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Melting Virgo

Melting Virgo writes and performs songs featuring themes of direct action, revolutionary joy, and pervasive accountability, packaged with upbeat and danceable grooves.

Launched in March 2025, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Alice M-A, leads the group and composes tunes both for use in the street and on the stage. With her experience in non-violent direct action song-leading and musical theater, she engages the audience by teaching them how to sing along with catchy original tunes, which helps the audience grow a sense of community and hope.

Songs are not yet available for streaming, but we are recording this summer! In the meantime you can listen to Melting Virgo's original songs performed live at our March 2025 launch show, and our Petworth Porchfest 2025 live set.

Original Songs:

Don’t Negotiate, a rock ballad about climate action with crowd singing
Lobotomize Your Coffeemaker, a ska-punk tune
Smooth, an blues-funk about incompetent bosses
Empire of Smoke and Mirrors, a climate justice Bossa groove
White Gladis, heavy-metal meets the Jaws theme, written about a pod of orcas who sinks yachts
Money is a Tool, a folk blues song based on the song “Sixteen Tons” by Merle Travis made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford, singing along encouraged

Cover Songs:

I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
War Pigs - Black Sabbath, with inspiration from Brass Against & Cake's covers
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

Send booking requests to alice@meltingvirgo.com

Don't Negotiate

I wrote the hook of this song when smoke from California drifted across the country to DC in the summer of 2022. The song has been sung at many direct actions with groups like XRDC and the Sunrise Movement.

Learn more and take action on climate.

Empire of Smoke and Mirrors

Themes of this song include investigating and holding accountable the people who knowingly cause harm.

Learn more and take action for gun safety, labor rights, and climate.

Money is a Tool

Inspired by Merle Travis' song, "Sixteen Loans," the outro of this song changes the classic words into "Sixteen Loans," a new take on an old problem.

Learn more and take action for student debt cancellation, healthcare for all, and climate.

Previous Projects and Collaborations

Joshua Long

Joshua Long is an award-winning songwriter, producer, worship leader and environmental activist with a passion for creating music that moves the soul and inspires change. You can hear Alice (aka Melting Virgo) featured on vocals and trumpet on Joshua's most recent album, We Are Earth (2024), and catch her performing live in festivals, protests, and worship spaces alike.

If you would like to book Joshua Long for a performance, worship service, conference, festival, or speaking event, please send an email to booking@joshualongmusic.com

Strangers That Clique

A founding member of this funk/hip-hop group, you can hear Alice's lead vocals, trumpet, and keys on Strangers That Clique's released music on all streaming platforms.

Good Enough for Government Work

This just-for-fun birthday band of friends turned into a gigging cover band that plays a wide variety of certified bangers with everything from ABBA to Black Sabbath. Our original line up includes myself (keytar, trumpet, vocals) and Jyoti (vocals, flute). Backed by Kirk on drums, David on lead guitar, and Justin on bass, this band is dedicated to having a riot playing a list of songs that'll make you and your friends smile.

Our Covers Included:

~ Rainbow in the Dark - Dio ~
~ crushcrushcrush - Paramore ~
~ Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall ~
~ N.I.B. - Black Sabbath ~
~ War Pigs - Black Sabbath ~
~ Dancing Queen - ABBA ~
~ Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry ~
~ Down Under - Men at Work ~
~ Can't You See -The Marshall Tucker Band ~
~ You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt ~
~ All Star - Smash Mouth ~
~ I'm a Believer - in the style of Smash Mouth ~
~ Don't Stop Me Now - Queen ~
~ Kill Bill - SZA ~
~ Creep - in the style of Kelly Clarkson ~
~ Heros - David Bowie ~
~ Photograph - Def Leopard ~
~ C'mon Baby Cry - Orville Peck ~
~ 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone ~
~ Can't Get Enough - Bad Company ~
~ Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus ~
~ Heart of Glass - Blondie ~
~ Good - Better than Ezra ~
~ Under Pressure - David Bowie and Queen ~

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