Celtic Fusion Band Mythica Performs in Ithaca Tonight
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 28, 2013
Melissa Cox owes her music career to a missed curfew. At 14, she came home late, as teenagers often do, and was grounded by her parents. "My dad said 'You can't go out with friends, go on the computer, or watch TV. So you're going to do something useful and learn guitar,'" recalls Cox. "If that had not happened, I don't know what I would be doing with my life right now."
Now, a decade later, Cox is an award-winning songwriter, and lead singer of the Celtic Fusion band Mythica with 100,000 tour miles under her belt, including three tours of Hawaii and one of New Zealand, and seven albums. This summer, the band will play a number of dates in New York.
Cornell UniversityTONIGHT, June 28 @ 7:00 p.m.
Art Quad, Ithaca, NY (rain location: Uris Hall)
All ages, free. http://events.cornell.edu
Saturday, June 29 @ 4:00 p.m.
Chateaugay, NY
Tickets at www.krebashiakingdom.comIthaca Scottish Games & Celtic Festival
Sunday, June 30 @ 4:00 p.m.
Stewart Park, Ithaca, NY
Tickets at www.ithacascottishgames.comNew York Lavender Festival
2 days - Saturday, July 13 & Sunday, July 14 @ 3:00 p.m.
Ol'Factory Farm, Red Creek, NY
$4 admission / Kids under 12 free
www.nylavenderfestival.com
Blending Celtic with progressive rock, newgrass, rock and World, Mythica is led by Melissa Cox, who possesses a voice that has been described by Sing Out! Magazine as "a cross between Loreena McKennitt and Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick." From heartfelt to witty to mystical, her lyrics take on a poetic tone reminiscent of Paul Simon or Sarah McLachlan, but never to the point of total obscurity, and always towards the goal of realizing some kernel of truth about herself or life. Melissa was dubbed Best Singer/Songwriter by her home state's Spark Magazine, Best Celtic Fusion Singer by Celtic MP3 Music Magazine, and Best Musical Folk Artist by the Delaware Division of Arts. She and her band have shared the stage with Smash Mouth, the Spin Doctors, Sister Hazel, Three Dog Night, Enter the Haggis, the Screaming Orphans, Black 47, and Tempest, and have toured extensively across the continental U.S., Hawaii and New Zealand, playing at hundreds of major festivals, concert series and premier venues. More information at www.MythicaMusic.com and www.MelissaCoxMusic.net.
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