
folk // acoustic blues // world Soul, folk, jazz and creole influences shine throughout Camphor & Copper (2008) - the first full-length of self-taught guitarist and singer-songwriter Mélissa Laveaux . On her debut album Mélissa displays impressive musical range and clever lyrics. Mélissa's folk-blues arrangements, catchy hand claps, whispery vocals and her unique percussive finger-style guitar will be appealing to the fans of Ayo and Aurgasm featured Asa . Of special quality is Mélissa's sharp and powerful cover of Elliott Smith's "Needle in the Hay". From [...]