Thank you Kimmie. Since the singer wasn't credited I ran a search on the title of the song. Nothing came up, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's Melody Gardot. It sure sounds like her to me. :)
I was just able to confirm it is indeed Melody, kimmie. The song is available on her "My One & Only Thrill" album...
For those of you who don't know, Melody Joy Gardot (born Feb 2, 1985 in New Jersey) is an American jazz singer, writer and musician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been influenced by such blues and jazz artists as Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz and George Gershwin as well as Latin music artists such as Caetano Veloso.
Gardot follows the teachings of Buddhism, is a macrobiotic cook and humanitarian who often speaks about the benefits of music therapy. She has visited various universities and hospitals to speak about its ability to help reconnect neural pathways in the brain, improve speech ability, and lift general spirits.
In a recent interview she was rumored to be working closely in a university in the United States to help develop a program for music therapy and the management of pain, something she has spoken about establishing in the future on her own.
You see, as a college student in Philadelphia, Melody was riding her bike through an intersection, when a Jeep ran a red light. The accident fractured her pelvis, damaged her spine, and caused a traumatic brain injury that affected her memory, her speech, and left her hypersensitive to light and sound.
The prognosis at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey was not good. When Dr. Richard Jermyn first saw her, he didn’t think she would recover.
"I had hope," he said. "And as I told Melody at the time, 'Your brain is like a computer and your computer's still intact. Your hardware, your memory, it's there, but you can't access it.'
"That's what a brain injury does - It takes your ability to access that away."
Therapy and drugs failed. In desperation, Dr. Jermyn suggested Melody try music. (She had played piano in college.)
"It's a different part of your brain that perceives music," said Dr. Jermyn, who recalled Gardot returned to him to say, '"The music is there.'"
Gardot never gave up. Slowly . . . it would take years . . . music therapy began to rebuild the neural pathways in her brain and from the wreckage of that accident, a musical career was born.
When her songs were posted on MySpace in 2006, word quickly spread. She said when she went onstage, "the first maybe half a dozen times experiencing this, that was the only 30 minutes in my life that I did not feel pain for that moment. And it was addictive."
She still has to wear dark classes because of her sensitivity to light, and carry the cane to counter occasional attacks of vertigo. But she wears her disability with style.
On the day Melody heard, off-camera, that her album had gone double platinum in France, it prompted a scream of delight. She sold 200,000 copies there.
When asked, "Do you consider yourself a Philadelphian?" she replied: "Yes, it's where I'm from. It's my nest. How could a bird forget the tree he fell out of? But Paris has a pretty big pull on me, too!"
The French word for it is "Renaissance" - a rebirth. It's as if Melody Gardot has been born again...and I, for one, am very happy for that! :)
I see I made typo above. Obviously she doesn't wear dark classes, but rather, dark glasses! LOL
*I'll be posting a music video of Melody soon (where you can actually see her) singing "Baby I'm a Fool." And I must say, I believe it's artistic beauty is only surpassed by her own! :)
Oh how cool, Judy! Small world. Be something if you passed her and didn't even know it. Poor thing sure spent enough time there trying to recover. I'm so glad some stories have a happy ending...especially hers! :)
what a great song... I love when songs can take your body places.. I mean the movements and the rhythms can physically take over your mind and body... really wonderful hun.. thanks. xoxoL
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Absolutely wonderful song Camille....the images are very lovely:) I actually had to convert the vid to MP3 cause i didn't know who sang it....lol.
Thank you Kimmie. Since the singer wasn't credited I ran a search on the title of the song. Nothing came up, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's Melody Gardot. It sure sounds like her to me. :)
I was just able to confirm it is indeed Melody, kimmie. The song is available on her "My One & Only Thrill" album...
For those of you who don't know, Melody Joy Gardot (born Feb 2, 1985 in New Jersey) is an American jazz singer, writer and musician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been influenced by such blues and jazz artists as Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz and George Gershwin as well as Latin music artists such as Caetano Veloso.
Gardot follows the teachings of Buddhism, is a macrobiotic cook and humanitarian who often speaks about the benefits of music therapy. She has visited various universities and hospitals to speak about its ability to help reconnect neural pathways in the brain, improve speech ability, and lift general spirits.
In a recent interview she was rumored to be working closely in a university in the United States to help develop a program for music therapy and the management of pain, something she has spoken about establishing in the future on her own.
You see, as a college student in Philadelphia, Melody was riding her bike through an intersection, when a Jeep ran a red light. The accident fractured her pelvis, damaged her spine, and caused a traumatic brain injury that affected her memory, her speech, and left her hypersensitive to light and sound.
The prognosis at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey was not good. When Dr. Richard Jermyn first saw her, he didn’t think she would recover.
"I had hope," he said. "And as I told Melody at the time, 'Your brain is like a computer and your computer's still intact. Your hardware, your memory, it's there, but you can't access it.'
"That's what a brain injury does - It takes your ability to access that away."
Therapy and drugs failed. In desperation, Dr. Jermyn suggested Melody try music. (She had played piano in college.)
"It's a different part of your brain that perceives music," said Dr. Jermyn, who recalled Gardot returned to him to say, '"The music is there.'"
Gardot never gave up. Slowly . . . it would take years . . . music therapy began to rebuild the neural pathways in her brain and from the wreckage of that accident, a musical career was born.
When her songs were posted on MySpace in 2006, word quickly spread. She said when she went onstage, "the first maybe half a dozen times experiencing this, that was the only 30 minutes in my life that I did not feel pain for that moment. And it was addictive."
She still has to wear dark classes because of her sensitivity to light, and carry the cane to counter occasional attacks of vertigo. But she wears her disability with style.
On the day Melody heard, off-camera, that her album had gone double platinum in France, it prompted a scream of delight. She sold 200,000 copies there.
When asked, "Do you consider yourself a Philadelphian?" she replied: "Yes, it's where I'm from. It's my nest. How could a bird forget the tree he fell out of? But Paris has a pretty big pull on me, too!"
The French word for it is "Renaissance" - a rebirth. It's as if Melody Gardot has been born again...and I, for one, am very happy for that! :)
Quite magical!
Thank you Monica, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
I see I made typo above. Obviously she doesn't wear dark classes, but rather, dark glasses! LOL
*I'll be posting a music video of Melody soon (where you can actually see her) singing "Baby I'm a Fool." And I must say, I believe it's artistic beauty is only surpassed by her own! :)
Magical is the right word Mons. I just missed that bit where the river rushed into the gorge
Great backstory info, made it all the more interesting Camille. Thanks. By the way, that hospital she was in is only about 3 miles from where I live.
Thank you Saffron & Jaye.
Oh how cool, Judy! Small world. Be something if you passed her and didn't even know it. Poor thing sure spent enough time there trying to recover. I'm so glad some stories have a happy ending...especially hers! :)
what a great song... I love when songs can take your body places.. I mean the movements and the rhythms can physically take over your mind and body... really wonderful hun.. thanks. xoxoL
Like good wine, sometimes a good melody will do that. So glad you enjoyed, Melissa, as I'm sure she would be too, if she knew it affected you.
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