Madison Cunningham’s ‘Who Are You Now’ LP out today via Verve Forecast, U.S. tour dates with Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine, more

The new LP from 22-year-old rising guitarist and songwriter Madison Cunningham, Who Are You Now, is out today via Verve Forecast; listen HERE. Cunningham recently performed on “CBS This Morning: Saturday;” watch “Trouble Found Me,” “Something to Believe In,” and “Pin It Down.”

Watch Cunningham’s recent interview and performance on AOL Build:https://www.buildseries.com/video/5d38d59927f25f52dffb79ed/

Listen to her interview and performance with WNYC’s “All of It with Alison Stewart”:
https://www.wnyc.org/story/madison-cunningham/

“The past year was a largely transitional one for me. It felt like all at once I was living in a new city and a new era of my life,” Cunningham explains. “Writing this record really forced me to take an honest look at where I came from, what my dreams and fear were, and who I was becoming as a result.” The album was recorded at Sonic Ranch studio in El Paso. “Madison ascended to another level at Sonic Ranch,” describes producer and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Chester, who has also worked with artists such as Jackson Browne, Blake Mills and Andrew Bird. Chester continues, “she left that week a young master, in total control of her musical identity and skillset.”

The Orange County, CA native has performed as a duet partner with Punch Brothers’ Chris Thile on APM’s “Live From Here” and her list of champions has continued to grow, including Bird, Sara Watkins, Nickle Creek and the Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan. During the summer of 2018, she was the sole opener for the entirety of the Punch Brothers’ 34-stop North American tour. Cunningham is currently gearing up for a string of dates performing with Bird, Calexico, Iron + Wine, Amos Lee and Lake Street Drive. Find a complete list of dates below.

Cunningham first picked up a guitar at age seven, and by age twelve was singing and performing alongside her five siblings in church. By the age of fifteen, Cunningham realized songwriting was a passion she wanted to pursue, citing Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan as key inspirations. “It’d always been a hobby before, but around then, I realized I wanted to make it a religious practice,” she says. “I thought if I could capture some of their same spirit ever in my life, I’d have to work hard and every day.”

MADISON CUNNINGHAM TOUR

Aug 16	Orpheum	Phoenix, AZ †
Aug 17	Rialto Theatre	Tucson, AZ †
Aug 18	Meow Wolf Taos Vortex	Taos, NM †
Aug 19	Denver Botanic Gardens	Denver, CO †
Aug 21	Center for the Performing Arts	Vancouver, BC ‡
Aug 23	Chateau St. Michelle Winery	Woodinville, WA ‡
Aug 24	Fox Theatre	Spokane, WA ‡
Aug 25	The Zoo	Portland, OR ‡
Aug 27	Kettlehouse Amphitheatre	Bonner, MT ‡
Aug 29	Red Butte Amphitheatre	Salt Lake City, UT ‡
Aug 30	Avalon Theater	Grand Junction, CO ‡
Aug 31	Belly Up	Aspen, CO ‡
Sept 4	Rococo Theatre	Lincoln, NE ‡
Sept 5	Pageant	St. Louis, MO ‡
Sept 6	Taft Theatre	Cincinnati, OH ‡
Sept 8	Queen Elizabeth	Toronto, ON ‡
Sept 24	Masonic Auditorium	Cleveland, OH*
Sept 25	Masonic Temple Theatre	Detroit, MI*
Sept 26	Riverside Theater	Milwaukee, WI*
Sept 27	Palace Theatre	St. Paul, MN*
Oct 1	Bootleg Theatre	Los Angeles, CA
Oct 3	Buck Owen’s Crystal Palace	Bakersfield, CA**
Oct 6	Palace Theatre	Albany, NY §
Oct 7	Le Poison Rouge	New York, NY
Oct 8	College Street Music Hall	New Haven, CT§
Oct 9	DC9	Washington, DC
Oct 10	Harvester Performance Center	Rocky Mount, VA §
Oct 11	The National	Richmond, VA §
Oct 12	The National	Richmond, VA §
Oct 13	Greenfield Lake Amphitheater	Wilmington, NC §
Oct 15	Whitaker Center	Harrisburg, PA §
Oct 24	House of Blues	San Diego, CA*
Feb 3-10	CAYAMO	Miami, FL

Aimee Mann, Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley”