Melody Licious

Who is Melody Licious?

Melody Licious is the stage name of Detroit born Melody Baetens, a staff writer for The Detroit News since 1999.

She has recorded and toured with Broadzilla and Gore Gore Girls. She has also been with Detroit glam band the Sirens since 2001, and has appeared on all of the band's releases, plus a 2005 France tour and a 2006 tour of Serbia. Melody is currently in the Sirens and Coronados, a band with which she toured South America in 2004.

In 2006, Melody launched Stranglehold Booking & Promotions. She also works as a bartender and is the co-host of local music show "Detroit Local 101" on Riff2. An HD Radio side channel of WRIF, Riff2 won a National Association of Broadcasters award in 2007.

In January 2009, Melody became co-owner of Small's Bar in Hamtramck, MI.