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Madeleine Peyroux is tagged as: jazz, female vocalists, blues, vocal jazz, singer-songwriter

Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, United States, and raised in New York City and Paris, France. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Madeleine also has qualities similar to Ella Fitzgerald. 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 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 so...
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Top 10 Madeleine Peyroux Songs
Dance Me To The End Of Love
Between The Bars
J'Ai Deux Amours
Don't Cry Baby
Don't Wait Too Long
Lonesome Road
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Careless Love
No More
I'll Look Around
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Top 10 Madeleine Peyroux Albums
Careless Love
Half The Perfect World
Dreamland
Bare Bones
Got You on My Mind
Autumn In New York
Don't Wait Too Long
Once In A While
Dance Me To The End Of Love
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
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