A couple of weeks ago (I am writing this in June 2026), a close friend of mine suggested that I should listen to the music of singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham. I was impressed with her singing, guitar playing, and songwriting. It turns out that she wants had a YouTube series where she posted different cover versions most every week. I have gathered them all together. There's enough for two volumes. This is the first volume.
Cunningham is relatively new artist by the standards of this classic rock type blog. She is 29 years old at the time I'm writing this in 2026. She has released four albums of original music as well as a collaborative album with Andrew Bird, in which she and Bird covered every single song from the obscure 1973 album "Buckingham Nicks" by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, about a year before they joined Fleetwood Mac and became superstars.
Rolling Stone magazine has 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." I am normally pretty picky when it comes to relatively new singer, songwriter types, so in my opinion, she is a special talent. I strongly suggest you check out her original songs. But by listening to this album, you can at least get a sense of her musical talent in covering songs by others. Just looking at the list of original artists for this album shows that she has good musical taste.
Here is her Wikipedia link if you want to know more:
All of these songs were posted on her YouTube page. I downloaded them, converted them to audio, and made MP3s out of them.
By the way, although I have a special fondness for music from the 1960s to the 1980s, I would like to think that I am always open to suggestions about relatively new musical acts. If you are excited about one or more such musical acts, please let me know. Perhaps it will result in me making albums like this one.
This album is one hour and one minute long.
Here are the original artists for the songs:
01 Sweet Adeline - Elliott Smith
02 Poses - Rufus Wainwright
03 Alive in the World - Jackson Browne
04 No Surprises - Radiohead
05 Dayton, Ohio, 1903 - Randy Newman
06 Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan
07 In My Life - Beatles
08 Who Loves the Sun - Velvet Underground
09 Jesus on the Mainline - traditional
10 Woncha Come On Home - Joan Armatrading
11 Everything Is Free - Gillian Welch
12 River Man - Nick Drake
13 Night and Day - Cole Porter
14 Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley
15 Love Hurts - Everly Brothers
16 Sin Guia, No - Juana Molina
17 Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk
And here's the usual song list:
01 Sweet Adeline (Madison Cunningham)
02 Poses (Madison Cunningham)
03 Alive in the World (Madison Cunningham)
04 No Surprises (Madison Cunningham)
05 Dayton, Ohio, 1903 (Madison Cunningham & Tyler Chester)
06 Every Grain of Sand (Madison Cunningham & Tyler Chester)
07 In My Life (Madison Cunningham & Mike Viola)
08 Who Loves the Sun (Madison Cunningham & Alan Hampton)
09 Jesus on the Mainline (Madison Cunningham with Alan Hampton, Tyler Chester, Mike Viola & Ted Poor)
10 Woncha Come On Home (Madison Cunningham & Laura Jean Anderson)
11 Everything Is Free (Madison Cunningham)
12 River Man (Madison Cunningham)
13 Night and Day (Madison Cunningham & Joe Henry)
14 Lover, You Should've Come Over (Madison Cunningham)
15 Love Hurts (Madison Cunningham & Joey Ryan)
16 Sin Guia, No (Madison Cunningham, Gaby Moreno & James McAlister)
17 Life's What You Make It (Madison Cunningham with Tyler Chester, Sam Weber & Abe Rounds)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/wrQaNSF2
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/O6dYjK0pTvxhruY/file
The cover photo is a screenshot I took from the video for the song "In My Life," included here.
