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Multilingual Songstress Rue Melo Appears at the Mint on West

Pico, Friday, September 12 at 9:00 p.m.
Rue Melo Rocks the Mint with Jams in Spanish, French & English

Los Angeles, CA / August 19, 2008 - Rue Melo is an LA-based multilingual songstress
who emanates raw talent in English, French and Spanish. Her debut self-titled album
was released late last year and she has been touring the country since. Recently
opening for Fergie and Flo-Rida at Sunfest in West Palm Beach, FL, for Ozomatli at
the Hard Rock Vegas, and appearing on Dave Navarro's Spread TV, Rue Melo is back
in LA to rock The Mint.

The 21 and over show will be Friday, September 12 at 9:00 p.m. at The Mint:

6010 W Pico Boulevard

West Hollywood, California

Rue Melo's live show includes guitarist Claudio Tomasello, bassist Bryan Bush, and
drummer Idris al-Mutazz Tate and together they produce a unique sound that touches
popular, world and urban music. Flavorpill Los Angeles calls Rue Melo's sound "a
soulful, low-key mashup of international accents fleshed out with exotic, world-weary
lyrics."

August has praoven a big media month for Rue Melo as she was featured in Beyond
Race Magazine, Latina Magazine and Lucid Magazine. Rue’s first single “Check It” as
also featured in the 2008 season premiere of MTV’s The Hills.
About Rue Melo

Born and raised in Paris, and now based in California after a number of years in New
York, Rue Melo comes from an artistic and multi-cultural family that immersed her in
music from a young age. Growing up, her Uruguayan father, an accomplished singer
and guitarist, and her mother, a dancer of French descent, always had a varied range of
records playing around the house. With all this music and art around her, it is little
surprise she found singing to be the natural way to express herself.

From singing around the house, it was a natural progression to writing, recording, and
performing—activities she engaged in every change she could—but it was 2005 that
would prove to be the watershed year for her, hooking up with producer and co-writer
Bernd Burgdorf (Tom Waits, Pink).

The two began working on a body of songs which would become her self-titled debut,
along the way tapping the talents of her father, who wrote "Con Alma Y Corazon" and
her brother, a producer in his own right, on “Thank You”. The music, a reflection of her
diverse tastes from Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill, and Edith Piaf, to Aaliyah and Biggie, is
uniquely her own. The fact that she writes her own lyrics and melodies, in addition to
working on her music and beats, is a refreshing bonus in an age where the term "artist"
is used increasingly loosely.
During this period she also formed her band, bringing aboard bassist Bryan Bush,
drummer Idris al-Mutazz Tate, and then guitarist Claudio Tomasello. The group had an
instant chemistry and natural flow. In fact, their initial rehearsal produced what would be
come “Can’t Deny” a song featured on the album.

And what an album it is. From radio and magazines, to the blogosphere, people fall
instantly in love with the music. Adam Bernard's popular and influential blog "Adam's
World" (awarded best blog by Neilson and Billboard) named Rue's debut, "Album Of The
Year", beating out such high profile releases as Lily Allen's "Alright, Still...". Additionally,
she has found a receptive audience in the film and tv community with, among other
placements, two key features in Showtimes “The L Word”.

After a big year of touring in 2007 supporting Grammy award winning blues-rock artists,
Los Lonely Boys, underground hip hop artist Lyrics Born, and alt-soul artist G. Love,
2008 shows no sign of letting up with Rue out on the road continuing to build support for
the critically acclaimed Fontana/Universal distributed debut release from Katrina
Sirdofsky's Fighter Records.

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