Amoeba Music

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Madison Cunningham celebrates her new album, Ace (Verve Forecast) with a solo acoustic set and signing at Amoeba Hollywood Tuesday, October 14th at 5pm!

Show is free/all-ages. Album purchase at Amoeba Hollywood required to attend signing.

To attend signing:

- Pre-purchase your copy of Ace (Verve Forecast) in-store at Amoeba Hollywood beginning October 10th and receive a ticket to attend the post-performance signing.

- Limit 2 copies per person for signing.

- Pre-purchased albums will be available for pickup on event day (10/15) to adhere to Billboard chart rules.

Playing live at The Largo October 9th (SOLD OUT) and at The Bellwether January 28th. 

"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". - Rolling Stone

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham's third studio album Ace, a pivotal and personal record that spans 14 tracks comes out October 10 on Verve Forecast. Depending on the game, an Ace can be the highest or lowest card, zero or infinity. A breakup feels similar—one path crumbles, while all others remain infinitely possible. How do you write about heartbreak when you’re going through it? Ace, which was co-produced by Cunningham and Robbie Lackritz (Feist, Rilo Kiley, Bahamas, Peach Pit), finds Madison going through every part of it: falling out of love, having your heart broken, and then falling in love again. It’s about betrayal and betraying yourself. It is a stunning record and some of Cunningham’s best songwriting to date. It showcases her at the height of her powers.

Alongside the album announcement, Madison swaps her trusty guitar for lush piano on the first single, “My Full Name,” a vulnerable introduction that is both a love letter and a goodbye. Cunningham sings, “Love’s a kind of sorrow worth saving,” as she processes heartbreak and explores new beginnings. 

Recently off the road with Mumford & Sons on their “Railroad Revival” Tour, the renowned guitarist and true artist’s artist steps into her own lane with Ace. As piano moves into the foreground, Cunningham presents a fourteen-track album that is honest and full of heart, even as it breaks. A follow up to her GRAMMY award-winning album, Revealer (2022), Cunningham wanted to take risks with Ace, leading with her emotions, following whatever path they showed her. “You think you’re on the verge of true healing but something scares you,” she says, “And you have to start all over.”

The record also features a collaboration from Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, who lends his vocals to “Wake.” “We did maybe ten takes where she played and sang perfectly every time and I struggled to keep up,” Pecknold says of their collaboration. “She’s a force and an inspiration.” On Ace, Cunningham certainly has the winning hand.

Named by Hozier as one of the “most talented creative forces of our generation,” Madison Cunningham is a singer-songwriter and guitarist with two previous albums on Verve Forecast, Who Are You Now (2019) and Revealer (2022), which won the GRAMMY for “Best Folk Album.” She’s collaborated as a guitarist and as a vocalist with countless artists: Lucy Dacus, Remi Wolf, Mumford & Sons, Lucius, and Andrew Bird, among others.