The Melinda Kingsley band is a alternative trio comprised of Melinda Kingsley on vocals and guitar, Becca Mashburn on drums and percussion, and Katie Bitner on bass. MKB's murky ballads and southern-influenced rock showcase their song stories in a subliminally accessible, yet easily swallowed musical form. The Melinda Kingsley band will pull you in and keep you with their sound - sparse, but powerful like an undertow.

    Melinda Kingsley grew up in the foothills of Appalachia. She was raised with Irish ballads as her lullabies and backwoods gospel as her first solos. In her teenage years, she started singing her own songs, playing at coffee houses and bars across Tennessee and Georgia. In 2004, she was joined by bassist Katie Bitner, the grounding force for the band; Melinda describes Katie as her right hand. The drummer, Becca Mashburn, received degrees in percussion performance and music education and has played in everything from symphonies to funk bands.

    Melinda Kingsley's solo CD, Following Stars, harbors "Connie Row", "Breathe", and "How Much". These songs, currently in the band's rotation of songs, were recorded by the incredibly gifted DeDe Vogt, who supports the music with various and sundry instruments along with bringing Linda Boley into the project, on drums.

    The Melinda Kingsley Band is currently recording a new CD, produced by Grammy award winner Don McCollister, which will be finished in 2008. The Melinda Kingsley Band plays at venues such as Redlight Cafe, Java Monkey, Birdi's, Eddie's Attic, The Kingfisher Cafe, Paris, Kavarna, The All Star Bar, Bj's, East Point Corner Tavern, Crimson Moon, Sapphire Theater, Stage Door, Inman Perk, The Mambo Room, and have appeared at various area festivals, including The Decatur Arts Festival, The Avondale Fall Festival, Little Five Points Halloween Festival, Inman Park Arts Festival, Swiftwaters Music In The Mountains, and Pine Lake Octoberfest.