Amana Melome'

About me.
my name means peaceful star in Swahili.
Born in Germany (Munchen), raised around the world, now in LA, via New York.
I speak a handfull of languages (feel free to leave comments in Italian, French, German, or whatever suits your fancy :).I love to laugh! I LOVE good food, though I'm a health nutoh - I REALLY love the sunshine!! ( and playing in it, dancing in it, napping in it).
what else?.what else?
Music is my blood, expression is my breath. Sometimes expression is paint, or clay, or dance, or writing.or becoming someone else (acting), but most often SONG (and song-WRITING too!).
By the way - all lyrics to my songs are available on my website (www.melomemusic.com)if you'd like to start singing along (smile).
Everyone in my family is an artist - beautifully inspiring people, I might add - and so it is.
Feel free to read a longmore SERIOUS BIO on my website: www.melomemusic.com (or on my other myspace page below).
My debut CD 'Indigo Red' was released by Irma Records in Europe and Japan!(2008) And now my sophmoric album is about to shine!! YAY!
Phoenix Rising coming out may 2011!!! I am excited to share the love!!
. I figured this was the important stuff .
Peace, light and LAUGHTER - ALWAYS!



__ THE BUZZ __



"Amana Melome's music is a good example of music that transcends musical borders with her unique blend of soul, jazz, reggae, world music, pop and even hints of rock …and inspiring and inimitable experience on record."
[Jazz not Jazz]



" Sweetly seductive work from vocalist Amana Melome' – a great singer with a soon to be timeless sound!
Amana's got a way of working her voice around the rhythms that we really like, a mode that's snakey, but
never too raspy or over the top…Amana's got a heck of a lot of poise and class, and is very clearly in charge of
the set here – stepping out with a bold, personal vision that's sure to raise eyebrows…"
[Dusty Groove America]



"a cosmopolitan signing queen…this exotic beauty gives you her personal aura through her organic soul…"
[Ebony Ebony, Japan]



"the Afro-German-Caribbean-American singer-songwriter's 'globetrotter' status becomes very obvious in
her music, a mélange of sounds, stiles, colors and different rhythmic tensions, with a common denominator of
feeling soulful. "
[JazzItalia]



" Everything about this album exudes quality, from Amana's pure soulful voice to the crystal clear
production…one very special musical experience! "
[CD Baby]