Melissa Ferrick

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Last Updated 11/11/00

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Stanford University, CA, 05/10/97

This should be called "heard it on the 'net," since this is the source of most information posted here. Anyways, here's what information is floating around.

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11/11 -

The people at Rose Street House in Berkeley CA are putting together a compilation CD, which includes a track from MF. Release date for the CD is unknown at this time.

10/06 -

Melissa mentioned in Atlanta on 09/22/00 that the double live CD recorded in Boston will be available at the beginning of December on her new label Right On Records. She also mentioned the the band will be in the studio on Dec 7th to record a new album (CD) that will be available sometime in March (under Right On Records again).

AND, "For the Love of Rock" , a documentary about female musicians featuring Melissa Ferrick, Amy Ray, Jane Siberry, Doria Roberts, Kate Schellenbach, and more, is showing at DC's Reel Affirmations film festival on Sunday, 10/15, at 1pm. The directors will be there to discuss the film.

09/03 -

More stuff from recent shows: Live double CD will be coming out this fall, under 'Right On Records'. "Made Of Honor" is being re-released on CD; initially the CD will be available at live shows, will become available at cdbaby.com. In November, she will be playing at the Rockrgrl convention (in Seattle) and, afterwards, will play shows in Portland, SF, and LA.

05/01 -

The latest collection of stuff from shows and the mailing list: Live CD in the fall (vote for songs out on the W.A.R? web site), possible CD version of "Made Of Honor" (which was released a few years ago as a cassette), touring with Marika out west in June/July, back in Boston in Aug...

12/11 -

Check out the site for "Love Of Rock" documentary web site..."Love of Rock brings together the personal stories of passion, frustration and triumph of some very courageous women who are standing up for their accomplishments and demanding the respect they deserve. For the Love of Rock captures the personal stories of several female musicians including Melissa Ferrick, Michelle Lewis, Moxie, Toni Blackman, Jane Siberry, Jane Paradise, Amy Ray, Brenda Kahn."

A fundraiser for the documentary will be held on Jan 14, 2000, at the Mercury Lounge in NY. Melissa, along with Doria Roberts, Michelle Lewis, Brenda Kahn & Moxie, will be performing.

12/02 -

From, Melissa's Oct shows in San Francisco - she's working on her next CD (currently titled "Freedom), and looking to release it around March '00. She also mentioned doing back up vocals for a track on Catie Curtis's current CD.

08/13 -

Current from WAR?, via MF mailing list: Check out Melissa Ferrick's live performance webcast from Club Passim on Sunday, August 15 at 7:30 PM EST. Just log on to www.war.com to link up or go directly to http://www.RadioBoston.com.

Summary of past events via MF mailing list: Melissa's interview and performance on Acoustic Café (week of 4/12) are archived at http://www.mlive.com/cafe/. Direct URL is http://www.mlive.com/cafe/ram/19990412ferrick.ram (need Real Audio) ; In April, Melissa won the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Rock Band ; WAR? has Exclusive Liquid Audio track of "Everything I Need" recorded live in Las Vegas at the Narm convention.

03/18 -

From the foks at WAR? via the MF mailing list: "Melissa has been nominated for two Boston Music Awards for Outstanding Female Vocalist (Indie Label) and Outstanding Folk Rock Band. Public Ballots are available February 19th to March 19th in the Boston Herald and at the following Best Buy locations: MA - Braintree, Framingham, Cambridge and Danvers NH - Nashua, Portsmouth, Manchester, NH ME - Portland, ME Show your support and go out and vote for Melissa!" The awards are to be held on Apr 22, 1999 in Boston

According to a GLAMA press release, Melissa has been nominated for Album of the Year. Tthe 3rd Annual Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards are to be held Apr 12, 1999 in NY.

08/24 -

From the MF mailing list: "...pencil 9/9/98 10pm (eastern) in on your schedule and get your Real Players ready because it's looking very good that MF will be appearing (and performing) live on the internet program WORDS ON MUSIC on that date. It's an interactive radio format, so you can email your questions and requests in and she'll respond via audio. The site you'll need to hit is www.mediabureau.com."

06/28 -

From 6/26 show at Luna Park: "...Melissa also made mention of an upcoming film, "Standing On Fishes," which will contain a couple of her songs. The producer, Mary Scott Lynn(sp?) is the same woman resonsible for putting three of Melissa's tunes in the film "I Love You, Don't Touch Me!"

05/31 -

From 5/30 show at Little Frida's: MF said the release date on her upcoming CD (titled 'Everything I Need') will be Sept 29, but she'll have the CD in August to sell at her shows.

05/14 -

From 5/8 show at Stanford: by playing only two songs, MF won the Lilith search contest in Boston (along with 2 pairs of Levi's and the new Lilith Fair CD). However, we don't know if she will be playing on Aug 11 or 12th. Keep your eyes out on the official Lilith site for more details.

From 5/13 show at Luna Park: the new CD will be out in Aug.

04/30 -

Two things:

1) Rumor has it that MF won the Lilith search contest for the Boston shows. You might want to check out the official Lilith site.

2) More rumor has it that the new CD will be out in June.

03/05 -

A couple of things to pass along:

A couple of MF's songs can be found in the movie "I Love You, Don't Touch Me". Although the official U.S. release is not until Apr 17, 1998, a luck lister in NY has seen the film and said that three songs were in the movie ("Love Song, "Til You're Dead," and "Willing To Wait"). No news on a CD soundtrack though.

From her label's web site - she's currently writing for an upcoming CD, to be recorded soon. Rumor has it that CD will be released in May/June

07/12 -

From MF's 7/7 show at the Great American Music Hall in SF...

Melissa mentioned two things of interest: 1) She's going to be doing an instore at a Different Light Bookstore in SF on 7/20, 2) The movie "I Love You, Don't Touch Me" has been picked up by MGM, and there will be a soundtrack.

05/14 -

From MF's show in the San Francisco area this past weekend...

Melissa Ferrick +1 will be available in stores June 17th. And she has plans for a new CD to be released in January. Also coming out in January - "Faking" and "Til You're Dead" are two songs featured in an upcoming film entitled "I Love You, Don't Touch Me." Hey, check out MF's new label's web site - W.A.R?.

04/13 -

From the FerrickFan@aol.com...

MF's new CD is available for sale at Hidden Water. And the CD will be reviewed in the May issue of Park Bench.

At her Paradise show, Melissa did get to mention that Melissa Ferrick +1 had been picked up by War Records, for another release in June, or so... Plus a new Melissa record will be out sometime in late summer, with another Tour in late summer as well. I'll be trying to arrange an interview for that show...

03/01 -

From the people at Hidden Water..

MF's next CD will be released on March 31. However, you can pre-order this at their web site. Check out http://www.hidwater.com/ferrick/mforder.html for more info.

12/29 -

From the MF mailing list after last night's show at TTs.. She also mentioned that she will have a live CD coming out in the spring (I think) called Live from Largo. She also said that they were taping last night's show so something might make it onto the CD from TT's.

12/06 -

From Hidden Water, via the MF mailing list:

Made of Honor will not be released on CD. The possibilities are very very great that February will see the release of a live CD, "Live at Largo," containing tracks recorded at all the Largo (in Los Angeles) shows she's been playing throughout the fall and winter.

There are no solid plans for touring anywhere until a new CD comes out. If Live at Largo happens as planned, MF will tour the SW US, CA to TX, hit SXSW in Austin in March, then go back home and figure out what to do next.

10/12 -

From Hidden Water, via the MF mailing list:

...these are things MF wants to make sure everyone knows:

1) She's staying at home (Los Angeles) for awhile (months), and playing locally, at places like Cafe Largo, Swing Cafe, Little Freida's, 4 or 5 times per month.

2) Made of Honor, the cassette, will not be pressed into a CD, BUT

3) if she is not signed to a label w/ a deal that she likes, in the next 6 months, she'll release a new CD on her own.

This is not to say that the songs on Made of Honor won't be on the CD -- some probably will -- but not in the form that they are now. MoH is basically a 8-song way stripped-down demo that just happens to be selling really really well. :)

She's writing new stuff, like all the time, and you can hear them in their various forms and stages as she plays out in LA.

At MF's www site, at http://www.hidwater.com/ferrick/ you can enter the monthly contest/survey for October, win free stuff, and so on...

MF mentioned that she'd like, in December, to do a "win coffee with Melissa" for LA-based folks (since that's where she is), kinda like a get-together, before a show or something. Details to be worked out eventually....

07/18 - Two things: 1) Her tape can be purchased from Hidden Water, 2) from the MF mailing list..."melissa is going to go back into the studio around august or so and will have another cd out around january.

07/08 - The latest about her new album... At her shows, she's selling a cassette "tape, called "made of honor", with eight tracks on it: asking for love, alone, to let you see me, somebody help me, aida, taking a liking, frog named freddy, and an acoustic rendition of willing to wait. all good :) um, yeah, you can say it's acoustic, seeing as how it's just her and her acoustic guitar."

The latest from the MF mailing list about her appearance at NY's Bottom Line:

GLAMA, the Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards, continues its series of music showcases in New York on July 18th at the Bottom Line (2 shows -7:30/10:30pm) as part of the MacIntosh New York Music Festival. Entitled "Come Out and Play: New York" it features musical acts from independent and major record labels. Tix are $15 /Bottom Line box office (212) 228-6300.

CATIE CURTIS will perform along with singer/songwriter MELISSA FERRICK. Up & coming acts such as alternapop band MORAN and the funky, blues/rock of NEDRA JOHNSON will round out the shows which will be hosted by the groovy, fierce and provocative girl-band BETTY.

"Come Out and Play" has already staged events in SF and Chicago and will be in L.A. on August 8th with a different lineup, where the nominees for the 1st Annual Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards will be announced. GLAMA, the first and only national awards program to celebrate the work of queer recording artists, will present its first awards on October 6, 1996 in New York City.

For more information about GLAMA or Come Out and Play, cal (800) 956-5262 or email: GLAMA@nycnet.com.

06/03 - Heard it on the MF mailing list, from Melissa's 6/2 show in Boston... "The new scoop seems to be that she is releasing a new album in July, which she just finished recording this Friday in Boston. She is out on her own now will putting this album out herself and seems it will only be available at her shows. She starts a nation wide tour and will be back east in this area again for about 2 or 3 weeks towards the end of July. She plays a festival in NY but will also have a show somewhere here in Boston."

02/15 - Heard it on the MF mailing list...."Melissa just finished doing some recording so look for an EP to come out in the next 2-3 months!!!"

01/14 - At the Dragonfly, Melissa said that they were still unsigned; however, that wasn't going to prevent her from completing her next CD - "we'll go out and do it ourselves."

12/10 - At the Palms, Melissa mentioned that they are still looking for a new label. People sitting near us said that some recording industry types are supposed to be at the 1/10 Dragonfly show. No news on the upcoming CD. No rumors of any appearances on compilation CDs.

11/11 - After the 11/11 Swing Cafe show, Melissa said that Atlantic Records dropped her a couple of days ago (along with a bunch of other AR artists). Nevertheless, they are still moving ahead with their plans for her next album (getting ready to record), still targeted for release next year. Meanwhile, she will be checking out opportunities with other labels. Stay tuned on this one.....

11/04 - At the 11/04 Love Lounge show, Melissa reiterated that her next CD will be coming next year. No talk about tours, or appearances on other CDs, only the upcoming LA shows at the Swing Cafe, Atlas Bar & Grill, and Psalms.

10/11 - At the Tower Records OUTLOUD release party, Melissa mentioned that her next CD will be coming out (no pun intended) next spring (which is different from her 10/8 Swing Cafe show, where she said January). Either way, she said this CD is more hard rock (electric everything with pedals), and that her acoustic fans will probably be disappointed. hhmmmm.

09/12 - Here's the latest from OUTLOUD CD:

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Hidden Water will be releasing the WWW site for the OUTLOUD benefit compilation CD within the week. The site will contain select sound clips from the 17 tracks, one of which will be for the live version of "Jacob's Ladder/This Train (revised)" by IG, recorded 12/94 in London. Also included on the site will be the clips for U2, Melissa Ferrick, Throwing Mses, and a few more.

IGLHRC's preferred method of ordering will also be reflected on the site, which will be a 1-800 number to the distributor of the CD. While the CD will be available through other select catalogs such as the one mentioned yesterday, IGLHRC will be pushing the 1-800 number simply because by ordering through the distributor, IGLHRC receives a far larger portion of the proceeds.

But you can do whatever works best of course; again, the site will be released within the week, still before the street date of the CD, which is 9/20.

08/20 - You might want to check out Sony's web blurb for toddler. Sony has also included a sound file from Melissa's track on the toddler page.

08/15 - We've received word from the gang over at

07/29 - It's been confirmed that Rock For Choice's latest compilation, Spirit Of '73, will be released on August 8th, and Melissa has contributed her version of Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Making Love." Addicted To Noise has a review of this CD up and running on the web. Check it out.

07/18 - At last night's show in LA, Melissa mentioned that the gang will be hitting the studio soon, looking for a February release of their 3rd CD. Should we have a name the CD contest?

06/30 - Now Melissa has appeared in the August '95 issue of Deneuve. According to the blurb, she's going to be one of about twenty artists appearing on the queer benefit CD Out There. Produced by Julie Dorf (International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commissioner), the CD will contain previously unrelease material from artists including the Indigo Girls, Throwing Muses, and Girls in the Nose, along with Melissa. However, a release date was not included, so we'll have to keep our eyes open for that one.

06/29 - Checking out the Web, via Webcrawler, we stumbled onto the following being promoted by Out magazine. Atlantic Records is releasing Pride '95, and, you guessed it, Melissa will be appearing on it. Who are the other artists and when will it be released? Don't bother checking Atlantic Records web page, for only current releases are listed. But you could send them email.

06/24 - Melissa will be finishing up her current tour at the Fez (NYC) on 6/28. Sounds like she signed quite a few CD's and posters on this tour. At one of the more recent shows, Melissa mentioned that she will be going back to the studio, in hopes of releasing another CD in January. When is she going to do another video?

06/23 - Rumor has it that Epic will be releasing Rock For Choice in August. It's supposed to be women of the '90's performing songs from women of the 70's. Melissa will be performing Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Making Love" (remember that one?). We haven't verified this with Epic, but we can watch for a release out on Epic's web page.