Interview with Madeline Adams from ‘Madeline’
When I sat down to interview Madeline, my first question was how to pronounce her name, mostly because for the past 4 years I have been pronouncing it as mad-ah-line, while it is really pronounced mad-ah-lynn. Needless to say, after correcting myself, I proceeded to pronounce her name incorrectly the rest of the interview.
“Sometimes people get intimidated by names, and just go for the wrongest,” said Adams
Madeline Adams is the front-woman for her musical project ‘Madeline’, a bluegrass and folk influenced band that has been going steady for the past 10 years, ever since Adams was 16.
“I got pretty focused on voice,” said Adams. “I studied in Indiana, though not as much as I should have”
Madeline has released four LPs on two different record companies, along with a few split EPs. Her current label, This Will Be Our Summer Records, printed her newest album, Black Velvet, mostly on cause of their availability to release.
“Both record labels, they’re not major record labels, so they have to space out the publication of records based on returns of previous records,” said Madeline. “It was a matter of timing for me. If Orange Twin had been able to do it the month I needed to do it, then it would have been Orange Twin.”
However, Madeline’s recent acoustic solo tour, after touring for her last two albums with a full band, heralds the coming of a break from touring and performing for Adams.
“I’m pretty much wiped out of material,” said Adams.
Madeline’s influences range from Elvis Presley’s performances to the music scene of Athens, Georgia, the current location of the Elephant 6 Collective, a group of musicians that includes acts such as The Apples in Stereo, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Of Montreal.
Madeline promises this is not the end of the band, however. During her show later that night, she mentioned she will release a B-Side compilation by the end of the year before starting on new material.
“The usual cycle is you make a record, you tour the record, you make a record, you tour the record,” said Madeline. “I need some time to write instead of just practicing for the next show, and I also want to go to school.”
