Melissa Ferrick, a genre- and gender-defying artist, has spent 30 years disrupting Indie, Alternative, Folk, and Punk norms. With wit and vulnerability, her lyrics invite growth. She signed with Kill Rock Stars in 2023 and joined Paladin Artists as an agent in 2024. A Professor at Northeastern, she previously taught at Berklee (2013โ2019) and holds an Ed.M. from Harvard.