Melissa Weikart makes music to heal, airing out self-grievances and finding deeper answers to the riddles of life. Born in Paris, the singer and keyboardist came up in Boston, and relocated to France four years ago. Her music has since garnered national attention—she is the recipient of the Nancy Jazz emerging artist prize in 2022, and the Concours National de Jazz à la Défense instrumentalist prize in 2023. “There was a dissonance between these two cultures and how I conceived of the world,” she admits.