MELINA'S NEWS & SHOWS
- Melina's music video X-Ray
Eyes has premiered on CJNT TV (cable 14) on Monday August
30, 2010, at 9am and 2pm, where it will be shown on rotation for
the nest few months. X-Ray
Eyes continues being played on rotation on Bravo! TV
as well.
- Week of Jul 5: Top Montreal weblog Midnight Poutine does
a short and fun interview and podcast on Melina and her upcoming shows! Read
the article.
Hear an excerpt
from the podcast.
- Thu September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 2010, 9pm-midnight - at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- >Tue September 14,
9pm - Melina Soochan accompanied by Shawn
Aloysius on guitar, Bad
Weather and The Damn
Truth at Divan Orange,
cover $5. 4234 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal.
- Thu October 7, 2010 8pm
(doors open at 7pm) "Acoustic
Nights V" at Les
3 Minots, Montreal, 3812 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, 514-844-8543.
Singer songwriter showcase hosted by Melina Soochan.
Featuring Montreal artists Rough
Draft, Dan
and Laura, SuperNova
and the Big Red Giants, Lady
Katalyst and Katie
Sevigny. Cover $8.
- Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:45pm
- Melina Soochan will perform a 30 min set at Indie
Week, Toronto at Bread
and Circus, with SuLE on
guitar, Aaron Baxter on bass and Dylan Philips on drums. Semi-finals
on Saturday , finals on Sunday.
- Tue December 14, 2010 7:30pm
(doors open at 7pm) "Acoustic
Nights VI" at Le
Confessionnal, Montreal, 431 rue McGill, Vieux-Montreal, 514-953-3478 or
514-927-4111. Singer songwriter showcase hosted by Melina
Soochan, featuring other Montreal acoustic artists TBA. Cover $10.
Continuing
- Every Thursday, 9pm-midnight - Melina performs at the Voyageurs
Lounge, Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal - piano and vocals,
a mix of jazz, R&B, contemporary and original. 900 Rene Levesque Blvd.
W, Montreal.
- Working with Sule
Heitner (3 new tracks coming soon) and various other Montreal
producers, such as Dan
Hargadon (Override productions) and Don
Gruv, on new original tracks for Melina's first album, including X-Ray
Eyes, City of Love, Fireflies, Threadbare, and many more! Due fall
2010.
Finished and Released
- The Director's Cut of of Melina's music
video City of Love that
was filmed in May 2009 , edited by Caine Chow at Azure
Production, Mar 2010. The screening party for the original release took
place on November 28, 2009, at The
Confessional Bar, 431 McGill Street, Montreal.
- During the 2009-2010 ski season, Melina performed on Fridays and Saturdays,
8pm-11pm, at the Nansen
Lounge, Fairmont Tremblant Hotel, Mont-Tremblant - piano and vocals, a
mix of jazz, R&B, contemporary and originals. 3045 Chemin de la Chapelle,
Mont-Tremblant, QC.
Past Events (2010)
- Thu August 19&26,
2010, 9pm-midnight - at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Tue August 17, 2010 8pm (doors
open at 7pm) "Acoustic
Nights IV" at Jello
Martini Lounge Bar, Montreal, 151 Ontario Est, Montreal, 514-285-2621.
Singer songwriter showcase hosted by Melina Soochan.
Featuring Montreal artists Pat
Robitaille, Vanwho, Melina
Soochan with guest artist SuLE, Jenne
Carey and Phil J
and the Rekord Breakers.
- Thu August 5 & 12,
2010, 9pm-midnight - at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Thu July 22&29,
2010, 9pm-midnight - at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Mon July 20, 2010 Melina had
an impromptu open mic performance at Le
Confessional, accompanied by guitarist Jonathan
Rosner.
- Thu July 8, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Thu July 1, 2010
- - at 1pm - Melina playing solo classical piano during the Citizenship
ceremony at Stewart Hall in Pointe
Claire. By invitation only.
- - at 4pm - Melina and her Redlite
District Band (Jordan Peters, Mark Nelson and Mark Haynes) played a one
hour set of uptempo tunes from her upcoming album and radio pop hits!
Free . Canada Day Festival for the whole
family from 1pm-10pm. Fireworks will follow. Parc
Alexandre-Bourgeau, Pointe-Claire, West Island.
- Thu June 24, 2010 9:30pm (doors
open at 9pm) "Acoustic
Nights III" at Jupiter
Room, 3874 Saint-Laurent, Montreal, 514-757-9247. Singer songwriter showcase
hosted by Melina Soochan. Featuring Montreal
artists Melina
Soochan, Annie
Becker, Athena
Holmes, Michael
Dozier and Kristen
Bussandri. Cover $8.
- Sat June 12 2010, at approx.
11:15am - Melina's music video X-Ray Eyes was
aired for the first time on the national Canadian television station BRAVO!
(Galaxy channel 69).
- Thu
June 3,10 & 17 2010, 9pm-midnight - at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Thu May 20&27,
2010, 9pm-midnight - at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Thu May 13, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Sat April 24, 2010 8:30pm-12:30am Laterna
Magika::One, at Centre St-Ambroise. 5080-A St-Ambroise, Montreal. Artists
lineup:
- The Abbie Norml Band featuring Alternative
scatman Ej Brulé
- Math Boylan, comedy/spoken word
- George Hamilton Braithwaite, comedy
- Danielle Davies, intentional movement
(traditional and modern bellydance)
- Maria S, danse contemporaine sur une
pièce by composer Deeh
- Bevan Skerratt, Folk/country/bluegrass
music about our times by a Cree elder
- Melina Soochan, Indie pop, rnb, rock
and blues blend
- Recyclo Novo, Afro-Cuban percussion ensemble
(to be confirmed)
- Dan Ahmad, spoken word and poetry (original
work as well as William S. Burroughs and Roque Dalton)
- Selection of surreal & animated films by Sergei
Parajanov and Ladislav Starevich
- Fri April 23, 2010 9pm-12am
at Grün
Vert Café with Sabrina
Correa. Other duos also featured. 2041, rue Saint Denis, Montréal
(quartier latin), (514) 842-4786.
- Thu Apr 22, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 8pm - Brutopia
Brewpub - 1215 Crescent, Montreal, (514) 393-9277.
"Acoustic
Nights II" singer songwriter showcase hosted by Melina
Soochan and featuring Jah Faith, Nil, Kweku
Sam Kwofie and Pamela Brottes, Joker and Nikita
U. No cover! 6 artists, 1 stage!
- Monday, April 12, 2010 5pm
- Performing at the The 2010 Annual Business Leadership
Board night, Le Chateau corporate event, by invitation only. Montefiore
Club - 1195 Guy, Montreal
- Fri Apr 9 and Sat
Apr 10, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel - End of season show.
- Thu Apr 8, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Fri Apr 2 and Sat
Apr 3, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Thu Apr 1, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Fri Mar 26 and Sat
Mar 27, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Thu Mar 25, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Thu Mar 18, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Wed Mar 17, 8pm, with the McGill
University Jazz Ensemble at the Clara Lichtenstein
Hall, 527 Sherbrooke Street West.
- Mon mar 15 - at 12:30pm - Melina
was featured in a unique live performance on radio CKOI
96.9FM, Montreal. Listen
to the full audio clip from CKOI.
- Fri Mar 12 and Sat
Mar 13, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Thu Mar 11, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Mon Mar 8 at the Grumpy's,
Montreal. With Athena
Holmes.
- Fri Mar 5 and Sat
Mar 6, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Thu Mar 4, 2010, starting at
4:30pm, general admission 6:30pm - 9pm- YES
Montreal Art Expo at the Just For Laughs Museum
(5th Floor Loft), 2111 Saint-Laurent Boulevard, Montreal. This
exciting event celebrates the business of art and the art of business.
Melina will have a presentation booth and she will be performing live as
a showcase at 5:45pm and at 8:30pm.
It is a meeting ground for bookers, music lovers, and artists. For more
information see this
pdf.
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 - Bourbon
Street West, 1866 Boul. des Sources, Pointe-Claire, West Island, (514)
695-6545 . Doors at 7pm, show starts at 8pm.
"Acoustic
Nights I" singer songwriter showcase ft SuLE, Patrick
Lehman, Sabrina
Correa, Melina Soochan, and David
Hodges. Cover $8.
5 artists, 1 stage!
- Fri Feb 26 and Sat
Feb 27, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Fri Feb 26, 9:35am - Live
phone interview with Dino Sisto on Mike
FM 105.1
- Thu Feb 25, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 at 12pm
(noon), live radio interview on K103
Radio (tune in to 103.7 FM), to talk
about Acoustic
Nights and the life of an artist. Featuring Melina, Sabrina
Correa, Patrick
Lehman, David Hodges,
and SuLE.
Listen to a recording of the interview again on the Acoustic
Nights Interviews page.
- Thu Feb 18, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Week of Mon Feb 15, 2010, radio
interview on CJAD AM 800, available as a podcast at www.cjad.com/node/1072311.
Featuring Melina and special guest SuLE,
with live performances in the studio.
- Thu Feb 11, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Fri Feb 5 and Sat
Feb 6, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Thu Feb 4, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Mon Feb 1, 2010, radio interview
on CJAD AM 800, available as a podcast at www.cjad.com/node/1028485.
- Fri Jan 29 and Sat
Jan 30, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Thu Jan 28, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Thu Jan 21, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Fri Jan 15 and Sat
Jan 16, 2010, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel. It was a great honor for Melina to perform on Saturday
evening in front of HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
of Saudi Arabia and his entourage, who were visiting the hotel
at the time.
- Thu Jan 14, 2010, 9pm-midnight
- at the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel.
- Fri Jan 8 and Sat
Jan 9, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
- Fri Jan 1 and Sat
Jan 2, 8pm-11pm at the Fairmont
Tremblant Hotel.
