Singer/Songwriter Melantha's folk pop ballads of love lost and love won, sung with warmth and longing. Some evoke tears and others bring on laughter. Melantha's voice has an underground cafe intimacy.

7 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Pop, SPIRITUAL: Inspirational



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Melantha: Love Times 7
Don't miss Melantha's collection of her own beautifully crafted songs about love lost and love won, some bright, some blue.

He Was with Her:
A heartbreaker ballad about love so sweet now gone sour, told from both sides, hers and his. Jock Bartley of Firefall on guitar accompanies Melanthaâs haunting vocal on one powerful and moving âliveâ acoustic track.

Two Thousand Years Ago (Joseph's Song):
A devoted fatherâs love song to his beloved son Jesus. Imagine the young child on his dad's lap, asking to be reminded again about just how he got here and why -- and listen to Joseph's answer.

Cheer Me Up, Blackjack:
Ken Leray's haunting piano gives the smoky, bluesy flavor, yet with a sense of fun, to this rich and yearning ballad about looking for solace where it won't be found. "Tell me he loved me at least for awhile."

Too Sad for a Song:
Bluest of blue -- "Don't sing me any love songs, don't give me Alleluias, don't want he-done-me-wrong songs, I know love'll always fool ya." This is a wailer of a song, but you can feel the pleasure, too, in lettin' it all out.

Gotta Be Out There:
A love-yourself song, a don't-let-anything-stop-you, get-out-there-and-DO-it song with a Broadway sound. Let yourself be big and matter! Let out all the stops! Go for it!

O Little Kitten:
A lullaby, really, sung to a kitten named Lullaby: How can you seem so light of heart when my heart feels weary? You fall, too, but bounce right back. Let me be where you are, little one.

Where Are You, Prince Charming?
Hey, if you're not laughing, it's not love. Melantha had to laugh when couples started choosing this to hear at their weddings! Not your usual love song, but oh yes! the truth.

Bio: Melantha Cleveland was a career writer/editor in Washington DC before her words started turning into song lyrics. She has also taught writing at George Mason and James Madison Universities. "Being a writer is all about getting to hide while flinging the thoughts out there; being a singer/songwriter is all about flinging the whole self out there. And being all vulnerable that way magically makes connections with so many hearts, as if words by themselves connect mostly to the head while music latches onto the heart. Whooeee!"