Madeleine Peyroux - The singer who disappeared
By: Mark Runyon | Category: Music News | 02/17/05 | 10:36 AM
Eight years ago, Madeleine Peyroux's debut album, Dreamland, was showered with praise. Critics swooned over her Billie Holiday-like voice, her choice of material (though pigeonholed as a jazz vocalist, her songs included Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight" and a pair of blues numbers) and her interpretive abilities. The album, despite no hits and little airplay, sold 200,000 copies, an amazing number for an unknown singer. And then she disappeared.
Read the full article at CNN and be sure to check back in next week for a review of Peyroux's latest album Careless Love.
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