NEWS 07/18/06 MADELEINE PEYROUX TO APPEAR IN UPCOMING WARNER BROS. FILM “LUCKY YOU” Madeleine Peyroux will appear on screen in the upcoming Warner Bros. film “Lucky You” singing “Dance Me to the End of Love”. The film is scheduled to open in theaters in early September. The movie is directed by Curtis Hanson (8 Mile, L.A. Confidential) and stars Drew Barrymore, Eric Bana, Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr. and Debra Messing. 06/08/06 MADELEINE PEYROUX READIES NEW RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER 12 Madeleine Peyroux Readies New Record. Major Fall Tour Planned. Madeleine Peyroux, the smoky voiced singer whose remarkable recent success made her one of the major surprise hit stories of last year, has completed work on her new as-yet-untitled album, set for release September 12. Peyroux spent the month of April in Los Angeles recording with producer Larry Klein, who also worked with the singer on her worldwide million selling smash Careless Love. Klein recently told the Wall St. Journal that Peyroux is working with an “expanded palette,” while the newspaper predicted the new album “may expand...her audience.” Besides landing on top ten album of the year lists in Newsweek and the Wall St. Journal among many other critical coups, Careless Love is nearing Gold in the US with another 600,000 for the rest of the world. It’s Gold in the UK, France and Australia. Plans are in the works for major touring in the Fall, and a NY showcase this Summer along with confirmed key festival stops at Ravinia (June 17) and Newport (August 6). 01/19/06 MADELEINE PEYROUX WINS A 2005 BORDERS ORIGINAL VOICES AWARD For the first time, the 2005 Borders Original Voices program included music selections and from the group of six finalists, Careless Love by Madeleine Peyroux was selected as the winner. In choosing this title as the award recipient, music committee members said, “It is Peyroux’s voice that first catches your ear, but it is her beautiful, laid back, melodic jazz treatments of everything from Leonard Cohen to Bob Dylan to Hank Williams that keeps you listening.” 12/08/05 MADELEINE LENDS HER VOICE TO BENEFIT CDS Madeleine Music on Benefit CDs This Holiday Season KFOG (104.597.7) KFOG Live from the Archives, Vol.12 (benefits Bay Area Food Banks and other non-profit organizations) Madeleine Peyroux – “Don’t Wait Too Long” KBCO (97.3 FM, Boulder, CO) KBCO Studio C, Vol.17 (benefits the Boulder County AIDS Project) Madeleine Peyroux – “Don’t Wait Too Long” WDET (101.9 FM, Detroit, MI) DET Live, Vol.4 (benefits the Public Radio Station WDET) Madeleine Peyroux – “Don’t Wait Too Long” WBOS (92.9 FM, Boston, MA) Studio 7 - Live From The Archives, Vol.3 (benefits the American Red Cross for their ongoing efforts on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Katrina) Madeleine Peyroux – “Don’t Wait Too Long” 11/03/05 MADELEINE NAMED BEST NEW JAZZ ARTIST XM Satellite Radio announced the winners of the first annual XM Nation Music Awards. Madeleine Peyroux was named Best New Jazz Artist. Nearly 1.4 million votes were cast by music fans nationwide for nominated artists and categories selected by XM’s programming staff. ABOUT - Madeleine Peyroux doesn't simply interpret songs, she possesses them...and vice versa. Madeleine Peyroux is either an old soul or was "born with it" (depending on one's theory about the flashpoint of artistry); that became apparent in 1996, with the release of her debut album, Dreamland, a remarkably knowing work in which the then-22-year-old singer brought commensurate insightfulness to material associated with Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, and Patsy Cline. Her decision to cover Edith Piaf's "La Vie en Rose" reflected the decade that the Georgia-born Peyroux had spent living in Paris, from ages 13 to 22. In the ten years since then, she has brought a wealth of life experience to her natural affinities, first manifested on the long-in-coming sophomore album Careless Love and brought to fruition on Peyroux's new album Half the Perfect World. Half the Perfect World, once again impeccably produced by Larry Klein, serves as both complement and counterpoint to its predecessor, 2004's Careless Love, which drew raves across the board and sold more than a million copies worldwide. "This record is different from Careless Love in the sense that there's a unison of joy on it," Peyroux says of the new album. "It's pushing certain boundaries for me." Whereas much of her earlier work drew on writers and singers from the first half of the twentieth century, the bulk of Half the Perfect World focuses on artists and writers from the lifetime of the 32-year-old artist, including Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Fred Neil and Joni Mitchell. Peyroux's knack for choosing the perfect song is again key to the album's emotional impact, but her continued growth as a songwriter is equally important, and the new album's four original tunes more than hold their own, raising the groove quotient in the process. Peyroux, Larry Klein and Steely Dan's Walter Becker collaborated to write the album's opening track, the wonderfully catchy "I'm All Right." The album's other original songs reunite the writing team of Peyroux, Jesse Harris and Larry Klein (who penned the single "Don't Wait Too Long" on Careless Love). Rounding out the new album are Peyroux's interpretations of standards from Johnny Mercer, Charlie Chaplin and Serge Gainsbourg. "These love songs all come from an extremely personal place," says Peyroux of the new album, "and therefore allowed me a most intimate reading." Indeed, Peyroux's vocals bring such insight into both covers and originals on Half the Perfect World that a theme emerges - many of the album's songs explore romantic relationships from a distinctly female perspective. Along with revealing her artistic growth, the new album also reflects Peyroux's increased confidence, resulting in part from the synergy she'd achieved on Careless Love with Larry Klein and the core players - guitarist Dean Parks, bassist David Piltch and drummer Jay Bellerose. They're joined on Half the Perfect World by keyboardist Sam Yahel, drummer Scott Amedola and a stellar cast of supporting musicians which includes saxophonist Gary Foster, pedal steel player Greg Leisz, Till Bronner on trumpet and Larry Goldings on celeste. "This record has me taking more leaps in every song, partly because these are different kinds of songs than the songs I've previously covered," Peyroux says. "Working with a team that I've already worked with, and knowing how amazing they are.... The depth of collaboration and self-expression among all of us is what defines the essence of this album." The album is full of sublime moments. Sung by a woman from a man's point of view, "Blue Alert" (written by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas) is psychologically complex and erotically charged. This intertwining of genders "adds a depth to the song that wouldn't be there otherwise," Peyroux says. The blending of Peyroux and k.d. lang's distinctive voices on "River" puts an entirely new spin on the Joni Mitchell classic. And Peyroux's vocal on Chaplin's "Smile" is reflected by Till Bronner's muted trumpet, forming the musical equivalent of a shadow thrown by a streetlamp. Highlighting two of the album's songs, the Serge Gainsbourg standard "La Javanaise" and the original composition "Once in a While," are poignant string quartet arrangements courtesy of Mark Orton. Half the Perfect World is an album in which time stands still. It is filled with performances in which the spaces between the sounds are as crucial to the effect as the sounds themselves. As Peyroux puts it, "Silence is not just an absence of sound." Klein echoes this sentiment in discussing Peyroux's particular gift: "She gets at this almost indescribable, ineffable kind of poetry. You see it in Picasso's work; you hear it in Miles' playing. I'd say 90 percent of what she does is implied." Connoisseurs of eloquent, understated delivery now have a core artist in Madeleine Peyroux, and while Half the Perfect World provides dramatic evidence of her rarefied power of suggestion, it's also hard to avoid the impression that this album is merely the tip of the iceberg. ALBUM - Half the Perfect World RELEASED - 09/12/06 LABEL - Rounder Records LABEL LINK - http://www.rounder.com DESCRIPTION - The album is full of sublime moments. * Sung by a woman from a man's point of view, "Blue Alert" (written by Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas) is psychologically complex and erotically charged. This intertwining of genders "adds a depth to the song that wouldn't be there otherwise," Madeleine says. * The blending of Madeleine's and k.d. lang's distinctive voices on "River" puts an entirely new spin on the Joni Mitchell classic. * And Madeleine's vocal on Chaplin's "Smile" is reflected by Till Bronner's muted trumpet, forming the musical equivalent of a shadow thrown by a streetlamp. * Highlighting two of the album's songs, the Serge Gainsbourg standard "La Javanaise" and the original composition "Once in a While," are poignant string quartet arrangements courtesy of Mark Orton. TRACK LISTING 1. I'm All Right 2. The Summer Wind 3. Blue Alert 4. Everybody's Talking 5. River (with K.D. Lang) 6. All I Need Is A Little Bit 7. Once In A While 8. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night 9. Half The Perfect World 10. La Javanaise 11. California Rain 12. Smile PLAYERS Madeleine Peyroux — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Dean Parks — Guitars David Piltch — Bass Jay Bellerose — Drummer Scott Amendola — Drums Sam Yahel — Keyboards plus Gary Foster — Saxophonist Greg Leisz — Pedal Steel Till Bronner — Trumpet Larry Goldings — Celeste ALBUM - Careless Love RELEASED - 09/14/04 LABEL - Rounder Records LABEL LINK - http://www.rounder.com DESCRIPTION - "…But for the lovers, their arms Round the griefs of the ages…" - Dylan Thomas Dedicated to Poets, writers of these songs, memorable people of memorable times such as these, wherever you are~ Many thanks to Larry Klein, Yves Beauvais, Dan Fitzgerald, Cynthia Herbst, Jeff Greenberg, all precious family and friends, far and near, old and new, Joey, Seamus, Brenna, Madeleine, Morgan and Sean, the myriad earnest, soulful musicians, the dwellers of the City of New York, and to those enjoying life at every turn, for making this possible. ~Madeleine Peyroux ".... With the release of her long awaited follow-up album, Careless Love, Peyroux's potential as an artist is truly realized. Her smoky voice and knowing delivery make each song her own, whether she's singing vintage tunes by W.C. Handy and Hank Williams, or contemporary songs by Leonard Cohen and Elliott Smith. Producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin) weaves strands of acoustic blues, country ballads, classic jazz, torch songs and pop into a vibrant fabric that is both timeless and thoroughly up to date, with Peyroux's arresting vocals always front and center. TRACK LISTING 1. Dance Me to the End of Love 2. Don't Wait Too Long 3. Don't Cry Baby 4. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go 5. Between the Bars 6. No More 7. Lonesome Road 8. J'ai Deux Amours 9. Weary Blues 10. I'll Look Around 11. Careless Love 12. This Is Heaven to Me PLAYERS Madeleine Peyroux – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Dean Parks – Guitars Larry Goldings – Piano, Wurlitzer Piano, Estey, Hammond Organ, Celeste David Piltch – Bass Jay Bellerose – Drums and Percussion Lee Thornburg – Trumpet on “This Is Heaven to Me” And “No More” Scott Amendola – Brushes on “I'll Look Around” ALBUM - Dreamland RELEASED - 1996 LABEL - Atlantic Records LABEL LINK - http://www.atlanticrecords.com DESCRIPTION - This is Madeleine's first album, released in 1996. TRACK LISTING 1. walkin' after midnight 2. hey sweet man 3. i'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter 4. (getting some) fun out of life 5. la vie en rose 6. always a use 7. a prayer 8. muddy water 9. was i ? 10. dreamland 11. reckless blues 12. lovesick blues PLAYERS James Carter Charlie Giordano Greg Cohen Kenny Wollison Marc Ribot Regina Carter Marcus Printup Cyrus Chestnut Steve Kirby Leon Parker Vernon Reid