Melissa Elliotte - Sunshine Moonlight (2006)

American singer-songwriter Melissa Elliotte's debut album "Sunshine Moonlight" produced by Irish guitarist David Keary (Jerry Lee Lewis, Andrew Strong, former musical director for Flatley's Lord of the Dance) and mixed by Nashville's 5-time Grammy winner Gary Paczosa (Dixie Chicks, Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Nickel Creek) is NOW AVAILABLE. All songs are original and written/arranged by Melissa Elliotte and David Keary.

At age 12, Melissa began her first important step in music by finding a professional voice instructor in the renowned Grace Buckley of New York City. Though always involved in music, Melissa continued her education and received a Masters in French while studying in France for several years. She moved to Ireland to work for an international business but continued to write songs on the side. In Ireland's musical culture of pub singsongs, Melissa flourished as more people commented to her “you're in the wrong business, give up the day job.” With newly gained confidence, she took a week's holiday to record 6 of her songs in a studio in Galway. One of her songs, “No One Else,” went on to be covered by the popular Irish singer Frances Black for her album “How High the Moon.” After this recording experience, she was hooked and left her job 2 months later.

Since then, Melissa has been fortunate enough to work with drummer/percussionist Ray Feane (U2, Sinead O'Connor, Elvis Costello, Crowded House), keyboardist Paul Trudeau (Meredith Brooks, Mandy Moore, Lifeline), fiddler Nollaig Casey (Mary Black, River Dance) plus Chris Hillman from the legendary band, the Byrds. She has been successfully performing in Ireland including support to Frances Black, Lloyd Cole and Mercury Award winner John Spillane and was featured on the UK gold compilation album, “Songbird.” She also recently performed as a guest artist at the legendary Bohemian Caverns jazz club in Washington D.C. where the great Duke Ellington himself started!