Melanie Bresnan
Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2015
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Love. It’s a many splendored thing. It’s patient. It’s kind. It’s complicated. It endures. Nashville-by-way-of-New England’s Melanie Bresnan is a woman of many talents, and today, she unveils the new video for “Love You More,” a song from her album Well Wishes, out September 7th. Her brand of indie Celtic-ana pairs beautifully with her tender vocal style to create a soothing balm for the soul.
Here, she pays tribute to an enduring love; “‘Love You More’ was inspired by an older couple at a seisiún I used to play at in Boston,” she explains. “They were well into their 80s and he still called her his girlfriend (and she was intensely jealous of any woman who dared speak to her man – even if you were just taking his drink order). Even though his mobility was waning, she’d make sure he got into the pub and to his seat at the head of the table every week to recite Yeats or a Gaelic verse or play the whistle. I’m not the kind of person to take much inspiration from Bible verses, but those guys were the living embodiment of 1 Corinthians,” she adds. “The song just spilled out from there.”
The video features Bresnan making visual art and was directed by Austin Hueslbeck. - east of 8th
Discography
Well Wishes
The Sound of One Heart - Single
Love Song - Single
Reckless Dreams EP
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Hailing from New England via Nashville, TN, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Melanie Bresnan has spent the better part of her life studying and performing music. Her varied background in classical vocal technique, jazz, choral music, rock, and Irish traditional music carry into her songwriting which blends these influences with rock and pop to create songs that are catchy and singable but still rooted in traditional folk music. Melanie graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2014 with a focus in songwriting and audio acoustics and electronics.
When she's not working in the studio or on the stage, Melanie can be found feeding her coffee addiction, perfecting her banana bread recipe, and debating the true parentage of Jon Snow.
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