Live music featuring Mel Peterson at Gard Vintners

Melany Peterson grew up listening to Roberta Flack, Dionne Warwick, Jerry Butler, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin and many other Gospel, Jazz and R&B artists who shaped her musical style. Melany’s interest in singing took flight at the age of 12 singing in her hometown church in Charleston, SC.

There she would often be caught alone playing the piano and singing some of her favorite tunes. Melany often reflects back to her favorite artist, Roberta Flack to whom she owes a lot of her sultry vocals and singing style. Yet, remaining true to her own vocal styling, she coins herself as the “Songbird of the South.”