Though born in the USA, Gardot strongly praises influences such as Brazilian Caetano Veloso for making her a musical ‘citizen of the world’.
Gardot’s unique path to stardom and a Grammy Award nomination came after she was involved in a serious vehicle accident in 2003, rendering her bend-bound in hospital for a full year.
While incapacitated Gardot had to relearn how to walk, brush her teeth and perform other simple tasks.
She began writing music again as a means of improving her memory and rediscovering a passion for life.
Consequently she has became a huge advocate for musical therapy since tasting success as a born-again artist.
Read more about her in this great story by The Globe & Mail.
Melody Gardot is a life inspiring singer, born in the USA she became a musician in 2005. After a accident back in 2003 when she was hit by a car suffering head and spine injuries. Gardot has found in music her new reason to live, as she began to do music therapy to recover from the accident, she says her music career was born from the accident to her first performance.
She says to get influence from singers such the brazilian Caetano Veloso and Janis Joplin and considers herself a “citizen of the world”.
