Malted Shake Presents: Madeleine Rose Witney
Thu 28 Oct
|London
Madeleine Rose Witney is no conventional torch singer but a woman with a voice like velvet who takes every experience from her helter skelter life, wraps it in song and leads her audience on a journey into poetry, emotion and truth.
Time & Location
28 Oct 2021, 18:00 – 22:00
London, Arch 46, Ropewalk, Maltby St, London SE1 3PA, UK
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About the Event
Born and raised in London, Madeleine found her voice as a young woman thanks to the music of jazz legends from the 1930s to the 1950s. Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day and Julie London were the women who inspired her with their musicality, interpretation and feeling. What makes Madeleine such a unique talent is her skill at taking the techniques of those songstresses of yesteryear and bringing them into the 21st century.
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Her live performances see her move seamlessly from traditional standards to her own compositions, which draw a line from the swing of the jazz era with beatnik improv to contemporary sounds. Her themes are modern, relevant, sometimes outré, but always designed to engage and provoke. Bringing it all together is her often heart-rending original poetry. The live experience gives her audiences a glimpse into the life of this very contemporary young woman with…
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