1/9/7: Airplay - This morning "brink" was featured on the PBS show "Across the tracks" with John Carver. John played three tracks from the album (Many, Whispers and I Know), and described it as "brilliant", saying:

"[The music is] sometimes jazz fusion, sometimes fusion rock... sometimes ethereal, sometimes very much in your face. I love the album."

If you missed the show (like me!) you can listen to the stream online if you open the following URL in RealPlayer:
http://www.pbsfm.org.au/public/playerVer/stream_archive.asp?RadID=25419&StreamType=2.

29/8/7: Sydney launch - Thanks to everyone who came down to The Vanguard tonight to help launch "brink". It's now officially aflight! Thanks to Heidi Elva for her support set - anyone wanting to know more about Heidi can visit her on myspace at: www.myspace.com/heidielva .

24/8/7: Melbourne launch - Tonight was the first and penultimate show in the album launch tour. It was a great show, with guest drummer Andy Keegan. Thanks to The Portraits for their support set.

23/8/7: Radio interview - Via phone from Melbourne, Melissa was the guest of Maggie Collins and Adam Rothwell of 4ZZZ in Brisbane.

22/8/7: Triple J Airplay - Angel Songs has moved from "Morning" to "Lunch" - thanks Linda for giving it a spin!

22/8/7: Radio interview - Melissa lugged her keyboard into Skid Row studios to do a live interview and live solo performance of "Someone new". Halfway through the interview she and interviewer Justine Wahlin realised they'd met before! - Justine had seen Melissa playing violin with Dominique Fraissard at a chilled little gig on Dom's balcony last November.

21/8/7: Press - There's a feature article on Melissa in this week's Drum Media (page 74). There'll also be an article in tomorrow's InPress (for Melbourne readers), and a CD review in mX coming out on Thursday this week (23rd August).

20/8/7: Radio interview - This morning Melissa had a lovely chat with Ian Batty from Highlands FM in Victoria.

17/8/7: Radio interview - This afternoon Melissa was the guest of Mel Somerville on 2RDJ's programme "Mel's Music".

16/8/7: Triple J Airplay - Zan Rowe and Carolyn Tran have played Angel Songs several more times, Zan describing it as "one of her favourites right now".

6/8/7: Airplay - Brink has been added to the tipsheet for Melbourne station PBS.

19/7/7: More Triple J airplay! - This time on on Caz Tran's Home and Hosed show.

17/7/7: Triple J airplay! - This morning Zan Rowe played Angel Songs on her morning show, describing it as:

"sweet, smooth and delicate... great local fare".

12/7/7: Melbourne launch - Today we confirmed there will be a Melbourne launch at 303 (303 High St, Northcote) on Friday 24th August.

5/7/7: Airplay - "Angel songs", the single from "brink", was put on high rotation on cable channel Air.

5/7/7: Sydney album launch - Tickets for the Sydney launch, at The Vanguard, went on sale today. Visit www.thevanguard.com.au for more details.

22/3/7: Airplay - Brink is now receiving airplay on community stations in five states. Here are a couple more comments from station managers:

"...let me congratulate you on an amazing piece of work. I've just listened to the CD and loved just about everything I heard." - Bob Tissot, 2NIM FM

"...this unusual but highly innovative album has gone to air and will remain on rotation." - Tony Bates, 3CH FM

1/2/7: Airplay - Brink has started receiving airplay in Queensland. Beaudesert Radio (101.5FM) is playing "Many", "Belligerence (The Fish Song)" and "I Know". Here's what station manager John Robinson had to say:

I reviewed your CD last week. I loved it and have picked 1, 6 and 7 for airplay in my new Oz music show. ... Most times when I review I only select 1 song from each cd. Good luck with the forthcoming release.

Thanks John! Queensland listeners wanting to request a track can phone the station on 07-5541-4235.

2/1/7: Press - A feature article on Melissa appeared in the Sydney University publication "UniNews" on Wednesday 2nd January. You can read the story online here.

1/11/6: Airplay - "Angel Songs", from Black Sesame's debut album, brink, is currently on the daily playlist at FBI Radio (94.5FM). Brink is also receiving airplay at 2SER (107.3FM). So feel free to phone in and request a track!