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MAY 2013


Melanie is currently on tour with her new album "the cloud appreciation society". See Show page for tour dates, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane and then heading north through some intimate Queensland shows. Send a facebook message if you would like Melanie to play a house concert near you.

APRIL 2013


Melanie is currently on tour with her new album "the cloud appreciation society". See Show page for tour dates, this week there will be the Melbourne show at The Wesley Anne with Vic Farrell on Saturday 6th, and on Saturday 13th Melanie will perform at The Candelo Village Festival, a gorgeous day of great entertainment in one of the most beautiful valleys around.. Listen to PBS radio this thursday at 10:15am for a chance to hear melanie live on air.

MARCH 2013

Melanie will be performing her new album with guests Adam Pringle, Kade Brown and Tim MCartney at The Vanguard, Sydney on Thursday 28th March. She'll also be performing on 2SER at 11am as a guest of steph stenhouse. and on Tuesday 26th on radio FBI.

8th FEBRUARY 2013:

ALBUM RELEASED TODAY AUSTRALIA AND ITUNES US/CANADA

The Cloud Appreciation Society is the poignant new album of acclaimed Sydney- born songbird Melanie Horsnell. Five years on from her celebrated album Complicated Sweetheart, this new offering shares heartbreaking songs of small town love and loss written in Candelo, her new home beneath black mountains. The Cloud Appreciation Society glows with an acoustic stripped-back sound and is intermingled with Melanie’s quintessential starry-eyed voice, lyrics to die for and a delicate but timeless presence, which has made her so adored on the scene.

Hear an interview on ABC South East with Bill Brown, Melanie talks about her new album. Click image.

28 JANUARY 2013:

What lovely shows to play last week! With such beautiful musos! And we had a surprise bonus support at the Sarah Blasko, Darren Hanlon, now I am addicted to his songs... Looking forward to the release of my album on the 9th Feb... There will be more shows to announce soon, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane as well as some regional on the way, keep posted by joining my mailing list or facebook.
Keep an eye out for this record!

THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY will be available 9 February 2013

15 JANUARY 2013:

A great big pile of gigs coming up next week with two of my favourite artists. Tuesday and thursday i'll be playing shows with Canadian Chris Assaad in Sydney and the Bega Valley (for tuesdays house concert please email me or message me on facebook for details), and on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th January I'll be playing support for Sarah Blasko at Candelo Town Hall. Also the album is now ready for print and will be released february. Keep up to date on facebook or twitter.

THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY will be available February 2013

26 NOVEMBER 2012:

This december Melanie will be releasing a compilation of sessions recorded while performing at the Excelsior in Glebe - 2000 to 2005.  Demos and unheard recordings.

"EXCELSIOR DAYS" AVAILABLE ON ITUNES 8TH DECEMBER 2012