Melanie - Live At The Meltdown Festival 2007

Product Description Live at the Melt Down Festival 2007 FIRST TIME ON DVD With guitar in hand, Melanie conquered Woodstock and the original Glastonbury with her songwriting, powerful voice and even more powerful message. She was once hailed by The New York Times as the female Bob Dylan and was the first solo pop/rock artist ever to appear at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, the Sydney Opera House. Her record sales are more than eighty million to date and her songs have been covered by singers as diverse as Cher, Dolly Parton, and Macy Gray. Although UNICEF made her its spokesperson, she has continued to tour world-wide, but not in Britian. She played her last sell out British gig nearly 20 years ago before Jarvis Cocker sent her a special invitation to open the Meltdown Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in June 2007. This DVD showcases that intimate evening's performance from a unique songstress who sings all of her hits including Brand New Key, Beautiful People, Peace Will Come, Hush A Bye, Ruby Tuesday, Alexander Beetle and many more. Review ''When Melanie Safka arrived at the site of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969, she was, she admits in the following interview, ''terrified out of my mind.'' So much so that when the rain came falling down, she breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that the crowd would turn around and go home and that she wouldn't have to perform. The singer-songwriter, then only 22, did perform though, and her appearance at the festival made the relatively unknown artist an instant star. Today, nearly a half-century later, the singer, whose biggest hits include 1970's Woodstock-inspired ''Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)'' and the following year's chart-topping ''Brand New Key,'' is still writing songs, performing live and making new music.'' -- Jeff Tamarkin-June 2018 ''The show (Melanie and The Record Man) succeeds on multiple levels...I think I got a tiny glimpse of what it must have been like to be part of Woodstock, and the movements of the 60's that defined Melanie's career and life.'' -- Rochester City Newspaper ''Melanie creates for me the most important illusion in a performer: belief.'' It's important to believe her because she is singing about herself. None of these girl troubadours reveals herself so personally.'' -- Bill Graham About the Actor Melanie, who became the voice of a