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On August 15th, 2023, Ferrick released the song, Black Dress, via the venerable Kill Rock Stars Records. This release coincides with the 30th anniversary of Ferrick's critically acclaimed major label debut, Massive Blur. Ferrick will be celebrating the release and her 30th anniversary by touring a retrospective show titled, Throughlines. In other big news, Melissa has started Drive Music Agency (DMA), where she currently manages Brennan Wedl and Joh Chase. Melissa Ferrick is regarded in the industry and by their peers as one of the most prolific, generous, and hardworking people in the business. After opening for Morrissey in the u.s. and UK, Ferrick signed with Atlantic Records at the age of 21. she's released seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and won numerous awards for songwriting, production, and performance. Melissa's shared the stage with countless acts, some of which include Morrissey, Joan Armatrading, Weezer, Tegan and Sara, Paul Westerberg, Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, Ani DiFranco, k.d. lang, Suzanne Vega, and Shawn Colvin. Besides her work in the music industry, Ferrick is a professor at northeastern university, where they teach courses in the music business, songwriting, creative entrepreneurship, demo recording and production, and the psychology of creativity. She holds an Ed.M. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
