Madeline Elizabeth Adams, known
mononymously as Madeline, is a
folk singer-songwriter from
Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Lately she has been on tour backed by "The White Flag Band" composed of Jacob Morris and Caleb Darnell on
bass
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banjo
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guitar, Theo Hilton on
keys
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,
Laura Carter on
trumpet/
clarinet
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, Robbie Cucciaro on
baritone horn
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trumpet, Jim Wilson on
drums
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, and Jason Trahan on
guitar.
Overview
Madeline began performing her songs in
2000
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in
Athens,
GA, having grown up there. For a brief time in 2001, she fronted the locally popular
dance-pop
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band Sugar Shakers with Tim Schreiber (now known as Timmy Tumble). She self-released her first album, "Kissing and Dancing," in
2002
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. It was later re-released by
Plan-It-X Records. In
2006
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, she recorded "The Slow Bang" with Matthew Houck of
Phosphorescent at his house in Athens for local label
Orange Twin Records. On March 10, 2009, her third full-length album "White Flag" was released, having been recorded over a three-year period. Madeline described the recording of "White Flag" to
''Paste'' magazine as "totally different" compared to her previous albums:
As of April 1, 2009, she handled the booking of her own shows and
bartended on the side. As of 2017, she lives in Atlanta and works in advertising, copywriting and social media, and fronts the band Flamingo Shadow.
Musical style
Madeline's writing has been described as "lyrics to be pored over," her voice as "haunting." Additionally, the weblog, "Moving Pictures and Random Noises," has described her compositional technique and style of folk singing as such:
Madeline has also been likened to
The Softies,
Kimya Dawson, and
The Carter Family, as well as
1970's superstars
Joni Mitchell
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and
Karen Carpenter.
[Morris, Kurt]
"Review: ''Kissing and Dancing''"
Razorcake. Accessed 2011-22-04.
Discography
Albums
EPs
Footnotes
External links
Official WebsiteThe Official Madeline Myspace Page
*
Madeline
a
NPR's All Songs Considered
a
Orange Twin RecordsMadeline
o
Phoning It In
(2008)
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Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)