Mel Wiggins - Vocals, Keys
John Ryan - Guitar
Marty Timlin - Bass
Pete Comfort - Drums/Percussion
Influenze
Mindy Smith, Sara Groves, Dala, Dixie Chicks, Foy Vance, Eva Cassidy, Karen Carpenter, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, Juliet Turner, Corinne Bailey Rae, India Arie, Brian Houston
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"New EP is the sound of the times"
Ivan Martin - The Sunday World
"Mel's music keeps her right to the fore"
The Portadown Times
"One of Northern Irelands best kept secrets"
Drop-d.ie
"One of Northern Irelands fastest rising stars"
The Newry Reporter
"With the right push, Mel Wiggins could be sitting on a musical goldmine"
The Irish News
"Mel's sugar-spun voice kindly strolls you through these narratives and adds a delicious frission to the stirring subject matter"
AU MAGAZINE
"...an artful and gifted singer and songwriter. Her ability to perform a diverse and inspiring range of music is only rivalled by her stunning lyricism. Mel's gift is a unique and dulcet voice of justice."
Graeme Hodge - SA International Development Team
Gloria Estefan was right. The rhythm got her. And it got her young.
“Music was in my veins, and there wasn’t much getting around it” says Mel. “I was sent to piano lessons twice as a child and was pulled out after a few weeks because I was wasting my parents hard earned money. They could never get me to practice what my teacher sent me home to do. I was a free spirit when it came to music. I wanted to explore. I wanted to create it for myself.” Not much about Mel’s attitude to music has changed...but her talent has certainly evolved.
“I can remember distinctly dancing around the house to my mums records playing as she cleaned the house,” she remembers, “I thought there was no one in the world that could sing like Karen Carpenter or write songs like Simon & Garfunkel, and that was the soundtrack to my childhood. These are the sounds that still move me to this day.”
Since those days, Mel’s passion to create music has formed in specific and significant ways and she has discovered her voice, inner and outer. In doing so, she has been given amazing opportunities to sing and write songs about stuff that she thinks matter in the world...and people are starting to listen...in Northern Ireland, mainland UK and as far abroad as Canada and the US. Mel's songs are making a big impact.
In a world where songs with no depth or truth rule the airwaves, Mel wants to say something real. She is desperate to turn the clocks of the music industry back and bring something classy and beautiful...something with poignancy and clarity about the redemptive longing in the human condition.
Mel's debut EP 'My Brother's Keeper' was released in April 2009 and got a great response in National Press and Radio, even being compared to the likes of Northern Ireland's own Foy Vance. Mel has been hotly tipped to be a great success both close to home and wider afield.
On any platform she has, Mel is hungry to use her voice to be a voice for others: Saying the things people are afraid to say, and putting music to the stories of people, who otherwise, we would never hear about…
With heartbreaking melodies and conversational lyrics, Mel’s songs give you that ‘at home’ feeling…so cozy up, listen in and enjoy.
LOve your song My Brothers Keeper..it so relevant to the work being done to help people in our community who are struggling with all sorts of breakdowns,debt,illness, addiction, ..A couple called Aidrian and Mandy from the Coleraine area had a vision to reach into the community and help wherever they could, This song could have been written for them. Love your music, it's real!!
