Audra Mae (born February 20, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter from
Oklahoma City
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,
Oklahoma
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. She is the great-great-niece of
Judy Garland
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, and a great granddaughter of Garland's sister Jimmie. Since arriving in California in 2007, she has signed a publishing deal with
Warner/Chappell
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...
, and sang
Bob Dylan
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Sons of Anarchy
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''. In 2009, she signed to Los Angeles-based indie label
SideOneDummy Records
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.
Career
2009: ''Haunt EP''
She released a digital EP ''Haunt'' on October 20, 2009 and then went on the road as part of
Chuck Ragan
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's Revival Tour. That year, Audra also wrote a song for ''
Britain's Got Talent
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Who I Was Born to Be
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" was the only original track on Susan Boyle's chart-topping, 9 million- selling ''
I Dreamed a Dream
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'' album. Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.
2010–2012: ''The Happiest Lamb'' and ''Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound''
''The Happiest Lamb'' was released on May 18, 2010. The album was recorded with her friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist
Jarrad Kritzstein
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, pianist Frank Pedano and drummer Kiel Feher, who have played live with her in a series of residencies around the L.A. area. Together with
Ferras Alqaisi
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she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in Unser Song für Deutschland, the German selection process to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut will sing at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
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. "Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous 2011 album.
''Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound'' was released on February 13, 2012. The album featured main and background vocals, percussion, production and composition work from Mae and also credited many other artists, including up-right bassist Joe Ginsberg, electric and rhythm guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein and organ and piano playing by Frank Pedano. In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "
Here I Go Again
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" was featured in two episodes of ''
The Good Wife
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'', "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus." She also is featured on
Flo Rida
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's track, "Run," with
Redfoo
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of
LMFAO
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, and on
All American Rejects
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The All-American Rejects
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Composition and recording
The All-A ...
''. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "
Kids in the Street
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Avicii
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songs that were featured on his album ''
True
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''. The songs are " Addicted to You", "Shame on Me", and "Long Road To Hell".
Avicii
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announced that " Addicted to You" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014. She is featured in one of
Jon Bellion
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's songs called "Luxury," which was released on September 2, 2014.
Mae also co-wrote the songs "Somebody Loves Somebody" and "Breakaway" for
Celine Dion
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, which were featured on Dion's album
Loved Me Back to Life
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.
American country artist
Miranda Lambert
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recorded Mae's "
Little Red Wagon
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''Little Red Wagon'' covers Zach Bonner's philanthr ...
" for her 2014 album, ''
Platinum
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'', and released it as the album's third single in January 2015. It became a Top 10 hit on the ''Billboard''
Hot Country Songs
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chart, peaking at number 5. In 2015 she teamed up with
Avicii
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once again to sing the cover by Avicii of " Feeling Good" by
Nina Simone
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.
In February, 2018, Mae released the album ''Love, Audra Mae'', called "a love letter to the music of her ancestry, the loyal fans who've touched her heart and the enchantments of romances never forgotten."
On December 5, 2019 Mae performed songs she created with EDM artist Avicii at the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health. All proceeds from this concert contributed to the Tim Bergling Foundation.
Toured with
* 2009 – Chuck Ragan
* 2009 – Kevin Seconds
* 2009 – Frank Turner
* 2009 – Jim Ward
* 2010 – Good Old War
* 2010 – Stephen Kellogg
* 2011 – Nick 13
* 2011 – Lucero
* 2012 –
Matt Nathanson
Matthew Adam Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has played both sol ...