Artist:Madeleine PeyrouxSong:Don't Wait Too Long
Album:Careless Love
Of course the first thing anyone thinks about after listening to Madeleine Peyroux is she sure sounds like Billie Holiday. Once you get past that, she's a very strong vocalist. She first emerged in the 90s and has had success in the jazz market more recently with Rounder Records. The 2004 CD Careless Love was her breakthrough CD. Despite the name, she's not French. I think her mom is French. She was born 1974 in Athens, GA. Her father moved the family to Brooklyn, NY so he could pursue acting. When her parents divorced, she moved to Paris with her mother in 1987. Madeleine has described her parents as hippie educators. She started busking in Paris at age 15 and toured Europe for several years with The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band. She signed a record deal with Atlantic and released Dreamland in 1996. Immediately folks picked up on the Billie Holiday similarities and musicians on the CD included James Carter, Marcus Printup and Cyrus Chestnut. She was on the Lilith Fair tour. When it came time to record again, she was having trouble with her vocal cords. She was also butting heads with Atlantic management. She went back to Paris and moved in with pianist William Galison. They recorded an EP in 2003 but Madeleine then signed with Rounder Records. She left him and there have been ongoing legal issues about those recordings. So Rounder put Madeleine together with Joni Mitchell's producer Larry Klein. The two clicked and the 2004 CD Careless Love sold over a million copies. The album is mostly covers but Madeleine wrote Don't Wait Too Long with Klein and songwriter Jesse Harris. He's best known for his work with Norah Jones. She continues to tour and record with Klein. Her latest CD Bare Bones was released Mar. 2009. Madeleine Peyroux is worth checking out. Here's the video for Don't Wait Too Long by Madeleine Peyroux.
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