See Melanie's Repertoire
Melanie Lowe, Jhb based singer/songwriter, has just returned from a sell-out tour as the support act for
Katie Melua! Since coming third in the first South African Idols, she has been performing constantly around
SA, at concerts, corporate functions, music festivals, fundraisers, schools and charity events. She has also
performed many times with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra (who have arranged several of her original
compositions for the orchestra to accompany her with), was an opening act for the Durban Westlife concert
and supported Belgian artist, Sarah Bettens (ex K's choice) on a countrywide tour, along with Stealing Love
Jones.
Melanie's show is quite versatile. Her love for singing jazz and blues means she will happily include jazz into
any show she does. She performs with her guitarist, or with a few musicians doing an unplugged set of her
original songs, or with her full band (Melanie plus drums, bass, keyboard and guitar). But perhaps her
favourite show, and certainly the one that does her the most justice, is just Melanie and her ovation guitar,
singing her own compositions. Drawing directly from her own life experiences, Melanie's songs are soulbarring,
emotionally driven and often heart-rending songs that draw you in, to such an extent, that you
begin to experience the emotion with which she sings them, yourself. Melanie’s debut album Yesterday’s
Diary has sold over 12 500 units, and she has two new CD’s out, a 12 track English album called Unspoken
Truth and a 5 track Afrikaans single called As. All tracks on these CD's have been written and composed by
Melanie. Three music videos have been filmed for TV. Melanie’s songs are played on major radio stations
throughout SA with her latest single, Sweetest of Rhymes, reaching number one around the country in the
last 2 months. Sweetest of Rhymes was chosen as the official song for SABC2's women's month feature.
With one SAMA award already under her belt, Melanie’s english album was nominated for a 2008 SAMA in the "Best english adult contemporary album" category alongside artists such as Louise Carver, Karen Zoid,
Freshly Ground and Flat Stanley. The production and design of her latest two releases was done with
international standards in mind and that is exactly where Melanie plans to take her music in the next year.
REPERTOIRE LIST:
Blue (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
I'll be gone (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Strange Emotion ( Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Science Fiction Junkie ( Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
If I could (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Sad Song (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Out of your mind (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Flying Blind (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
I'd like to (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
One I should adore (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Your nature (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Sweetest of Rhymes (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
World inside my mind (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Conscience (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Come Back Home (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Under your pillow (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Home Away (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Faster than I'm running (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Haunt (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Gypsy Girl (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
If you wanna run (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Leave me here (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Colour me blue (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
As (afrikaans-dance mix or radio mix) Melanie Lowe - Adult Contemporary
Stay with me (Melanie Lowe) - Adult Contemporary
Respect (Aretha Franklin) - Pop/Dance
I will survive (Gloria Gaynor) - Pop/Dance
All I wanna do (Sheryl Crow) - Pop
Nothing compares to you (Sinead o Connor) - Alternate
Son of a preacherman (Dusty Springfield) - Blues version
Blame it on the boogie (Jackson 5) - Pop/Dance
Little Bird (Melanie Lowe) - Pop/Dance
New York New York (Liza Minelli) - Jazz
Summertime (Gershwin) - Jazz
Angel (Sarah McLachlan) - Alternate
Walking in Memphis (Cher) - Pop
Destiny (Malaika) - Pop/Dance
Shackles Mary Mary Pop/R&B
I will always love you (Whitney Houston) - Pop
I'm every woman (Whitney Houston) - version Pop/Dance
Sisters are doing it for themselves (Annie Lennox/Arethra Franklin) - Pop/Dance
Greatest love of all (Whitney Houston) - Pop
Perfect (Fairground attraction) - Pop
Simply the best (Tina Turner) - Pop
My funny valentine (Saharaja) - version Jazz
Aint no sunshine (Bill Withers) - Blues
Hurts so bad (Susan Tedeshi) - Blues
Somewhere over the rainbow (Judy Garland) - Jazz
Big Spender (Shirley Bassey) - Jazz
Acid Rain (Wendy Oldfield) - Pop
Black Velvet (Alannah Myles) - Pop
Brass in pocket (The pretenders) - Pop
Here with me (Dido) - Pop
I don't wanna lose you (Tina Turner) - Pop
I don't want a lover (Texas) - Rock
Ironic (Alanis Morissette) - Rock
My immortal (Evanescence) - Rock
Thank you (Dido) - Pop
Walking on sunshine (Katrina and the waves) - Pop/Dance
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole) - Jazz
White Flag (Dido) - Pop
I don't wanna wait (Paula Cole) - Pop
