Madeleine Peyroux

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Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia (USA), and raised in New York City and Paris. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Madeleine also has qualities similar to Ella Fitzgerald. Like Holiday, Peyroux was marketed as a jazz singer, when what she seems to do best is sing blues music. Though Peyroux may remind some listeners of Holiday, there are differences, and she has her own sense of phrasing and interpretation.

Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first passing round the hat, and then singing. At sixteen she joined the Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band, spending two years touring Europe performing songs by the likes of Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and others, which provided the basis for her first album, Dreamland.

Dreamland was released in 1996, and gained widespread attention. Time called it “the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year”. Dreamland, is a brilliant recording, as Peyroux’s distinctive voice is not hindered by overly intricate arrangements. Most of the accompaniment on the record is light and sparse, the way it should be for a singer with such a unique voice.Peyroux soon found herself opening for Sarah McLachlan and Cesaria Evora, and made appearances at jazz festivals and on the Lilith Fair tour.

1	Dance Me to the End of Love full track	1,400
2	Don't Wait Too Long full track	1,287
3	Between The Bars full track	1,038
4	Don't Cry Baby full track	1,009
5	J'ai Deux Amours full track	902
6	Lonesome Road full track	882
7	Careless Love full track	866
8	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go full track	820
9	No More full track	751
10	This Is Heaven to Me full track	696
11	I'll Look Around full track	689
12	Weary Blues full track	606
13	Blue Alert full track	603
14	Smile full track	548
15	Once In A While full track	506

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Dinkydaisy wrote:
Thursday morning

While not a huge fan of jazz I'm a lover of Billie Holiday, and also love Madeleine. I first discovered her through my TVs On Demand music, and thought that the description of her song 'Don't Wait too Long' ('...or she may lose her beret') sounded interesting enough to check her out. So glad I did.

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Daisyyc wrote:
Monday morning

喜欢

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Eclectic-G wrote:
8 days ago

176,716 listeners!

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sisimoes wrote:
11 days ago

I'm in love!

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retro_trash wrote:
13 days ago

loves it

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Walidn wrote:
13 days ago

Listen.. You just stepped out any mood..

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sengsation wrote:
15 days ago

amazing

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ncrln81 wrote:
16 days ago

"No More" is a great song...

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rguntrip wrote:
17 days ago

I would love Madeleine to sing cover versions of some of the songs on my "OUT OF THE BLUE" CD What a great style and voice.

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DamienLove wrote:
25 days ago

What a great cover of Cohen's Dance me to the end of love. Brilliant.

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TrinityAngel wrote:
last month

Absolutely beautiful!

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whatdidyousay wrote:
last month

Hypnotic.

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diogogogo wrote:
last month

She is great! what a voice

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kturner423 wrote:
last month

i haven't heard much, but so far nowhere near Billie

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BoyUnderGlass wrote:
last month

...dance me to the end of <3

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insorama wrote:
last month

really cool photo (not to mention the music)

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dawn- wrote:
June 2008

beautiful!

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my_rusting_halo wrote:
June 2008

I will be honest I heard of Madeleine through Momma Boone: the episode of Nip/Tuck. I only sought the song out thinking it was Billie Holiday. She's a very soothing voice like Billie.

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paris_atlantis wrote:
June 2008

what a lovely voice

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HigorBluesman wrote:
May 2008

Que som é esse? Muito bom de ouvir, não é nada de muito novo, mas a voz desta mulher é incrível!! Vale muito a pena! Abraço!

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Oct 3 Cesária Évora Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
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Dec 4 Madeleine Peyroux Via Funchal, São Paulo, Brazil
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