Melody Gardot, a very special talent.

Melody Gardot on Later with Jools

Just discovered Melody Gardot. An American singer songwriter, she began writing music after an accident in which she was knocked off her bike by a car, suffering terrible injuries. She was confined to a hospital bed for over a year and taught herself to play guitar in this time, laying on her back. Her brain injury meant she had to learn how to speak again and she believes that the therapeutic values of music aided her recovery. I love her story. Triumph through unbelievable adversity. The resilience of the human soul. The capacity for the human body to recover and adapt. Amazing.