Mel Talks About Singing & Mental Health - ABC Radio Brisbane Interview

Singer: Mel Lathouras
Pianist: Jake Bristow

Exactly Like You (Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields)

Stella By Starlight (Victor Young)

Lyrics by Abbey Lincoln 

Singer: Mel Lathouras
Pianist: Jake Bristow

Blue Monk (Theolonius Monk)

This is a little sermon on why I love jazz and how it changed my life.

Why I Love Jazz + How it Changed My Life

Fearless Singer Mel Lathouras comes from a family of businesspeople, with one side running cafes and the other dairy farming. Despite initially pursuing a corporate communications career, she eventually decided to pursue music, studying at JMI in Brisbane and founding the Fearless Singer studio. Although they later completed a Graduate Diploma of Education and taught music, she ultimately felt out of place in the education system and returned to their passion for music, rebooting the Fearless Singer mission.

Journey From Teacher To Full - Time Biz - 13:3:2023, 3.44 Pm

Tribute to my Grandmother June Lathouras. Pianist: Jake Bristow 

Junee's Song

Ever Fallen In Love (with Someone You Shouldnt've)

Confirmation by Charlie Parker | Lyrics by Skeeter Davis (I transcribed these from Sheila Jordan's recording.)I love Sheila. 

Mel Lathouras - Voice
Piano - Jake Bristow

Recorded by Mark Smith

Confirmation by Charlie Parker

If I had a Hammer (arrangement inspired by Vince Jones)

Band:
Mel Lathouras - Voice
Atienne Bakker - Guitar
Jake Bristow - Organ
Aaron Jansz

Recorded by Lisa Meier and Daniel Nelson (Aminote Productions)

The Melatones

If I had a Hammer by Pete Seger

Cover of Little Ann's song Deep Shadows

Band:
Mel Lathouras - Voice
Guitar - Attiene Bakker
Organ - Jake Bristow
Drums - Aaron Jansz

Deep Shadows by Little Ann

Original by Mel Lathouras & Atienne Bakker

Band: 
Mel Lathouras - Voice
Atienne Bakker - Guitar
Organ - Jake Bristow
Drums - Aaron Jansz

Recorded by Lisa Meier and Daniel Nelson (Aminote Productions)

One Night Minor Blues (Original)

Deeply soulful, sweet and seductively smooth, Mel Lathouras is undoubtedly known as one of Australia’s finest jazz and soul singers, performing with a variety of ensembles and creative musical projects. 

Co-founder and lead singer of Brisbane's female-led jazz band Yas Queen. 

While music and performing is her life, her true passion is to share the ultimate gift of music with others as a dedicated singing teacher, as owner and director of ‘Fearless Singer’, a studio and blog based in Brisbane’s cultural community hub, West End.

Mel Lathouras

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