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There’s a hierarchy to making records. The debut introduces the artist, gives you a semblance of what he or she is about. For the follow-up, the risk of the dreaded “sophomore slump” lurks. The third ...

Sometimes life just has the overwhelming ability to throw some rough tests your way, and a person can find oneself dealing in silence with the aching certainty of an unfinished journey, where life ...

"Worrisome Heart," the CD by Melody Gardot, is a glowing collection of 10 original love songs suspended in a sweet spot among jazz, folk and blues. The sparely arranged tunes are so simple they ...

A transport of delightPat Steir, Untitled IX, 2019 (Taipei), 2019. Oil on canvas © Pat Steir. Courtesy of the artist and Lévy Gorvy, New York This is Gardot’s ...

Pull down your shades and light some candles. A simple, yet poignant blend of jazz and folk is headed your way. At 22, singer-songwriter Melody Gardot has a hauntingly smooth voice that can melt even ...

Two singers formed a kind of parentheses of jazz vocalism onstage Wednesday night at Herbst Theatre. Although one is at the start of her career and the other in his sunset years, Melody Gardot and ...

It would be pretty remarkable if Melody Gardot's music were as fantastic as her story. The impressive thing is she almost accomplishes just that. And if I liked her new album more than I do, I'd have ...