150 shows per year. They play solo gigs in small to medium-sized clubs and numerous festivals, as well as larger venues accompanied by a band. In 2007, they performed at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and opened for Ani Difranco. Their song "Drive" from the Freedom album became popularly known as a "lesbian anthem". Their musical inspirations include Bruce Springsteen, The Pretenders, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Simon, Earth Wind and Fire, Tori Amos, Radiohead, Dave Matthews, and Joan Armatrading. Personal life Melissa Ferrick identifies as queer and gender-nonconforming. Ferrick uses she/they pronouns. Discography 1993 – Massive Blur 1995 – Willing to Wait 1996 – Made of Honor 1997 – Melissa Ferrick +1 (live) 1998 – Everything I Need 2000 – Freedom 2001 – Skinnier, Faster, Live at the B.P.C. (live) 2001 – Valentine Heartache 2002 – Listen Hard 2003 – 70 People at 7000 Feet (live) 2004 – The Other Side 2006 – In the Eyes of Strangers 2006 – Decade (video) 2007 – Live at Union Hall (live) 2008 – Goodbye Youth 2010 – Enough About Me 2011 – Still Right Here 2013 – The Truth Is 2015 – Melissa Ferrick References External links Melissa Ferrick interview on The Lesbian Podcast Living people 1970 births American singer-songwriters American folk singers People from Ipswich, Massachusetts Berklee College of Music alumni Lesbian singers Lesbian songwriters American lesbian musicians American LGBT singers American LGBT songwriters LGBT people from Massachusetts Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts Guitarists from Massachusetts Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni Queer singers Queer songwriters 20th-century American guitarists 21st-century American guitarists 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people Non-binary singers Non-binary songwriters American non-binary writers