Audra_Mae

Audra Mae

Audra Mae

Musical artist

Audra Mae (born February 20, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is the great-great-niece of Judy Garland, and a great-granddaughter of Garland's sister Jimmie.[1][2] Since arriving in California in 2007, she has signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, and sang Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" on the television series Sons of Anarchy. In 2009, she signed to Los Angeles–based indie label SideOneDummy Records.

Quick Facts Born, Genres ...

Career

2009: Haunt EP

She released a digital EP Haunt on October 20, 2009, and then went on the road as part of Chuck Ragan's Revival Tour. That year, Audra also wrote a song for Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle's début album.[3] "Who I Was Born to Be" was the only original track on Susan Boyle's chart-topping, 9 million- selling I Dreamed a Dream album. Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.[4]

2010–2012: The Happiest Lamb and Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound

The Happiest Lamb was released on May 18, 2010.[5] The album was recorded with her friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein, pianist Frank Pedano and drummer Kiel Feher, who have played live with her in a series of residencies around the L.A. area. Together with Ferras Alqaisi she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in Unser Song für Deutschland, the German selection process to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut will sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. "Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous 2011 album.

Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound was released on February 13, 2012.[6] The album featured main and background vocals, percussion, production and composition work from Mae and also credited many other artists, including up-right bassist Joe Ginsberg, electric and rhythm guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein and organ and piano playing by Frank Pedano.[7][8] In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was featured in two episodes of The Good Wife, "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus." She also is featured on Flo Rida's track, "Run," with Redfoo of LMFAO, and on All American Rejects "Kids in the Street" released March 2012.

Since 2013

Mae provided background vocals for The All-American Rejects (who also originated in Oklahoma) in their fourth studio album, Kids in the Street. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "Kids in the Street", and "Beekeeper's Daughter"[9] In 2013, she was featured in 3 Avicii songs that were featured on his album True. The songs are "Addicted to You", "Shame on Me", and "Long Road To Hell".[10] Avicii announced that "Addicted to You" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014.[11] She is featured in one of Jon Bellion's songs called "Luxury," which was released on September 2, 2014.[12] Mae also co-wrote the songs "Somebody Loves Somebody" and "Breakaway" for Celine Dion, which were featured on Dion's album Loved Me Back to Life.

American country artist Miranda Lambert recorded Mae's "Little Red Wagon" for her 2014 album, Platinum, and released it as the album's third single in January 2015. It became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 5. In 2015 she teamed up with Avicii once again to sing the cover by Avicii of "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone.

In February, 2018, Mae released the album Love, Audra Mae, called "a love letter to the music of her ancestry, the loyal fans who've touched her heart and the enchantments of romances never forgotten."[13]

On December 5, 2019, Mae performed songs she created with EDM artist Avicii at the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health.[14] All proceeds from this concert contributed to the Tim Bergling Foundation.

Audra Mae is one of the featured vocalists on the collection The Songs of Bacharach and Costello, singing several songs written jointly by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello.[15]

Toured with

  • 2009 – Chuck Ragan[16]
  • 2009 – Kevin Seconds
  • 2009 – Frank Turner
  • 2009 – Jim Ward[16]
  • 2010 – Good Old War
  • 2010 – Stephen Kellogg
  • 2011 – Nick 13
  • 2011 – Lucero
  • 2012 – Matt Nathanson
  • 2012 – The All-American Rejects
  • 2012 – Cory Branan

Discography

Studio albums

More information Title, Details ...

Extended plays

More information Title, Details ...

Singles

More information Single, Year ...

Guest vocals

More information Year, Title ...

Songwriting credits

More information Title, Year ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Home Page – The TLS". The-tls.co.uk. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  2. [2]
    kevin (October 6, 2009). "Ears Wide Open: Audra Mae —". Buzzbands.la. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  3. [3]
    Kaufman, Gil (December 2, 2009). "Susan Boyle Songwriter Audra Mae Is Suddenly Famous". MTV.com. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Upright Cabaret » Artists". July 17, 2011. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Audra Mae set to release debut album May 18th". idiomag. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound - Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound, Audra Mae - Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound - Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound, Audra Mae - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  8. [8]
    NDR: Eurovis<ion: Wer sind Songschreiber?
  9. [9]
    "The All-American Rejects Return: On Set at Their 'Beekeeper's Daughter' Video Shoot". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  10. [10]
    Rubin, Rich (June 5, 2014). "Rubin Interviews "Addicted To You" Vocalist Audra Mae Backstage At Weenie Roast 2014". Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  11. [11]
    Corner, Lewis (February 14, 2014). "Avicii premieres new single 'Addicted To You' music video - watch". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on September 2, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  12. [12]
    "Music - HYPEBEAST". Hypebeast.com. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  13. [13]
    McDonnell, Brandy (February 24, 2018). "Acclaimed singer-songwriter and Oklahoma native Audra Mae's new album 'Love, Audra Mae' is a musical love letter". The Oklahomane. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  14. [14]
    Zemler, Emily (September 3, 2019). "Adam Lambert, David Guetta, Rita Ora to Perform at Avicii Tribute Concert". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  15. [15]
    Marchese, Joe (March 3, 2023). "Review: Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, "The Songs of Bacharach and Costello"". The Second Disc. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  16. [16]
    "Eventful: The Revival Tour with Chuck Ragan, Jim Ward, Austin & Bob Lucas, and Audra Mae". Cleveland.eventful.com. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  17. [17]
    Peak positions in Australia:
  18. [18]
    Peak positions in Austria:
  19. [19]
    Peak positions in Denmark:
  20. [20]
    Peak positions in France:
  21. [21]
    Peak positions in Germany:
  22. [22]
    Peak positions in the Netherlands:
  23. [23]
    Peak positions in New Zealand:
  24. [24]
    Peak positions in Sweden:
  25. [25]
    Peak positions in Switzerland:
  26. [26]
    Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
  27. [27]
    "Avicii – Addicted To You" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  28. [28]
    "Chuck Ragan – Covering Ground – Chuck Ragan Music". Retrieved November 11, 2021.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Audra_Mae, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.