latest review of "No More Mondays". He has provided a comprehensive and glowing appraisal of Melissa's debut album. You can read the full review here.

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Thursday 02 March 2006

"No More Mondays" - Digital Release @ iTunes

Melissa's debut album "No More Mondays" is now available for digital download at all twenty iTunes stores world-wide! Individual songs or the entire album can be downloaded.

A few tips for using iTunes:

1) You can access the the iTunes store here.

2) Type "Melissa Forbes" into the search box and Melissa's songs and album will appear.

3) If you are not already signed up to iTunes you will first need to download the software and then sign up - it is all very easy!

4) If you want to hear samples of all of Melissa's songs (samples = 2 minutes each), you can do so at Melissa's CD Baby profile here. You will then find all of these songs available for download at iTunes.

International iTunes Stores
(20 countries)

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

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Monday 02 January 2006

2006 International Online Music Awards

International Online Music Magazine, a Canadian-based online magazine promoting digitally distributed music, has announced the winners of the 2006 International Online Music Awards. Over 30,000 nominations from within the independent music industry were received for the world-wide event and results were announced on 25th December 2005. Melissa was awarded "Best Female Solo Artist" and received Top 5 nominations in five other categories:

* Category Winner - Best Female Solo Artist (Melissa Forbes)

* Top 5 Nominee - Artist of the Year (Melissa Forbes)

* Top 5 Nominee - Best Female Vocal (Melissa Forbes)

* Top 5 Nominee - Best Song ("Blackheart Blues")

* Top 5 Nominee - Best CD Photography (Mark Turner for "No More Mondays")

* Top 5 Nominee - Best Indie Record Label (Kitten Kong Records)

You can see the full list of winners here.

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