“Shut up and sing.” It’s a sentiment heard by virtually every artist with an opinion at some point in their careers. Setting aside the fact that it relegates artists to the status of a jukebox, it also ignores the fact […]
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Anthem, the eighth album by jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux, was conceived in the midst of the tumultuous 2016 presidential election and its dismal news cycle. While the unhinged political climate leaked into and inspired her writing and recording, Anthem isn’t […]
This story first appeared on the Isthmus website. It is dedicated to the memory of Clark Anderson, slide guitarist, union organizer and friend. By Marc Eisen Yeah, I got a music jones. About 500 concerts and shows’ worth over 10 years. […]
(First published at Isthmus online.) MADISON WI: I searched for musical extremes in 2015. Jon Mueller’s prog drone (Shitty Barn, Spring Green, June 10), Gangstagrass’ confounding bluegrass hip-hop (the Frequency, Oct. 16), Tim Berne’s avant garde jazz (West End Conservatory, […]
Madeleine Peyroux, who found international success with 2004’s Careless Love, is often mentioned alongside Norah Jones as a champion of low-key brunch music. Musical menus aside, Peyroux is a much more traditional jazz singer than Jones, and not just because […]
Eight years after her first recording, the promising, commercially successful Atlantic release Dreamland, Madeleine Peyroux finally returns with her second outing, and it’s again a potpourri of jazz-inflected readings of very varied songs — everyone from Bob Dylan to Elliott […]
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