Based in Candelo in southern NSW, singer-songwriter Melanie Horsnell has recorded Eleven albums and EPs including her latest solo album, ‘Trobairitz’. Melanie’s critically acclaimed album The Cloud Appreciation Society was long-listed for the 2013 Australian Music Prize, Quatre Chemins for the 2015 Australian Music Prize, and she was nominated for an APRA award in 2011.
“A promise of a softly lit afternoon in the company of Melanie Horsnell… with a voice of the utmost delicateness…”
– Bernard Zuel, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
She has toured with Glen Hansard and The Frames, Jason Mraz, Bernard Fanning, Lou Rhodes, Slaid Cleaves and Sarah Blasko among others, as well as touring extensively on her own in Australia and Europe. Melanie recorded an album in French, which was funded by the highly successful Pozible campaign and gave Melanie a six month residency in France, writing songs with poet Alain Rivet and pop icon Helena Noguerra. Melanie has also written songs with Wendy Matthews and Catherine Britt, and for film and television. In February 2019, Melanie had the opportunity to perform at the International Folk Alliance in Montreal and has since toured in Australia, Ireland, France and Germany.
www.melaniehorsnell.com
“A promise of a softly lit afternoon in the company of Melanie Horsnell… with a voice of the utmost delicateness…”
– Bernard Zuel, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
She has toured with Glen Hansard and The Frames, Jason Mraz, Bernard Fanning, Lou Rhodes, Slaid Cleaves and Sarah Blasko among others, as well as touring extensively on her own in Australia and Europe. Melanie recorded an album in French, which was funded by the highly successful Pozible campaign and gave Melanie a six month residency in France, writing songs with poet Alain Rivet and pop icon Helena Noguerra. Melanie has also written songs with Wendy Matthews and Catherine Britt, and for film and television. In February 2019, Melanie had the opportunity to perform at the International Folk Alliance in Montreal and has since toured in Australia, Ireland, France and Germany.
www.melaniehorsnell.com