Jazz singer Peyroux 'disappears'

[Rob W 0]

Jazz singer Peyroux 'disappears'

Madeleine Peyroux

Peyroux's album is expected to hit the top 10

A record label has hired a private detective to trace jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux, whose album has been steadily climbing the UK charts.

 

The US singer has failed to turn up for any promotional work, according to Universal Classics.

 

It said this was not the first time she had vanished, spending seven years busking in Paris after the release of her debut album.

 

Record bosses said she was "proving impossible to track down".

 

Peyroux's voice has been compared to Billie Holiday, with the potential to become one of the biggest-selling artists of the year.

 

She released her debut album, Dreamland, in 1996 to rave reviews but soon ducked out of the public eye to spend her time busking on the streets of Paris.

 

 

She is that rare thing, an artist more interested in her music than in the glitz and glamour of showbusiness

Universal spokesman

 

On her return to the music scene she signed to independent label Rounder Records, which now has a licensing deal with Universal.

 

A Universal spokeswoman said: "She should be overjoyed with the album's chart position, but she has now returned to America and is proving impossible to track down.

 

"Anxious record company bosses and her management company have been trying to contact her for nearly a week to no avail. She has simply disappeared."

 

The company said it had gone "to great lengths to protect Madeleine from burn-out through too much promotional work".

 

"But it would seem that despite these efforts Ms Peyroux has had enough," said the spokeswoman.

 

"She is that rare thing, an artist more interested in her music than in the glitz and glamour of showbusiness."

Edited August 19, 2005 by Rob W

[sweetleftpeg 0]

Her album is very good actually. Very old skool jazz voice.

[Gemmill 44900]

Her album is very good actually. Very old skool jazz voice.

15125[/snapback]

 

 

"Niiiiiiiice"

[sweetleftpeg 0]

Her album is very good actually. Very old skool jazz voice.

15125[/snapback]

 

 

"Niiiiiiiice"

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GREEEEEEEEEEEEAT.

[Rob W 0]

Lass with sense

 

makes album - album sucesfull - who needs to appear on Parkinstein or in the popular press now????

 

disapears to paris

 

Very wise IMHO

[Guest alex]

Lass with sense

 

makes album - album sucesfull - who needs to appear on Parkinstein or in the popular press now????

 

disapears to paris

 

Very wise IMHO

15197[/snapback]

It's great to see the record company so indignant at not being able to track her down too.

[Rob W 0]

Yup

 

all those green rooms, top hotel rooms, expense accounts........

 

and can't use any of them as there is no-one to promoye...............

[adios 717]

Lass with sense

 

makes album - album sucesfull - who needs to appear on Parkinstein or in the popular press now????

 

disapears to paris

 

Very wise IMHO

15197[/snapback]

 

makes new album, stirs up media frenzy by disappearing, more effective than doing the media circuit anyway.

[shakermaker 0]

Lass with sense

 

makes album - album sucesfull - who needs to appear on Parkinstein or in the popular press now????

 

disapears to paris

 

Very wise IMHO

15197[/snapback]

 

makes new album, stirs up media frenzy by disappearing, more effective than doing the media circuit anyway.

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well not really as everyone knows she'd have made more by going the public route....good for her,go out and do the music she enjoy the way she enjoys it.,dman sight more rock'n'roll that the rock'n'rollers