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Madeleine Peyroux (born 1974) is an United States|American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Peyroux (pronounced 'Peru' or 'Pear-roo') is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday.

Early life
Peyroux was born in Athens, Georgia. Her family was in academia, and she has described her parents as "hippies". Her father moved the family to Brooklyn when Peyroux was six, so he could pursue a career in acting. She grew up in New York City and southern California, and when her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Paris.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/arts/music/12peyr.html NYT profile & interview]</ref>

Career
Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered busking|street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first passing round the hat, and then singing. At sixteen she joined The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band, spending two years touring Europe performing songs by the likes of Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and others, which provided the basis for her first album, ''Dreamland (Madeleine Peyroux album)|Dreamland''.

''Dreamland'' was released in 1996, and gained widespread attention. ''Time (magazine)|Time'' called it "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singe... read all