Melanie Beth Curran writes songs that are lyrical and personal, paying homage to the well-traveled fault-lines of American music. Her mesmerizing performances span genre and time period: From classic country to cosmopolitan standards, through Irish folk traditionals and their American translations.

Her second album, San Benedito Beach, was released on October 23rd, 2021 at People’s Beach Day. The event was sponsored by The City Artist Corps Grant from The New York Foundation for The Arts.

Melanie is based out of New York City originally hails from Washington State. She plays with Wyndham Baird on electric guitar, Annie Ford on fiddle and backing vocals, Robbie Morshead on drums, and herself on banjo, fiddle, vocals and guitar.

Melanie is available for engagements as a solo act, or in duo or trio configurations.

for inquiries:

melaniebethcurran [at] gmail [dot[ com

“Curran has a talent for observing cultural touchstones, connecting the natural world with the human experience poetically, and condensing all that into vignettes of song.”
— American Standard Time

Seen at:

Crabtree Sessions, Brooklyn Americana Festival, Folklife Festival, Woodstove Music and Arts Festival, East Vancouver Old Time Social, Olympia Old Time Festival, Roots n’ Ruckus at Jalopy Theatre, Greenwood Cemetery, Governor’s Island, Domino Park, Sou’Wester, The Cinema Bar, Hotel Albatross, Pete’s Candy Store, The Alchemy Arts Center, The Alaskan Hotel, and busking the Pike Place Market and Tompkins Square Park.

I am lucky to have shared bills and collaborated with the following folks:

Jaime Wyatt, Chris Acker, Hubby Jenkins (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Nick Shoulders, Sierra Ferrel, Miriam Elhaji, Sabine McCalla, Amelia Baker (Cinder Well), Jake Sanders (The Lovestruck Balladeers), Rashad Brown, Lynched (LANKUM), Annie Ford, Jackson Lynch (The Downhill Strugglers), Feral Foster, Luke Bergman (Bill Frisell), Chelsea Moosekian (Daiquiri Queens), Jake Sanders, Ali Dineen, Samoa Wilson (Jim Kweskin), Frankie Sunswept, Frank Fairfield, Eli Hetko (Peter Stampfel), Yva Las Vegass, The Tallboys Stringband, Meredith Axelrod, Gabriel Faure, Michael Kott (Victor Wooten), Wyndham Baird, CSPN (Blackbird Raum), Todd Day Wait, Gus Clark, Jack Dwyer, Devin Champlin, David Bolt, and The High Waisted Ramblers Stringband.