KUVO drops exclusive Madison McFerrin session on YouTube and Twitch Channels | June 27

KUVO drops an exclusive one-hour performance from independent artist Madison McFerrin on our YouTube and Twitch channels this Thursday, June 27 at 7 p.m.

McFerrin, her voice, and her overflowing personality are accompanied by drummer Shantrell Lowe. She visited KUVO Studios during a recent Denver engagement. This summer, she is touring the UK and the US.

Madison McFerrin has come into her own, with a fruitful and robust solo career including three self-produced EPs and numerous performances and curatorships across the country and internationally. Madison’s distinct vocal and meticulous, layered stylings of a capella and self-harmonizing culminate in work that blends the genres of R&B, pop, soul, and jazz, all with a sense of softness. Her genre-bending work has led to Questlove dubbing her early sound “soul-appella,” AdHoc to describe her work as “an oasis of serenity,” and The FADER notes how Madison’s “warm harmonies feel   effortless.” The throughline of Madison’s work is independence and she is often looking towards a kind of inner liberation. Whether she is writing about understanding one’s intuition and inner beauty or the cyclical violence of anti-Blackness and sexism, Madison explores how to get free and how to care for oneself along the way. In this, Madison works at the intersection of artistry and community-building. She often looks back and honors a Black music canon while creating her unique style, utilizing her voice as a central instrument and drawing upon lifelong inspirations like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Erykah Badu, Pharrell, Missy Elliot, and the Spice Girls. She is in a community with other artists, cultural workers, and activists, and has been able to prioritize the work of women and POC in her curatorial tenures at venues like C’mon Everybody, the WNYC Greene Space, and the BRIC Jazz Festival. The result of Madison’s work is an enduring commitment to finding ways to think better, express ourselves honestly, and nurture a sense of possibility.

Performances on KUVO JAZZ are supported by Bonfils Stanton Foundation, Drum City Guitarland, Grace Design Pro Audio, Listen Up, Flesher-Hinton Music in Wheat Ridge, the donors of the Carlos Lando Musician & Event Fund, and KUVO’s Studio Club members.

Check out Madison McFerrin’s performance at KUVO, streamed on KUVO YouTube and Twitch channels, Thursday, June 27 at 7 p.m.

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