Brooklyn based emerging singer-songwriter and producer Melanie Charles will share her major label debut project Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women during an intimate performance in the Public Records sound room. In a celebration of intergenerational sisterhood, the evening will be hosted by fellow songstress, Madison McFerrin, and feature an opening performance by the legendary Afro-Cuban vocalist, Xiomara Laugart.

Melanie Charles is a Brooklyn-born singer, songwriter, bandleader, producer, actress, and flautist of Haitian descent, with a creative fluidity spanning jazz, soul, experimental, and roots music. Charles was raised by a Haitian mother in Brooklyn where the sound waves in their home were filled with artists like Johnny Hodges, Frank Sinatra, Chaka Khan, Anita Baker, John Coltrane, and Nat King Cole. As a teen, she attended the famed LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts where she studied flute and vocals. Eventually, she landed at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School where she met artists like singer, songwriter, and record producer Jesse Boykins III and alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin.

Charles’ genre-bending style has been embraced by a wide range of artists including Wynton Marsalis, SZA, Mach-Hommy, Gorillaz, and The Roots. Throughout her career she has remained committed to making music that pushes listeners to consider new possibilities, both socially and politically. “Make Jazz Trill Again,” a project that she launched in 2016, demonstrates her allegiance to everyday people, especially the youth and is focused on taking jazz from the museum to the streets. Earlier this year, Charles’ Tiny Desk (Home) Concert debuted on NPR Music, who proclaimed, “Melanie Charles takes us on a journey that embodies the soul of jazz: exploration."
Opening sets by DJ Tara + DJ Reborn.

Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

COVID-19 Policy:

In accordance with NYC guidelines, all audiences will be required to show proof of vaccination + ID for Sound Room entry. Some examples of proof of vaccination include the NYC COVID Safe App, Excelsior Pass, CDC Vaccination Card [or photo], NYC Vaccination Record, or an official immunization record from outside NYC or the U.S.

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This is a 21+ event.

Presented by Public Records.

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