Juno award-winning singer/songwriter Melanie Doane returns to her native Halifax with a performance at Neptune Theatre's Fountain Hall on Wednesday July 27th. Doane is promoting her latest album, 'Emerald CIty' available on iTunes. On the lead single 'Ruby Slippers' ,she sings, 'There's no place like home….' Ashlee Starratt sat down with Melanie in the studio to talk about her song-writing, her creativity, what it's like to be back East and why she has a soft spot for ukeleles. www.melaniedoane.com

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