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An adorable little girl from Brighton, England. There comes a time in a true originals career where they become more than the sum of their influences. Sophie Madeleine's star is in such an ascendant, and we are witnessing the results of some maverick fusion. Steeped in an inherited classicism (she had a music-lover for a father,) she absorbed the greats of the last century - from Cole Porter to Gershwin, Bacharach, Beatles and beyond. Shades of Feist and Aimee Mann haunt her delivery, whilst she shines a light on the love song in a way that is at once candid,...

(1) Madeleine are an experimental rock band from the Basque Country. (2) Madeleine is an indie pop/indie rock band from Bonn/Germany. .

The Madeleines formed after childhood friends James (guitar/vocals), Matt (guitar/vocals) and Dunc (formerly drums), who went to school together in South Wales, where they spent their teenage years playing punk and new wave covers in various bands, all found themselves a few years later living in London. Out for James’ birthday, making music together again came up heatedly in conversation, and new friend Mike, originally from Knebworth, drunkenly promised to buy a bass. Thankfully, Mike is a man of his word, and a couple of days later they found themselves writing songs together, all agreeing that The Smiths, Television, The...

Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, USA, and raised in New York City and Paris, France. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Madeleine also has qualities similar to Ella Fitzgerald. Though Peyroux may remind some listeners of Holiday, there are differences, and she has her own sense of phrasing and interpretation. Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first passing round the hat, and...

Got You on My Mind is a jazz album by William Galison and Madeleine Peyroux, recorded in 1999, and later compiled into an album by Galison alone in 2003. Seven of its eleven tracks are by the two collaborators, the remainder are by Galison alone. The album is made up of a wide variety of material, ranging from jazz standards like Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' "The Way You Look Tonight" to pop songs like John Lennon's "Jealous Guy"; and containing two originals by Galison and one by Galison and Peyroux. The instrumentation is also varied, with Galison himself playing...