Following her first promo tour of Australia, we ramp up the activity for MADELEINE PEYROUX

When she first burst onto the recording scene in 1996, with her stunning debut album Dreamland, Madeleine Peyroux was greeted with a torrent of gushing reviews. Most raved about her smoke-and-whiskey vocals, often comparing her to the late, great Billie Holiday. Others wondered how someone so young could perform classic songs by Holiday, Bessie Smith and Patsy Cline so convincingly as to make them sound like her own. Time magazine pronounced the groundbreaking Dreamland "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year."

Peyroux, a 22-year-old American who had been living in Paris as a street musician, suddenly found herself on the fast track to fame. Appearances at Lilith Fair and jazz festivals, and opening tours for Sarah McLachlan and Cesaria Evora followed,

Eight years have passed between the release of Dreamland and Careless Love.  The album seamlessly weaves strands of acoustic blues, country ballads, torch songs and pop into a vibrant fabric that is both classically vintage and thoroughly up to date. Produced by Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin), the album features songs as old as W. C. Handy's bluesy title track, popularized by Bessie Smith in the late 1920s, and others as recent as Elliott Smith's folky "Between the Bars." Peyroux also covers material as diverse as Hank Williams' "Weary Blues" and Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me to the End of Love."

But one of the album's standout tracks is the sultry "Don't Wait Too Long," an original swing number composed by Peyroux, Klein and Grammy Award winning songwriter Jesse Harris, best known for his contributions to Norah Jones' 2002 hit album Come Away with Me.

After a sell-out national tour Careless Love has just broke into the ARIA Top 30 Albums Chart (Top 5 Jazz).    

PHASE 2 MARKETING

TV
East-Coast Metro and Regional TV Campaign May 29 for 3 weeks
SBS TV Campaign May 15 for 6 weeks (Nat/Metro/Reg)
Cable TV (W, Arena, E Channel, Lifestyle, Max): w/c 29 May for 3 weeks
Clip play for "Don't Wait Too Long" on SBS-TV and Ovation

CINEMA
Val Morgan Cinema Advertising week commencing 9 June for 2 weeks - Sydney. 

POINT OF SALE
On Tour header card

OTHER
Café run - Careless Love serviced to 172 cafés, Universities, Cinemas nationally (w/c 9 May)

TRACKLISTING
1 Minutes & Moments
2 Someday my Prince will come
3 God Bless the Child
4 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
5 Strangers
6 When you wish upon a star
7 Be my love
8 Twinkle
9 Goin' Back

Blackwood is the vehicle for the renaissance of the clarinet as a seriously groovy instrument.

Led by Sean O'Boyle on clarinet, Blackwood features the piano and organ talents of Dale Rabic, the guitar mastery of Wes Taylor, the natural double of bass and trumpet by Andrew Johnson, the drum and percussion grooves of Steve Francis and the seriously seductive voice of Leona Collier.

The cornerstone of the Blackwood philosophy is there is nothing better than a fantastic melody with a great groove. Blackwood performs fabulous standards coupled with dazzling original tunes of lush colour and depth.

Young Brisbane vocalist, Megan Washington, was invited to lend her voice to this project. Megan is the winner of the inaugural James Morrison Generations in Jazz Vocal Scholarship.

MARKETING PLANS
Extensive reviews and airplay
Print advertising in Limelight magazine
National radio promotion on ABC Classic FM