Madeleine Peyroux The Blue Room CD Review & Giveaway

If you love the classic jazzy voices from singers such as Billie Holliday you have to check out the new CD from Madeleine Peyroux titled The Blue Room which was released last week from Decca Records.  I had not heard of Madeleine Peyroux before receiving this CD but her voice is so smooth and sophisticated you would think you were listening to music from a much earlier time. 

Here is the description of this recording and its inspiration:

THE BLUE ROOM features Madeleine reinterpreting songs from Ray Charles seminal album MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC, as well as others from legendary artists such as Randy Newman and Leonard Cohen, whose legacies are herein enveloped into a similar melting pot of the variety of American popular song.

Released in the summer of 1962, MODERN SOUNDS was a daring album for Charles as it broke the mold of what was expected from him, and in turn, truly represented artistic freedom something that clearly inspires Peyrouxs album THE BLUE ROOM.

Conceived and produced by the legendary GRAMMY-Award winner Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Herbie Hancock), he says, Rays cultural landmark of an album has always been a part of me. I have loved this album ever since I can remember and I knew that Madeleine would be the perfect voice to bring it to the forefront again.

Reexamining this album is an ideal project for the multi-talented Madeleine Peyroux, because she comes from that same rare place as Ray Charles the junction of jazz, country and blues. The Brooklyn and Paris-bred artist, with a New Orleans pedigree, Peyroux's soulfully piercing voice and eclectic musical mix makes for magnificent story-telling. And that is exactly what each of the songs on THE BLUE ROOM does tell a story but from her own perspective. Infusing her own vision and reinterpretation of the songs with modern sensibility, Peyroux brings elements of jazz, country and blues into each song, while evoking a depth of emotion and sound of such legends as Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, and Bob Dylan.

Featuring sparse arrangements, each of the 11 tracks on the album sets a tone and mood that respects where the originals came from, but offers a modern reinterpretation of each song. Truly an inspired record, THE BLUE ROOM features five other tracks that Madeleine felt could accompany Charles seminal album.




This album is a cover album with some obscure songs, but there were a few that sounded familiar to me including You Don't Know Me and Bye Bye Love.  Even the songs I was not familiar definitely had me listening to over and over again.  Lately I have been going through a phase that the music I am listening to is slower and easy and this CD delivers that perfectly.  Her voice is really pure and soothing and really enjoyable to listen to.

You can pick up this recording on Amazon. The CD is priced at $11.88 and the MP3 Album is $9.49.

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