Ethiopian singer Mélat sang confident R&B across her Move Me EP alongside Delicious Vinyl producer Jansport J. All the boxes were checked: a full, broad-ranged voice, starry-eyed lyrics about like and ...

Austin-based Mélat boasts the kind of smoky, mid-range voice that once helped a young Alicia Keys pierce through the barrage of bubble-gum songbirds of the early 2000s. Blessed with a tone that can ...

Be careful not to close your eyes when you’re listening to Mélat or you just might catch yourself staring in a vintage film. At least that’s the feeling her voice evokes as it glides effortlessly over ...

Mélat has been on a roll lately: new album, solo shows at Pershing, work with local music mentorship program Kids in a New Groove’s girl-centric spinoff. At the tail end of summer, the R&B songstress ...

“May I,” the lead track on “MéVen,” the new release from singer Mélat Kassa, is a sultry variation on the jazz standard “May I Never Love Again,” rendered with a modern feel and a mournful ache.

Austin R&B singer Mélat releases her summery video for "After All," which is premiering exclusively on Billboard today (April 9). By Bianca Gracie Austin, Texas has historically been praised for its ...

Radio may not make it seem that way, but there's always a place for quality R&B music - and Mélat is steady creating it. Mélat described the album to Okayplayer: "It's called MéVen as a mixture of the ...

Talent-stacked stages running concurrently, Empire Control Room & Garage authenticated Austin's redeveloping sonic experience. Kicking off the Control Room's ticket was a bold, stream-of-consciousness ...

Floating in on sustained organ chords, Mélat’s new single “The Lesson” is a soulful reverie that invokes the creaky floors of an old Southern church, the retro richness of dusty vinyl treasures and ...

I honestly didn’t know the music of Mélat all that well before her recent collaboration with Raven Sorvino, but I’m definitely a fan now. Today, the Austin singer/songwriter comes through with her ...

Austin singer-songwriter Mélat Kassa used her hometown's recent SXSW music festival as a springboard to reach new fans from around the world. Mélat, who performs under her first name only, crafts a ...