La Madeleine, that American Frenchwoman with the charming voice. Those who hear her are immediately reminded of Billie Holiday (or Bessie Smith, Patsy Kline, Melody Gardot, Hindi Zahra... that vocal class.)
First here in the ABClub in '97 and has since made a fine local journey along the likes of Klinkers and Blue Note Ghent, right up to a sold out AB almost three years ago. There's finally a new CD out too, full of own songs: ‘Standing On The Rooftop’ (via Universal). Still working on Woody Guthrie's lyrics in between!?
After years of street experience, Madeleine Peyroux certainly knows how to chose her well-directed covers. That was also apparent from other CDs she made since '06: ‘Dreamland’, ‘Careless Love’ and ‘Half The Perfect World’ mainly contain lovely versions of the likes of Tom Waits or Leonard Cohen: ‘The Heart Of Saturday Night’, ‘Dance Me To The End Of Love’... But there are also remarkable renderings of ‘Everybody’s Talking’, ‘La Vie En Rose’, ‘J'ai Deux Amours’, ‘La Javanaise’ or that purging ‘I'm Allright (I've Been Lonely Before)’. Since ‘Bare Bones’ from 2009 though, we hear more and more personal songs and fine collaborations with Craig Street, Marc Ribot, Joe Henry, Meshell Ndegeocello... amongst others.
She can still do it well on her own, the girl who was discovered in the streets of Paris. But this time too, it really is the great lady Madeleine Peyroux and Band!

Madeleine Peyroux – vocals and guitar
Jon Herington – guitar
Jim Beard – keyboards
Barak Mori – bass
Darren Beckett – drums