MADELEINE PEYROUX celebrates new album. A journey of contemplation, observation, and confession

Celebrated vocalist, songwriter MADELEINE PEYROUX has released her first album in six years with ‘Let’s Walk,’ (via ‘Thirty Tigers’). 

The record represents Peyroux’s most eclectic, introspective, and daring work to date as she addresses personal, and societal themes. 

Powered by the distinctive, honeyed croon that delivered her from the Paris streets to concert halls, ten unabashedly personal songs deftly interweave jazz, folk, and chamber pop.

“This music is part of a dialogue,” she said. “That’s what art is. It’s engagement, community. I believe more than anything in getting together with people and listening to music and conversing. Music is the only way I’ve ever built community.”

Title track ‘Let’s Walk’ draws its inspiration from the global movements of 2020 when people came together to advocate for civil rights and a just society. It embodies a call to action, rejecting the notion of simply walking away from societal challenges, and instead promoting standing up for unity and purpose.

 “The lyric refers to mass mobilization of marchers for civil rights around the world,” she added. “A voluntarily unified action in support of a humanitarian ideology.”

‘Let’s Walk’ benefits from gospel textures, organ, and a steady, infectious beat, enlisting harmonies from Grammy-winning artist Catherine Russell (David Bowie, Rosanne Cash), along with vocalists Cindy Mizelle (Bruce Springsteen) and Keith Fluitt (Patti LaBelle, Michael Jackson).

The new album is a melting pot of genres, including jazz, folk, gospel blues, Americana, and Latin rhythms, all sprinkled with moments of light-hearted humour, with listeners invited on a journey of contemplation, observation, and confession.

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