Melissa Carper
Melissa Carper
Latest Release
- You're Forgiven My Love
- December 2025
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Hanging on to You | ||
| 2 | Texas, Texas, Texas | ||
| 3 | Ain't a Day Goes By | ||
| 4 | Ramblin' Soul | ||
| 5 | Arkansas Bound |
Albums
Nov 2025 • 15 songs
Nov 2025 • 1 song
Oct 2025 • 1 song
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About
Biography
A distinctive upright bassist, singer, and songwriter from Arkansas, Melissa Carper's homespun yet profound tales of life, love, and loss combine elements of old-timey blues, country, western swing, jazz, honky-tonk, and early rock & roll. Nicknamed "HillBillie Holiday" by friend and frequent collaborator Chris Scruggs, her well-received 2015 debut paved the way for the critically acclaimed Daddy's Country Gold (2021) and Ramblin' Soul (2022), the latter of which marked her debut for Thirty Tigers.
Raised in rural Nebraska, Carper spent her formative years playing upright ba...