Biography

Since 2000, Melissa Cox has been redefining folk music. Not your average "cutesy" folk singer, Melissa Cox packs a powerful punch and yields a sharp edge with a powerful mezzo-soprano voice, strong guitar and mandolin skills, unyielding stage presence and raw emotion that have won her critical acclaim and comparisons to Grace Slick, Dolores O'Riordon, Tori Amos and even Robert Plant.

In 2008, the Delaware Division of the Arts hailed Melissa as “Delaware’s Best Musical Folk Artist” for her songwriting prowess, vocal performance, and instrumental and musical arranging skills. In 2007, her original song “For Patrick” was chosen for the soundtrack of the documentary film “A Hero Denied,” and in 2004, her song “elijah, elijah” made it to the finals in national Song of the Year Contest.

Solo and with her band Mythica, Melissa has won the hearts of music lovers in the Mid Atlantic region and around the world. She has opened for the Spin Doctors, Sister Hazel, Catie Curtis and Maggie Sansone, and has been invited to perform at many of the area’s largest events, including the Long Island Irish Festival (with Eileen Ivers), the Richmond Highland Games & Celtic Festival, the Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethnic Festival, the Wilmington Flower Market (DE), and many more. With several hundred shows under her belt since 2000, Melissa is a veteran live performer. From New York to Florida, Melissa has performed at festivals, fairs, wineries, coffee shops, corporate events, craft shows, listening rooms, house concerts and more.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/melissacox or www.mythicamusic.com.