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Gig Review: Third Time A Charm - Seeing Madeleine Peyroux in Concert is Always Special, But This Was The Very Best. And What A Band!

I'm bringing gig reviews back. I was burntout and no one pays for gig reviews. When you read them in newspapers they're thin, and just marketing. But I want to reflect on the journey. Tell the story.

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Mar 20, 2023
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Madeleine Peyroux

The Opera House, Wellington

Thursday, March 16

Madeleine Peyroux released her debut album in 1996. It’s a throwback to Billie Holiday, and it's a modern classic – I’m sure of both of those things. Yet, Peyroux is not a household name. In fact, that might have been all we knew of Madeleine Peyroux, just a lucky few of us – for she disappea…

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