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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><img width="143" height="69" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCEB22.8885FE80" alt="TNR"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">MADISON VIOLET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Roots Duo Announce New Album<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Good in Goodbye</span></u></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Out March 27<sup>th</sup> via True North Records<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">First new release since JUNO Award nominated 2009 album
<u>No Fool for Trying<o:p></o:p></u></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">U.S. Tour Dates Announced
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><img width="352" height="234" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCEB22.8885FE80" alt="BrenleyLisa_MadisonViolet"></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“There are plenty of sweet hooks among the up-tempo tunes that carry this follow-up” -
<b><i>BBC Music</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“Madison Violet represent the BEST in pop-bluegrass”
<b><i>- Mojo Magazine<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“Exquisite harmonies and lush instrumentation, seasoned with banjo, mandolin, pedal steel, accordion, harmonica and fiddle, meld to create something hauntingly lovely and refreshing.”
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">- <b><i>Winnipeg Free Press</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Finding the good in goodbye is always bittersweet.
<b>JUNO</b> nominated roots duo <b>Madison Violet</b> (<b>Brenley MacEachern</b> and
<b>Lisa MacIsaac</b>) can attest to that with their latest release, <b><i>The Good in Goodbye</i></b>. An album born from their growth, both together and apart,
<b><i>The Good in Goodbye</i></b> is an open diary of their personal and professional experiences together as friends and musicians, two very unique relationships that affect each other in profound ways.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The U.S. release of
<i>The Good in Goodbye</i> finds the record already receiving praise around the globe. The album is nominated for a 2012 East Coast Music Award for Folk Recording of the Year, and the duo have just completed a sold-out UK tour in support of the album’s release.
Touring plans also include a headlining tour in Australia this March, followed by a U.S. tour this spring. Since releasing their last album,
<b><i>No Fool for Trying</i></b><i> </i>(2009), <b>Madison Violet</b> took home the
<b>2009 Canadian Folk Music Award</b> for <b>Vocal Group of the Year, </b>a <b>2010 JUNO Award nomination for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group),</b> and won the 2009
<b>John Lennon Songwriting Contest</b> for their track “The Ransom.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">As a follow-up to their breakthrough successes in 2010,
<b><i>The Good in Goodbye</i></b><i> </i>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 Band Perry. To capture the intimacy of
<b><i>The Good in Goodbye</i></b><i>,</i> <b>Madison Violet</b> returned to the studio with trusted friend and producer
<b>Les Cooper</b> (Jill Barber) while bringing a collective of remarkable musicians into the fold, including
<b>Joel Stouffer (</b>Dragonette) on drums, <b>Adrian Lawryshyn</b> (Andy Stochansky) on bass, vocals from<b> Ruth Moody</b> (The Wailin’ Jennys) and singer/songwriter
<b>Blair Packham</b>. The result is an album of masterfully crafted songs, at times deeply soulful and at times cheerfully whimsical. The album opens with the breezy yet heartrending
<b>“If I Could Love You,”</b> and unfolds into a beautiful collection of lushly arranged roots-pop tunes. The ladies flex their bluegrass muscle on their take of traditional American folk song
<b>“Cindy Cindy,”</b> and take an introspective turn in the lovely <b>“Stuck In a Love.”</b>
<b>“Fallen By the Wayside,”</b> co-written by <b>Ron Sexsmith</b>, is a perfect example of
<b>Brenley and Lisa’s</b> unwavering musical partnership, their voices intertwined seamlessly into arresting harmonies. The deluxe release of
<b><i>The Good in Goodbye</i></b> also includes a cover of <b>Barney Bentall’s</b>
<b>“Something to Live For,”</b> which closes the album. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">U.S. tour dates have been announced (see below), with additional dates to be announced in the coming weeks. Click
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/r2drive/2012/01/27/madison-violet---up-close-on-cbc-radio-2-drive/">
here</a> to see <b>Madison Violet</b> play new music from <b><i>The Good in Goodbye</i></b> in a session on the
<b><i>CBC</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Madison Violet</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> U.S. Tour Dates:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4/9/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space">
</span>Los Angeles<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>CA<span class="apple-tab-span"> @</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hotel Café</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4/10/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>San Francisco<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>CA<span class="apple-tab-span">
@</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hotel Utah<br>
4/11/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seattle<span class="apple-tab-span">,
</span>WA<span class="apple-tab-span"> @</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Freemont Abbey PAC<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
5/17/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ithaca<span class="apple-tab-span">,
</span>NY<span class="apple-tab-span"> @ </span>Castaways<br>
5/18/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Burlington<span class="apple-tab-span">,
</span>VT<span class="apple-tab-span"> @ </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>BCA Center<br>
5/20/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Boston,MA<span class="apple-tab-span"> @
</span>Club Passim<br>
5/22/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>New Haven, CT<span class="apple-tab-span"> @</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Cafe Nine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5/23/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>New York, NY<span class="apple-tab-span"> @
</span>Living Room<br>
5/24/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Philadelphia, PA<span class="apple-tab-span"> @
</span>World Cafe Live<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5/25/12 Cumberland, MD @ DelFeset</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5/27/12<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Roanoke<span class="apple-tab-span">,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>VA<span class="apple-tab-span"> @
</span>Kirk Ave Music Hall</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">6/1/12 Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">6/3/12 Asheville, NC @ Altamont</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Good in Goodbye</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> track listing:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. If I Could Love You<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. Goin’ Away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4. Stuck in a Love<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5. Fallen By The Wayside<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">6. The Good in Goodbye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">7. Come As You Are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">8. Colour in Grey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9. Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">10. Cindy Cindy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">11. Christy Ellen Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">12. She’s Got Something To Live For
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.madisonviolet.com">www.madisonviolet.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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