Madison Cunningham

Madison Cunningham (born October 14, 1996) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Rolling Stone described her music as "a new spin on West Coast folk-rock, with classical tendencies, electric guitars, jazz-school chord changes and alt-rock strut all living under the same roof". Her 2019 album, Who Are You Now was nominated for the best Americana album in the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. The expanded version of her EP Wednesday was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for the 2022 Grammy season.

Life and career
Madison Cunningham was born in Escondido, California, and later moved to Costa Mesa, where she grew up. She is the daughter of a pastor at a local church, and she has four sisters. Influenced by her father, Cunningham started playing guitar when she was seven years old, performing in the church. As a teenager, she met producer Tyler Chester, with whom she made the self-released worship album Authenticity (2014).

After graduating high school, Cunningham discovered many influences, such as the Beatles, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Other inspirations include Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Juana Molina and Jeff Buckley.

In 2017, Cunningham joined the cast of American Public Media's show Live from Here, presented by Chris Thile, of whom she became a frequent collaborator. She also toured with multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird, being credited for vocals in his 2019 album, My Finest Work Yet.

Who Are You Now, released on August 16, 2019, earned her a Grammy nomination in the following year for best Americana album. In 2020, Cunningham released her third EP, Wednesday, covering songs by Tom Waits, Radiohead, John Mayer and the Beatles. She is currently based in Los Angeles.

Albums

 * Authenticity (2014)
 * Who Are You Now (2019)

Extended plays

 * Love, Lose Remember (2017)
 * For the Sake of the Rhyme (2019)
 * Wednesday (2020)

Singles

 * "Beauty into Clichés" (2018)
 * "All at Once (Solo Version)" (2018)
 * "All at Once" (2018)
 * "Last Boat to Freedom" (2018)
 * "Last Boat to Freedom (Piano Version)" (2018)
 * "Location" (2018)
 * "Location (Solo Version)" (2018)
 * "Pin It Down" (2019)
 * "Something to Believe In" (2019)
 * "Trouble Found Me" (2019)
 * "No One Else to Blame" (2020)
 * "Giraffe" (2020)
 * "Coming Back" (2020)
 * "No Surprises" (2020)
 * "In My Life" (2020)
 * "The Age of Worry" (2020)
 * "Wednesday" (2020)
 * "Broken Harvest" (2021)
 * "Anywhere" (2022)
 * "Hospital" (2022)