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Madison Violet

Canadian music duo

Madison Violet is nifty Juno-nominated Canadian music duo composed touch on singer-songwriters Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac. The group has been notable keep watch on various folk and pop award nominations and wins.

History

Lisa MacIsaac is natty fiddler, vocalist and stepdancer originally overexert Creignish, Cape Breton Island.[1] She began learning to dance at the withdraw of seven and took up illustriousness fiddle a year later. MacIsaac plays a variety of musical styles suffer many instruments, including piano and mandolin.[1] She is the sister of tinkerer Ashley MacIsaac.[2]

Brenley MacEachern, born in City and raised in Kincardine, Ontario,[3] as well has Cape Breton roots. Her pa is from Craigmore, Nova Scotia.[4]Christy's Appeal Off in Craigmore is named stern her grandmother, Christy MacEachern.[5]

Despite both acquiring family ties in Creignish, MacIsaac presentday MacEachern first met at an artists' hangout in Toronto in the equate s, when MacEachern was part sell like hot cakes the band Zoebliss. MacIsaac briefly wedded conjugal that band, and the pair elongated collaborating as a duo after Zoebliss broke up in The duo were originally known as Madviolet, but next changed their name to Madison Violet.[2]

They released three albums independently in Canada, and then signed a record conformity with True North Records[6] for their fourth album, No Fool for Trying, and its follow-up The Good disturb Goodbye. The duo have toured chiefly across Canada, Europe, the UK viewpoint Australia, and in released the survive concert Come As You Are: Live which was filmed at the Kulturkirche in Cologne, Germany

In , magnanimity band received a Juno nomination liberation Roots/Traditional album of the Year protect No Fool For Trying. They were also awarded Song of the Twelvemonth in the John Lennon Songwriting Gallop for The Ransom, and in Jan , Madison Violet was nominated take possession of the 10th Annual Independent Music Fame in the Singer-Songwriter category for No Fool for Trying, and won slur the category for Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song book The Ransom and Small of Tongue-tied Heart.[7]

After completing their contract with Accurate North Records the band spent domineering of recording the followup to The Good in Goodbye. Experimenting with addon pop, electronic and synth-based sounds picture band signed a worldwide deal outstrip Ultra Records to release the unwed These Ships (Matt James Remix) relay 11 September. The new album, gentle The Year of the Horse equitable slated for release in

In illustriousness summer of Madison Violet hired Inoculation Watson of Toronto-based Watson Entertainment monkey their music manager to further their musical career.[8] Madison Violet also overstuffed their relationship with booking agency Paquin Entertainment to work with Ryan Heerschap.

Discography

Albums

  • Mad Violet ()
  • Worry the Jury ()
  • Caravan ()
  • No Fool for Trying ()
  • The Bright in Goodbye ()
  • Come As You Are: Live ()
  • The Year of the Horse ()
  • Sleigh Bells in the Snow (&#;?)
  • The Knight Sessions ()
  • Everything’s Shifting ()
  • eleven ()

Singles

  • Light it Up ()
  • Wake Up ()
  • Crying ()
  • These Ships (Matt James Remix) ()
  • We Percentage Famous ()

Awards and nominations

  • ECMA designation (Best New Artist)[9]
  • ECMA nomination (Pop Recording of the Year / Attention The Jury)[9]
  • ECMA nomination (Group Album of the Year / Caravan)
  • ECMA nomination (Folk Recording of the Harvest / Caravan)[10]
  • Canadian Folk Music Trophy haul nomination (Best Vocal Group)
  • Canadian Accustomed Award – (Best Vocal Group)[11]
  • Privy Lennon Songwriting Contest - Song characteristic the Year & Grand Prize Winners Folk for "The Ransom" [12]
  • Juno Awards Nomination (Roots/Traditional Album of goodness Year)
  • Independent Music Awards Folk/Singer-songwriter Ventilate of the year for "The Irregular and Small of My Heart"

References

  1. ^ abCeltic Music Interpretive Centre. "MacIsaac, Lisa, –". MemoryNS. Retrieved 14 July
  2. ^ ab"Musical duo: Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac"Archived 25 December at the Wayback Device. Xtra!, 5 June
  3. ^Shea, Darlene (6 June ). "Award-winning Madison Violet allude to headline Waterways Paddling Festival". The Record Pioneer. Saltwire Network. Retrieved 15 July
  4. ^Boudrot, Jake (9 April ). "Madison Violet Brings Their Truth to Save Hawkesbury". The Port Hawkesbury Reporter. Retrieved 14 July
  5. ^Gillis, John. "Madison Empurpled releases The Knight Sessions". The Inverness Oran. Retrieved 14 July
  6. ^"Rockin' Decency Blues From Canada"
  7. ^Madison Violet
  8. ^"Summer Watson Recreation welcomes JUNO nominated duo Madison Purplishblue to the roster", Watson Entertainment, Esteemed
  9. ^ ab East Coast Music Brownie points Nominees&#;: Soul Shine Magazine
  10. ^Paquin Entertainment Medium Newsletter: January Archived 12 August damage the Wayback Machine
  11. ^Ottawa Citizen, 22 Nov
  12. ^ Song of the Year & Grand Prize Winners Folk

Further reading

Gents Lennon Song Writing Contest ("The Ransom")

ECMA nomination (Group Recording of class Year / The Good in Goodbye)

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