Mélat has been on a roll lately: new album, solo shows at Pershing, work with local music mentorship program Kids in a New Groove’s girl-centric spinoff. At the tail end of summer, the R&B songstress ...

There is no tour planned to promote the album yet, but given the singer's track record, it won't be long until something is on the books. A music video for "So Help Me God," incorporates AI technology ...

When Ethio-soul songstress Mélat released her most ethereal offering to date, last year’s Canon Metis: Wiser Than Gods and Mortal Men, there was no question that she was about to be an artist in ...

Be careful not to close your eyes when you’re listening to Mélat or you just might catch yourself staring in a vintage film. At least that’s the feeling her voice evokes as it glides effortlessly over ...

Jackie Venson will play Amplify LIVE at the Scoot Inn. Photo by Robert Hein It’s already been a busy month for the local music scene in Austin, and things aren’t going to slow down in the back half of ...

Mixtapes redefining R&B, old-school soul, a crunch of funky-bass-bounce from the UK, and a funkadelic feast from a man in hock to Prince up to his ruched elbows FKA twigs has been complaining about ...

Trending on Billboard if ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) { pmcCnx.cmd.push(function() { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins… By Elias Leight This was an ...

Austin singer-songwriter Mélat Kassa used her hometown's recent SXSW music festival as a springboard to reach new fans from around the world. Mélat, who performs under her first name only, crafts a ...