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Madison Violet is a Juno-nominated Canadian music duo composed of singer-songwriters Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac. The group has been notable for various folk and pop award nominations and wins. == History == MacIsaac and MacEachern first met at an artists' hangout in Toronto in the late 1990s, when MacEachern was part of the band Zoebliss. MacIsaac briefly joined that band, and the pair continued collaborating as a duo after Zoebliss broke up in 1999. The duo were originally known as Madviolet, but later changed their name to Madison Violet.〔("Musical duo: Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac" ). ''Xtra!'', June 5, 2008.〕 They released three albums independently in Canada, and then signed a record deal with True North Records〔("Rockin' The Blues From Canada" )〕 for their fourth album, ''No Fool for Trying'', and it's follow-up ''The Good in Goodbye''. The duo have toured extensively across Canada, Europe, the UK and Australia, and in 2013 released the live concert ''Come As You Are: Live'' which was filmed at the Kulturkirche in Cologne, Germany In 2010, the band received a Juno nomination for Roots/Traditional album of the Year for ''No Fool For Trying''. They were also awarded Song of the Year in the 2010 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for ''The Ransom'', and in January 2011, Madison Violet was nominated for the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Singer-Songwriter category for ''No Fool for Trying'', and won in the category for Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song for ''The Ransom and Small of My Heart''.〔(Madison Violet )〕 After completing their contract with True North Records the band spent most of 2014 recording the followup to ''The Good in Goodbye''. Experimenting with more pop, electronic and synth-based sounds the band signed a worldwide deal with Ultra Records to release the single ''These Ships (Matt James Remix)'' on September 11th. The new album, titled ''The Year of the Horse'' is slated for release in 2016. MacIsaac is the sister of fiddler Ashley MacIsaac.〔 Both MacIsaac and MacEachern publicly identify as lesbian.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madison Violet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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