Madison Cunningham talks Who Are You Now, Joe Henry collab, & time signatures: "I wanted the electric guitar to be the horse in front of the carriage."

By Kyle Meredith

Published October 15, 2019 at 4:43 PM EDT

Madison Cunningham speaks with Kyle Meredith about her debut album, Who Are You Now, and the journey that's taken her from her musical beginnings to landing a gig with Chris Thile's Live From Here, recording with Andrew Bird, and co-writing with Joe Henry. Cunningham describes where her love of shifting time signatures comes from and why the electric guitar was the perfect instrument for this record.

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Kyle Meredith

Kyle is the WFPK Music Director. Email Kyle at kmeredith@lpm.org

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Madison Cunningham talks Who Are You Now, Joe Henry collab, &amp; time signatures: "I wanted the electric guitar to be the horse in front of the carriage."

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Madison Cunningham talks Who Are You Now, Joe Henry collab, & time signatures: "I wanted the electric guitar to be the horse in front of the carriage."