California born and Texas raised, Madeline Edwards has transcended musical boundaries, incorporating her jazz, soul, gospel and country influences into her unique sound “through vulnerability and passion” (NPR). The funding from the Equal Access program allowed her to record her Debut EP, released June 24th, 2022.  Through the success of that EP, and while still in the program, she signed with Sony Music Publishing, toured with Chris Stapleton, and signed with Warner Music Nashville for the release of her debut album Crashlanded in November 2022. While in the program, she also made her Grand Ole Opry debut, performed at the UK’s Long Road Festival, and was named:

  • Amazon Music’s Breakthrough Artists To Watch: Country Class

  • YouTube Black Voices Class of 2023

  • Pandora Artists to Watch for 2023

  • Entertainment Focus Breakthrough Artists and Ones To Watch in 2023

  • Holler’s 23 New Artists for 2023 list.

  • Spotify’s Hot Country Artist’s To Watch list in 2022

  • CMT’s Next Women Of Country, 2022 Class

  • Billboard’s Rookie Of The Month in 2022

  • Apple Music’s Riser Of The Month in 2022

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