Madison Violet concert in The Borderline 2012
Madison Violet concert in The Borderline 25 January 2012
Madison Violet Concert
Venue: The Borderline
Location: London
Date: 25 January 2012
Madison Violet
Since releasing their last album, No Fool for Trying (2009), Madison Violet won the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for their track “The Ransom,” took home the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, and were nominated for multiple East Coast Music Awards and a 2010 JUNO Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group).
As a follow-up to their breakthrough successes in 2010, The Good in Goodbye captures the duo’s growth and musical maturity. Their distinct take on iconic Americana-inspired up-tempo melodies beautifully contrasts with their breathtakingly sweeping and personal lyrics, creating songs that blend nods to Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch with radio-friendly flecks of The Court-Yard Hounds.
The Borderline
The existing building was built in 1976 and was recently refurbished after accommodating EMI Publishing for some 15 years, with the British Film Institute being the previous tenant. Originally opened by Ian Howard [who went on to own the Brixton Academy among others], The Borderline quickly gained a name for attracting the top stars of the day as well as new up and coming stars. The UK had been in a wave of underground music for over a decade that had seen the birth and passing of punk, new wave, NWOBHM and post punk. In the years around the time that The Borderline opened, there was a move towards guitar based pop and indie music, away from the electronic scene that had dominated the pop scene to date.
Britpop was born and The Borderline became an essential notch in the circuit for aspiring artists of the genre. Not to be overtaken by the burgeoning scene, The Borderline also played host to some of the most famous names in country and Americana as the style befitted by the TexMex restaurant ‘Break For The Border’ to which it was attached until early in the new millennium. In 2003, The Borderline was acquired by Vince Power and joined the Mean Fiddler portfolio of venues, which itself was soon to be acquired by Live Nation in 2005 and then by its present owners Mama Group in 2007.
http://venues.meanfiddler.com/borderline/
Related video:
Madison Violet in Amurica - video 1
Madison Violet - Crying on Canada AM Soundstage
Madison Violet - Best Part of Your Love (live at the ECMAs)
Madison Violet - The Ransom (ECMAs live 2009)
Madison Violet - Hammer and Nail (live at the ECMAs 2009)
Madison Violet - Sore Heart (live)
No Fool for Trying
Madison Violet - Skylight (live)
Madison Violet - Crying (Industry Showcase at the ECMAs 2009)
Madison Violet - The Woodshop (live)
Madison Violet - Sore Heart (live)
Madison Violet - No Fool for Trying (live)
Madison Violet - Haight Ashbury (live)
Madison Violet (aka Madviolet) Fiddle Live in Switzerland