{"id":1405,"date":"2017-07-18T15:41:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2017-07-21T15:44:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:44:41","slug":"melissa-plett-to-release-ghost-town-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/melissa-plett-to-release-ghost-town-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Plett to release “Ghost Town” in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 18, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Melissa Plett to release\u00a0Ghost Town<\/i>\u00a0in September<\/h1>\n

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Foot-stomping, sass-filled, no-bones-attitude,<\/b><\/p>\n

country\/folk\/soul storyteller from the heart of Canada<\/b><\/p>\n

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Montreal, Canada-based Americana singer-songwriter Melissa Plett is set to release her new full-length studio album on September 1, 2017.\u00a0 Entitled\u00a0Ghost Town<\/em>, the album was recorded in Nashville at Omnisound Studio with the help and guidance of well-known Nashville musician\/producer Pat Severs and the collaboration of countless talented locals.\u00a0 The eight songs encapsulate Plett, who is a glittering bound of energy who holds your attention captive, blasts you across the room with her powerful voice and then slowly reels you in like a tractor beam, weaving her life experiences into the fabric of her craft with a laugh or with a tear.\u00a0 Her music is enriched by a lifetime of love and warmth, yet scarred by devastating heartbreak.\u00a0 Her influences come from the down-south storytelling of Johnny Cash, the pioneering tell-all nature of Kitty Wells, and the heart-wrenching tales of hardship from Etta James and Ray Charles.<\/p>\n

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The video for the album\u2019s title track, \u201cGhost Town,\u201d will premiere the morning of Monday, July 24th at\u00a0www.bucketlistmusicreviews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A truck-driver\u2019s daughter, Plett grew up in Manitoba, where, at the age of 13, she was involved in a vehicular accident that took the life of her cousin (and best friend) and almost cost her her own life as well.\u00a0 Plett overcame debilitating and life-threatening injuries to over half her body.\u00a0 With a second chance at life, Plett vowed never to take her existence for granted and at a very young age adopted a motto she has lived by ever since: \u201cI\u2019d rather die living than live not alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After pouring her heart out on the piano through her teenage years, she soon picked up a guitar and began her first foray into songwriting. Following a showcase at the 2005 Winnipeg Folk Festival, Plett released her first EP,\u00a0Repeated Stories<\/em>.\u00a0 In 2010, she released\u00a0Outside the City<\/em>, where she truly established her unique country\/folk\/soul sound.<\/p>\n

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As Plett\u2019s music career started to crescendo, news from the Manitoba family farm rocked her to her core.\u00a0 When Plett\u2019s mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and was given one year to live, the music stopped.\u00a0 Having to deal with not only the devastating loss of a parent, but her biggest supporter and encourager, took its toll.\u00a0 A few years later, Plett poured her pain into her music and had to rediscover the joy of performing, but eventually she found comfort in her mother\u2019s encouragements to \u201clet your wail out!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Out of the void came songs on her new album like \u201cTrigger\u201d and \u201cStay,\u201d along with a new motivation to take her music to the next level\u2014in Nashville.\u00a0 The timing of the release of\u00a0Ghost Town<\/em>\u00a0was very carefully chosen around a very special person\u2019s birthday and significant time of year.\u00a0 \u201cIn 2010, I released\u00a0Outside the City\u00a0<\/em>on September 2nd, which was one day before my mother\u2019s birthday,\u201d says Plett.\u00a0 \u201cIn 2013, almost a year to the date of her diagnosis\u2014and a few weeks after her birthday\u2014my mom lost her battle with cancer. The reason I am releasing\u00a0Ghost Town<\/em>\u00a0when I am is because of how full-circle my life has come in the past seven years.\u00a0 What I thought was the plan seven years ago with\u00a0Outside the City<\/em>\u00a0was not the right time\u2026\u00a0 what is happening now is. I know I\u2019m in the right spot.\u00a0 I feel there is a huge significance in celebrating this \u2018full-circle\u2019 by releasing my new album so close to the anniversary of my last release and just a few days before my mother\u2019s birthday yet again. After all, my mom was the first one to encourage me to wail.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Plett plans to tour extensively in Canada and the U.S. in support of\u00a0Ghost Town<\/em>.\u00a0 She is celebrating the album release with a very special intimate, acoustic show in Nashville at Belcourt Taps on Wednesday, August 30th at 6 p.m. For $10, fans can get into the show and get a copy of the album a few days before its official release date.\u00a0 \u201cThe reason I am having the release party in Nashville is because of how everything that has happened in my life, up until this point, seems to have led to this,\u201d says Plett.\u00a0 \u201cI truly feel like I am on the path I was purposed to be on in this life\u2026 I just had to go through everything I did to fully see it and recognize it.\u00a0 And I believe I have.\u201d Confirmed tour dates are listed below; more tour dates will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

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Melissa Plett Tour Dates:<\/b><\/p>\n

Aug. 9 \u2013 Vergennes, VT \/ Bar Antidote<\/p>\n

Aug. 11 \u2013 Richmond, VT \/ Stone Corral Brewery<\/p>\n

Aug. 30 \u2013 Nashville, TN \/ Belcourt Taps (album release party)<\/p>\n

Sept. 8 \u2013 Richmond, VT \/ Stone Corral Brewery<\/p>\n

Sept. 9 \u2013 Richmond, VT \/ Stone Corral Brewery Anniversary Party<\/p>\n

Sept. 9 \u2013 Montreal, QC \/ The Brass Door Pub<\/p>\n

Sept. 13 \u2013 Sault Sainte Marie, ON \/ LopLops<\/p>\n

Sept. 16 \u2013 Winnipeg, MB \/ Le Garage<\/p>\n

Oct. 21 \u2013 Montreal, QC \/ Grumpy\u2019s<\/p>\n

Oct. 28 \u2013 Burlington, VT \/ Nectar\u2019s<\/p>\n

Nov. 25 \u2013 Montreal, QC \/ Coming Together Project<\/p>\n

\u2026more dates to be announced soon!<\/p>\n

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For Immediate Release July 18, 2017   Melissa Plett to release\u00a0Ghost Town\u00a0in September   Foot-stomping, sass-filled, no-bones-attitude, country\/folk\/soul storyteller from the heart of Canada   Montreal, Canada-based Americana singer-songwriter Melissa Plett is set to release her new full-length studio album on September 1, 2017.\u00a0 Entitled\u00a0Ghost Town, the album was recorded in Nashville at Omnisound Studio … <\/p>\n

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