Mythica and Melissa Cox
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Awards

 Melissa Cox
Best Singer/Songwriter of 2008  - Spark Magazine
Best Musical Folk Artist of 2008  - Delaware Division of the Arts
Runner-up, Best Female Singer  - Out & About Magazine
Runner-up, Best Folk Song "elijah, elijah"  - Song of the Year 2004
Best Celtic Fusion Singer 2007  - Celtic MP3 Music Magazine

Mythica
Best Band of 2006  - 93.7 FM WSTW
Best Celtic Fusion Band  - Celtic MP3 Music Magazine
2008 Homey Award for Best Instrumental Song, "Just Kidding" - 93.7 FM WSTW

In the News
   

Mythica pushes borders with new live CD  (cover story)
Community News  |  By Jesse Chadderdon  |  December 13, 2009

Newark, Del. - The day Melissa Cox and her band mates stop exploring new music is likely the day they'll stop making it altogether.  So it's no surprise that Mythica's latest effort pushes all sorts of musical boundaries, from the band's more traditional Celtic sound, to progressive rock, Hawaiian music, and even a form of '60s psychedelic South American surf rock called chicha. 
Read full story.
 

   For the Fans, by the Fans
Out & About Magazine  |  By Mike Pollock  |  December 2009
When it came time to produce Celtic folk/rock band Mythica’s first live album, the aptly titled Live Is Good, songwriter Melissa Cox took a used idea and updated it. Mythica’s previous studio effort, Vicarious, from 2007, had been funded, in part, by businesses willing to take out ads in the CD’s liner notes. Additional support came via pre-orders. For Live Is Good, Cox decided to let the fans do the advertising. Using the pre-order system again, Cox enlisted fans to write messages to friends and family to be included in the liners. The personal touch worked—pre-orders nearly doubled, from around 40 for Vicarious to almost 70 for Live Is Good. “People were creative with it,” Cox says. “They treated it like a gift, sending messages to their kids and friends as a surprise.” The tracks from Live Is Good have been culled from Mythica performances over the last few years.

 
Columbus U-Weekly  |  By Don Allred  |  June 2009
Mythica's music spins deep, deep for what gets called Celtic, deep for anything. There's plenty of sparkle amidst gravity's rainbow of bass tones, but always an urgency: "Play your violin, child, send your spiral down/Oh, let it be wicked..."But not just for wickedness' sake, or not the superstitious kind, anyway. "Don't be/Someone to carry over/Something that can't be seen." Romance, release-then the dark globe opens into a familiar, hollow world, with "For Patrick" presenting a swirling, medieval hip-hop summons to justice. Myths can make sense of things, in the air and the forge.		   The Spotlight Waits for Thee
Out & About Magazine  |  By Pete Williams  |  July 2007
"The new nine-track album Vicarious [includes] the popular song “Tolkien’s Fever,” a strongly Celtic-influenced instrumental “Just Kidding” and the title track, a dark and forceful ballad showcasing Cox’s stunning vocals. The band’s great versatility, along with Cox’s remarkable writing and singing talent, make this album a must-hear for fans of both Celtic and alternative rock music."   Read full story
 

Reviews

"Mythica have an ethereal other-worldly sound with eloquent lyrics which accurately portray what it means to be a 21st century Celt.  A true fusion of our Celtic heritage with the future."
- Bill Everatt, Celtica Radio
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"These guys [Mythica] are great. They are a young and exciting band with an original sound."
- Marc Moss, Grammy-nominated producer and engineer, Target Studios
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"Mythica has put together a brilliant collection of 4 songs on “Dangerous Little Monster”. Mythica’s style blends seamlessly combining the old world sound of the hammered dulcimer and violin with the new world sound of the acoustic guitar and bass. Melissa Cox’s powerful vocals tie it all together for a phenomenal sound that is mesmerizing."
-Go Girls Music
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 "...an impressive band with a huge heart. Bravo guys. Hard work never sounded so good."
- Goddess Queen Magazine  Full review
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"Radio should embrace Mythica like we did The Cranberries!  We were awestruck by their mesmerizing harmonies and melodies."
- Rick Jensen, DJ, 1150 AM, WDEL
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"Melissa and Nicole sing like sisters!"
-Mike Rossi, DJ, 93.7 FM WSTW
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"The song [elijah, elijah] did it. Damn! This is one fine, extraordinary piece of work...All my hats are off to you, though I still don't understand why... Steely soft, rough velvet; testostrogen?"
- Gods of Music

  

"...a sophisticated, highly arranged approach to roots music...Cox sounds like a cross between Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick and Loreena McKennitt."
 - Sing Out! Magazine  Full article
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"They are good...Cox is unflaggingly present, cutting through crowd noise with a workman’s mezzo-soprano: gutsier than first it seems, less fragile than first it sounds."
 - Origivation Magazine  Full review
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 "Melissa's lyrics are poignant and very descriptive left by open wounds of the heart. The music has a wonderful melodic progression with outstanding harmony vocals. The vocals are bold...The melodies are original and very strong."
- Song of the Year
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"Four stars!  Beautiful guitar work and even better violin make this folk/Celtic EP rise to the top of its genre.  All around a very well-played, well-put together album, Dangerous Little Monster is four strong and well-structured songs that are bound to get a rise out of the hill-dancing, rainbow-following little monster in you."
- Origivation Magazine
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"[Dangerous Little Monster is] well produced and features first-rate performances all around, especially the excellent fiddle playing and strong vocals..."
- TAXI
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 "Melissa Cox...offers something that seems elusive in the mainstream music industry - songs that are completely original and innovative."
- The Review   Full article



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