REVIEWS
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REVIEWS
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Jan. 18, 2007
by Polly Coufos for The Australian
Dec 17, 2006
By David Smyth for The Evening Standard
Dec 11, 2006
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Oct 17, 2006
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by Don Heckman for The Los Angeles Times
Oct 7, 2006
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by Phil Johnson for The Independent
July 15, 2006
June 14, 2006
- Madeleine Peyroux doesn't simply interpret songs, she possesses them...
Oct 31, 2005
By John Aizlewood for The Evening Standard
August 2005
by Alison Kerr for the Scotland Herald
Aug 9, 2005
by Helen Loughlin for Edinburgh Festivals
Sept 29, 2005
by Sarah Tomlinson for The Boston Globe
Sept 23, 2005
While her life story isn't nearly as tragic as that of Billie Holiday, Peyroux has a similar air of mysterious restraint and rueful regret about her. After her big breakout with "Dreamland," she essentially ran away from the public eye for almost a decade, claiming that voice strain and the emotional pressure to deliver a successful follow-up album had gotten the best of her.
But finally producer Larry Klein (best known for his work with ex-wife Joni Mitchell) lured her back to do "Careless Love," a high-concept (Norah Jones meets Cassandra Wilson at Billie Holiday's house) album that finds Peyroux doing hurts-so-good, cabaret cool rethinks of tunes from other fabulously tortured souls like Leonard Cohen ("Dance Me to the End of Love"), Bob Dylan ("You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"), Patsy Cline ("Walking After Midnight") and Josephine Baker ("J'ai Deux Amours" sung in French - but of course, my cherie).
And currently scoring a TV commercial for Dockers is her worldly wise vocal entreaty from the set "Don't Wait Too Long," co-authored by the singer, Klein and Jesse Harris.
Peyroux has been working that "I vant to be alone," air-of-mystery thing away from the microphone, too. She got her British music label in a terrible tizzy a few weeks ago by "vanishing" off the face of the earth, blowing out a bunch of promotional events and forcing the label to put a private detective on her trail.
Then, after my interview with her was tentatively set, Peyroux's American publicist sheepishly informed me that the artist was likewise "indisposed."
Truth is, some talents are better appreciated from afar, without knowing exactly what makes them tick or how they've come to sound like a dusty old vinyl record incarnate.
But finally producer Larry Klein (best known for his work with ex-wife Joni Mitchell) lured her back to do "Careless Love," a high-concept (Norah Jones meets Cassandra Wilson at Billie Holiday's house) album that finds Peyroux doing hurts-so-good, cabaret cool rethinks of tunes from other fabulously tortured souls like Leonard Cohen ("Dance Me to the End of Love"), Bob Dylan ("You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"), Patsy Cline ("Walking After Midnight") and Josephine Baker ("J'ai Deux Amours" sung in French - but of course, my cherie).
And currently scoring a TV commercial for Dockers is her worldly wise vocal entreaty from the set "Don't Wait Too Long," co-authored by the singer, Klein and Jesse Harris.
Peyroux has been working that "I vant to be alone," air-of-mystery thing away from the microphone, too. She got her British music label in a terrible tizzy a few weeks ago by "vanishing" off the face of the earth, blowing out a bunch of promotional events and forcing the label to put a private detective on her trail.
Then, after my interview with her was tentatively set, Peyroux's American publicist sheepishly informed me that the artist was likewise "indisposed."
Truth is, some talents are better appreciated from afar, without knowing exactly what makes them tick or how they've come to sound like a dusty old vinyl record incarnate.
Sept 19, 2005
... while chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux was holding a Garden Stage audience rapt with her dreamy crooning
Peyroux, who has been getting rave reviews for her second album "Careless Love," recorded seven years after her debut "Dreamland," uses a soft, dreamy Billie Holiday-style delivery and phrasing to get her music across. Peyroux's low-key charms and understated style might have worked better in a smaller, intimate setting of a nightclub, but the capacity Garden Stage crowd didn't seem to mind a bit, hanging on her every word and yelling out terms of encouragement from time to time. At times seeming modestly shy and self-conscious, Peyroux even noted at one point that the crowd was unusually quiet and exhorted them to be louder. Even the guitar she quietly strummed seemed more of a security blanket than a musical instrument.
Peyroux, who has been getting rave reviews for her second album "Careless Love," recorded seven years after her debut "Dreamland," uses a soft, dreamy Billie Holiday-style delivery and phrasing to get her music across. Peyroux's low-key charms and understated style might have worked better in a smaller, intimate setting of a nightclub, but the capacity Garden Stage crowd didn't seem to mind a bit, hanging on her every word and yelling out terms of encouragement from time to time. At times seeming modestly shy and self-conscious, Peyroux even noted at one point that the crowd was unusually quiet and exhorted them to be louder. Even the guitar she quietly strummed seemed more of a security blanket than a musical instrument.
Sept 18, 2005
by Mark Whittington for The Mercury News
August 8, 2005
By Hugh Gregory for The Telegraph
by Jack Massarik for The Evening Standard
August 6, 2005
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May 11, 2005
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Feb, 11, 2005
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Interview with John Bungey for London Times
Dec 9, 2004
Bamboo Music
Nov 23, 2004
Oct 28, 2004
Review by James Reed for boston.com
Oct 25, 2004
by Bob Iliff
Oct 18, 2004
- Moore Theater performance
Sep 24, 2004
From blues to country and medium swing to walking ballads, Madeleine Peyroux, in her debut at Le Jazz au Bar, covers all the bases with a subtle and sweet lack of pretension. A freshly minted purity and innocence prevails, but underneath there is a distinctly sexy and seductive core with an edgy jazz sensitivity....
Aug 27, 2004
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Feb 19, 2004
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Nov 29, 2002
preview of concert in Rhinebeck NY
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