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The epic and libertarian duo Madeleine & Salomon embraces with ardor the feminist American songbook.

Presented by The Lilypad at The Lilypad, Cambridge MA

Jan 31 2018

An homage to the humanist and rebellious repertoire of the great American female protest singers

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The epic and libertarian duo Madeleine & Salomon embraces with ardor the feminist American songbook.
They cover it with loving-kindness tinged with a minimalistic music and with a deep and incandescent chant.
Their first album A Woman’s Journey reveals a graceful and unexpected reinterpretation of a humanist and rebellious repertoire from Nina Simone to Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker.
Madeleine sings, Salomon sits at the piano. Madeleine & Salomon, a duo with a natural

Madeleine & Salomon is the meeting of two artists with well-established musical visions: the vocalist and flutist Clotilde and the pianist and composer Alexandre Saada.

Long-term friends, they discovered, during a tour of Asia, in 2014, that they shared a common musical aesthetic and decided to form the duo Madeleine & Salomon stamped in impressionist poetry.

They took advantage of the invitation of the Melbourne Recital Centre in June 2015 to rethink the American Songbook in their original fashion, and record their first album A Woman’s Journey.

“A brilliant date! These are fully formed readings with a power all their own. (…) This release as a whole flows with impeccable sense and beauty.” Larry Blood, Monterey Jazz Fest Broadcast Producer – 88.7 TCI cable radio – 91.3 Monterey Peninsula TV cable radio (USA)

“Such a beautiful thoughtful recording” Ken Irving, WMCB 107.9 (USA)

“The most beautiful piano/vocal/flute song I’ve heard (yet) in 2017. Just WONDERFUL.” Dick Metcalf, CONTEMPORARY FUSION REVIEWS (USA)

“To open such as “A woman’s journey” brings me out of my funk… (…) a great gift to the world…” Jim Compton-Schmidt, KFSR RADIO (USA)

“A fascinating album. So many moods, so much space and lyricism” Clive Davis, SUNDAY TIMES (UK)

“Superb new CD” Kevin Legendre, BBC RADIO 3 (UK)

“Bright spark”ECHOES MAG (UK)

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$10 Cover @ the Door / Start 8:30pm / Doors 8pm

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1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139

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Street parking is limited. Municipal parking lot on Springfield Street.

The epic and libertarian duo Madeleine & Salomon embraces with ardor the feminist American songbook.

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