Madison Cunningham - "Last Boat To Freedom" (Solo Version)

[@funkyjones]

Wow...I'm all choked up. Finding and artist and song like this is like roaming through a dingy and harsh world for years and suddenly discovering an oasis full of life and beauty.

[@Tori-op3mx]

Couldn’t say it better.

[@georgebirddrums]

Saw her last night in London... Phenomenal writer, musician, performer, personality. The show really rocked, but these simple live versions on KZbin are something else. The atmosphere, incredible. Generational talent that deserves way more attention than she's already getting. Very grateful to have discovered her music

[@f.d.t.f.d.t.7310]

this is magic

[@Tori-op3mx]

Unbelievably beautiful

[@THEbTEAMNIAGARA]

wow. Brilliant. Phrasing, melody, voicings, chord changes..the whole deal.

[@ivanzaldivar5311]

This is MASTERFUL

[@SempreGumby]

This is stunning and it's from a place I've been before. I think her name is Joni Mitchell. How much I love This.

[@janiehagan]

This is artistry right here. Thank you for sharing your creativity with the world, Madison!

[@surfakimo2674]

Fabulously captivating and serene.

[@georgesmajerus]

And she plays Piano equally well. I discovered you beause of the eclectic Microphones you are always using, but boy what an amazing Artist you are. Thank you for the great music.

[@sassulusmagnus]

Love the notes Madison chooses to go to. Not what you're expecting. Surprising beauty.

[@marc1john]

I also hear Joni in her voice at times, but my god, is there a better female singer/songwriter to emulate? I also hear a number of other singers, but this young woman is her own fantastic self. The vocals, the piano…mesmerizing.

[@antostanton1588]

Thank you Madison 🤙

[@HDpiano]

You've got it, Madison.

[@arenesiwak35]

You have the prettiest voice! It’s what i imagine a forest fairy would sound like. Absolutely magical

[@wilemuse]

Keep doing what you are doing. You are amazing and you are making a name for yourself that people will be talking about for decades to come.

[@richardgleichmann7671]

This song reminds of the daily sites,, feelings, experiences, and emotions for me living and working very big and unfamiliar NYC when I was in my late teens and again in my late 20's.. Songs can have sometimes have more that just one thing to relate to.. (not always just literal)... PS- I like these "solo" versions often better than the album versions.. Truly special..

[@devinweitz8215]

You are my musical inspiration Madison... thank you for being your beautiful self. Your voice and melodies transport me to another place.

[@callonrebual551]

same!

[@millyabrahams4977]

You are amazing. It's an overused word but you really are.

[@rambleon33]

Very In-Rainbows-era Thom Yorke-ish. I love it.

[@majortom4543]

This is 100% Madison not tom york

[@shnootch]

@@majortom4543 she has her influences, and I'm sure she'd own em. That said, who cares? This is fine stuff

[@cavinawillson7703]

Just wonderful - hunting

Very musical, sensitive, and tasteful

[@basslinedevine2275]

Joni influence is what I hear and I'm loving it

[@RetroAngel]

I've never heard distortion used in this way with the piano! I like it 😍 You are definitely an artist in everything you do and an inspiration.

[@leftaroundabout]

I wonder what you mean by that? There doesn't seem to be any distortion in this video. Until 3:00, she uses a moderator pedal (this puts a piece of cloth between the hammers and strings, mostly mellows the sound but also adds a little buzz).

[@richardgleichmann7671]

It's just the way the mic picked it up.. I agree with the other person's response here.. It also could be just a vibration in the nice older mellow piano here.

[@MichaelJohnson-lx2dl]

Child, paternally, I love you. You are so good. Talent, beauty, creativity... But you can be so much more. You mustn't rest in your advanced abilities. You are so far down the road I fear it will stunt your future. LOOK - deeper, longer, wider; LISTEN - it takes a long time to truly hear what is within; FEEL - it's so near and yet still a long way from being expressed, we hide so much and blush too often. I love you child, stay on the path, explore the truth, share the visions you see. Life is so short, we need to live every day as if it was the last, desperate, giving more than we imagined, expecting more than we could ever dream, surrendered to each and every note. Your gift is a blessing, thank you.

[@matiascova]

wow this is incredible.

[@cycling2005]

pure brilliance.

[@SarahSharpeMusic]

This is so mesmerizing.

[@yeetuscompletus7248]

Beautiful face, Beautiful voice, Beautiful songs, true beauty has been found

[@ellejoyy3]

I love this.

[@william5751]

Madison, you have such a lovely voice. I enjoy listening to it.

[@stephenjimenez6129]

Speechless, and well if I had words, they are empty now, because a melody with words and some scary fucking piano counter point took them away.

[@willudallmusic]

now i find out you play piano! you are awesome!

[@jimclark9826]

She doesn’t sound like Joni Mitchell but she is hitting a number of my favorite Joni jazz notes. Nice!

[@neilsaunders9309]

There's more than a touch of Laura Nyro, too.

[@rjensen2586]

Go listen to her cover of Joni's "California" and think again :)

[@Ayuwokis]

Que música tam hermosa increíble voy a gravar un cover Madison❤❤👏👏

[@bobwerber2984]

Excellent

[@expoundamus]

Quite frankly, stunning. Hints of Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley

[@shadowselfCA]

I can't see what I'm typing because tears.

[@ppmrkt408]

マディの歌を聴いて洋楽も良いものだと思った。

[@user-jd9fl2zx2u]

Fantastic !!!

[@xamxamxamxa]

🌚🖤🎶

[@stmmjd]

hey mad, what mic is that? hugs from Chicago.

[@bolsasnara3746]

the last boat to freedom has a long line… the last plane to freedom has also a ling line, see the news today 😢

[@richardgleichmann7671]

Had the same thought... 😥

[@Innovationative]

John Mayer brought me here

[@gabsriel]

e x q u i s i t e

[@brianmi40]

We need a Jacob Collier collab!

[@anthony27334]

No we don't !!

[@rjensen2586]

There is one

[@rjensen2586]

"One Little Song" by the one-of-a-kind wonder that is Gillian Welch. And it's lovely.

[@stephenjimenez6129]

Speechless, and well if I had words, they are empty now, because a melody with words and some scary fucking piano counter point took them away.