Madeleine Peyroux

One clear, pure sound

by Erick Trickey

posted 11/15/2004

If you listened to WEMU around 1997, you've heard Madeleine Peyroux, the jazz and blues singer who sounds unnervingly like Billie Holiday and was constantly on the air singing Bessie Smith's "Reckless Blues." The song stood out, and not just because of the Holiday echo. Peyroux was smart enough to know that her charms are built on softness and

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