Sara Melson

Since her debut on Nettwerk Records, LA-based folk songstress Sara Melson continues to soothe, heal, and uplift with her dreamy folk-pop, introspective songwriting, and unique, authentic voice – ethereal and rasping, vulnerable and strong. Echoing a blend of Cat Power, Mazzy Star, Emmylou Harris, and Carole King, Sara has been called “one of the most fearless singer-songwriters on the planet” by Yahoo Music. Her songs have appeared widely on film and television, including on Grey’s Anatomy and a national Chevy campaign for the Winter Olympics.


Sara’s music has been critically praised by Huffington Post, Magnet, PopMatters, American Songwriter, Blackbook, Variety, Yahoo Music, Wide Open Country, Glide Magazine, USA Today, Music Connection, and LAWeekly, and has been featured on iHeartRadio, KCSN, KCRW, American Airlines, and the Apple iTunes homepage. She has shared the stage with Moby, Ben Folds, Juliana Hatfield, Silversun Pickups, Lissie, Ben Lee, Mojave 3, Neil Halstead, Marc Broussard, and many others, singing backing vocals on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic with Mojave 3 and the Dandy Warhols.


A Harvard graduate and former professional ballerina, Sara is a member of the Recording Academy and has released three full-length albums, three EPs, and numerous singles, including “Wound Too Tight”, a collaboration with Rami Jaffee of the Foo Fighters. In February 2024, four of Sara's songs were selected alongside some of the greats of musical history to be included in the Arch Mission Foundation's Lunar Library, which sent a catalog of musical works to the moon’s surface aboard the spacecraft Odysseus, via SpaceX and Intuitive Machines. She is a recent recipient of the “Language of the Cosmos” artist grant sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles in conjunction with NASA/JPL, for which she created a space-themed performance piece for her song, “Underneath a Big Full Moon", from her upcoming new album.


Prior, as an actor, Sara guest-starred in numerous teen roles on classic television shows, including Frasier, The Wonder Years, Murder She Wrote, and Beverly Hills, 90210. She is an accomplished yogi, an environmental and social advocate, and a volunteer for non-profit Art of Elysium, bringing music to seniors, the unhoused, and children in under-served communities. Her upcoming psychedelic indie-folk full-length album, Elixir, is due out in 2025.