Dean Madonia

Dean Madonia
Born Kalamazoo, Michigan
Genres Rock, country, jazz
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Bass, drums, guitar, keyboards (accordion, piano)
Years active 1980s–present
Labels Soft Monkey Music, Lolo Records
Associated acts The Dean Madonia Band, Third Wish/Wyscan, Jonathan Kreisberg, Charles Dye
Website DeanMadonia.com
Notable instruments
Piano

Dean Madonia (born Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader based in Nashville, Tennessee. A vocalist and dueling pianist, he has also done sessions as a studio musician with bass, drums, guitar, and keyboards (accordion and piano). As a songwriter he crosses between genres, notably country and alternative rock. In the early 1990s he was the frontman for the Florida-based progressive rock group Third Wish, or Wyscan, with whom he released one LP.[1] Madonia's first solo album, Deep Sky, was released in 1998, and since then he has toured with The Dean Madonia Band and released several more solo albums, including his 2013 concept album Shadow To Shadow, Dean Madonia's Frankenstein on Soft Monkey Music.[2]

Discography

Collaborative albums

Albums by the band Third Wish, also called Wyscan
Year Album title Release details
1993 Third Wish EP
(by Third Wish)
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: bATbOY Records
  • Format: CD
1995 Third Wish
(by Wyscan/Third Wish)
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: bATbOY Records/LoLo Records
  • Format: CD

Solo albums

Albums by Dean Madonia
Year Album title Release details
1998 Deep Sky
  • Released: Mar 1, 1998 / May 16, 1999
  • Label: Soft Monkey Music
  • Format: CD, digital
2006 The Light Of Reason
  • Released: Jan 1, 2006 (recorded '99)
  • Label: Soft Monkey Music
  • Format: CD, digital (Mar 16, '06)
Madness And Desire,
One Night in America
(Scott Avery tribute)
  • Released: Mar 16, 2006
  • Label: Soft Monkey Music
  • Format: CD, digital
2009 Country and Midwestern
  • Released: Mar 5, 2009
  • Label: Soft Monkey Music
  • Format: CD, digital
2013 Shadow to Shadow:
Dean Madonia's Frankenstein
  • Released: Sep 13, 2013
  • Label: Soft Monkey Music
  • Format: CD, digital

Singles

Selected songs by Dean Madonia, on both solo albums and compilations
Year Title Album Label, Certifications
2005 "Hugh Manatee" (written by Fran Snyder) Five Little Monkeys and Other Kidstuff Yoga Monkey Music/ Better Records[2]
2006 "Let It Heal" The Light of Reason Soft Monkey Music
2012 "(I Called Her) Tennessee" Curb Records; co-written with Tim Dugger

Soundtracks

Guest appearances

Selected songs featuring Dean Madonia
Year Single name Primary artist(s) Album Release details
1994 "Breakable" (ft. Dean Madonia on vocals)[5] Mad Glass Single Ravenfilm Records

Further reading

See also

References

  1. ↑ Baker, Greg (August 16, 1994). "Third of Paradise". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  2. 1 2 "Shadow To Shadow - Dean Madonia's Frankenstein". Facebook. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  3. ↑ "Foodfight! - Soundtracks". IMDB. 2012. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  4. ↑ "The Stream". Soundtrack.net. October 18, 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  5. ↑ "Mad Glass "Breakable"". Raven Film. 1994. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
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