July 04, 2025

The Check-In with Madeline Kenny

33 minutes

Madeline Kenny is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

based in Oakland, Ca. Her 5th record, Kiss From The Balcony is

due out July 18th via Carpark records and is a follow up to her acclaimed

release New Reality Mind. Madeline shares her early relationship with music and why an education spilt between formal piano training and an all-ages punk venue proved to be a rounding experience. She tells us how she accidentally fell into making her first recording with Chaz Bundick from Tori y Moi and why the neutrality of their relationship played a role in that process. Joe and Madeline discuss the current music landscape and why taking advantage of the NOW is more important to Madeline that chasing the moving target of media consumption. Madeline tells us how recording Kiss From The Balcony at Tiny Telephone Studio gave her more freedom and dramatic license than previous records and why she is dedicated to performance both in the studio and live. We learn how Madeline feel in love with sideburns, how she came to be in a Neil Young cover band, and she reveals her next cover band project.

Madeline Kenny

Carpark

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