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Daughter of Haitian immigrants, the young Mélissa Laveaux was born and raised in Canada.
He sings contemporary folk with soul soul / trip hop in English, French and sweet 'Creole' grandparents.
His first album, 'Camphor & copper "(" Camphor and Copper'), in select French label No Format!, Shows a ragged voice and percussive guitar.
With 13 years his father gave him an old guitar bought for $ 15 to the Salvation Army.
The instrument was so curved that learned to play with the strings too far away from the mast, had to push very hard to sound and believes that it developed both the left hand muscles.
Mélissa Laveaux will be responsible for replacing Luciana Souza on Tuesday 7 July at the festival La Mar de Músicas.
The Brazilian has suspended its European tour.
The Canadian has become one of the revelations of the year sing for the first time this year in Spain during the festival La Mar de Músicas and the Heineken Jazz Festival.
Those who do not want to attend this concert, and tickets purchased Luciana Souza will return the entries in the middle where they have made the purchase.
His first performance in Europe, even without hard, took place in a small room in Paris in July 2007.
And now, also in July, is for the first time in Spain.
One of the most celebrated songs 'Camphor & copper' is her version of 'Needle in the hay' by Elliott Smith, an artist for it represents the innovative folk-nineties and who loves the beauty of minimalism.
Always knew he was different: a dark skinned girl in white children.
"With four years and was aware of it," he said in an interview in Babelia (The Country).
And it must also deal with a model of beauty than that projected by the media: "See that pretty girl comes on stage and it costs much less to convince the audience.
I need a minimum of three songs for people to say 'well, at least has talent. "
Lee LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka or) and Angela Davis, Billie Holiday excite you and Nina Simone for her singing the bitterness and sorrow, and admires Josephine Baker, the famous dancer and singer who revolutionized Paris.
While on his iPod, Mélissa leads Adriana Calcanhotto lyrics Emiliana Torrini, Mirah, Ane Brun, Feist, Macy Gray, Lauryn Hill and Martha Jean Claude.
Have you noticed that in the past three years has been hearing many voices Nordic.
And it gives a clue: "I like people who are expressive without making too much it may seem monotonous."
Source: La Mar de Músicas
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