She’s only 22, but she’s got the flow of a hot shot diva. Since she first started singing in Phillie’s jazz clubs when she was only 16, Melody Gardot has perfectly borne her name. But ask Melody and she’ll tell you that music means more to her than that. Music, she’ll tell you, saved her life.

After a very serious bike accident, it was thanks to her music therapy sessions that Melody got back on her legs. She still bears repercussions from her accident, walking with a cane and wearing tinted glasses. Writing her first songs during a convalescence, Melody’s first album, Worrisome Heart, is the perfect reflection of those past days, mixing pain and uncertainty with classical but audacious style and creating an intimate atmosphere at the intersection of jazz and blues.

Check her out on tour now in Europe.