- ... Some '04 standouts overlooked by Grammy
Madeleine Peyroux, "Careless Love" (Rounder) With pipes reminiscent of Billie Holiday, Peyroux lollygags behind the beat, croons in French, and pulls off breezy jazz treatments of works by songsters as diverse as W. C. Handy and Elliott Smith. "This should have been in Grammy's contemporary jazz category," says Susan Castle, music programmer for KGSR in Austin, where the album topped the station's year-end listener poll.

By Dan Gilgoff from Grammy Forgot, Diversions from USNews.com (2/11/2005 issue)

- ... Music she danced to during our photo shoot: Madeleine Peyroux's Careless Love CD.
Profile of Joanne Woodward with no other Madeleine reference

Hollywood's Hottest, by Nancy Griffin, AARP Magazine, March & April 2005

- ... Music for adults
In recent weeks, "Careless Love" (Rounder), a record on an independent label by a sophisticated pop-jazz vocalist named Madeleine Peyroux, has quietly edged past 100,000 sales with almost no radio airplay. It's become an out-of-left-field hit in cafes, wine bars and spas, where its smoky ambience suits the mostly post-college-age clientele.

"People who have heard the record in these places have had an immediate reaction: Who is that? Where can I get that?" says Paul Foley, general manager of marketing for Peyroux's label, Rounder Records. "We're looking for an upper-demographic audience that is not being served currently by the record industry's marketing schemes."

By Greg Kot, excerpted from Chicago Tribune 1/23/2005

- Why it took vocalist Madeleine Peyroux eight year ...

Thom Jurek (12/18/2004) for All Music Guide

- The chanteuse as a style has ... [Real audio]

George Graham (10/6/2004) - Graham Weekly Album Review #1377

- 'Careless Love' Review (in German)

Jazz Echo (10/1/2004)

- Review of 'Careless Love' [Windows | Real]

Kevin Whitehead on Fresh Air (12/28/2004)

- The Return Of Madeleine Peyroux

Keith and Kent Zimmerman (10/21/2004) for JazzWeek.com
(also in 11/12 printed JazzWeek)

- Madeleine Peyroux, Careless Love

Bernard Zuel (12/24/2004) for Sydney Morning Herald online