Madeleine Peyroux

Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, and raised in New York City and Paris. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday.

Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, and raised in New York City and Paris. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday.

Peyroux was launched into the limelight in 1996 when, at 22, her first album Dreamland gained widespread attention. Time called it "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year." Peyroux soon found herself opening for Sarah McLachlan and Cesaria Evora, and made appearances at jazz festivals and on the Lilith Fair tour.