Madi Diaz, Manchester

Madi Diaz biography

Madi Diaz (born May 14, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Raised and home-schooled in Pennsylvania's Lancaster county, she is the daughter of musician Eric Svalgard (keyboards in the noted Frank Zappa cover band Project/Object) and schoolteacher Nancy Diaz. Encouraged by her parents, Diaz began commuting to Philadelphia in 2002 to attend The Paul Green School of Rock Music, where her father volunteered (today her father runs the Wilmington, DE, branch of the school, where Diaz's brother Max is also an instructor). The sound of Ten Gun Salute might surprise those who have heard Skin and Bone, as Madi and Kyle veer off into new sonic territories. Toy pianos plink. Fat basslines oomph. Americana overtones give way to imaginative pop structures. All the while there's that amazing voice weaving through. From the simple and sublime "Heavy Heart," to the instantly memorable "Nothing At All," the evocative storytelling of "Love You Now" to the damn-near-epic title track, Ten Gun Salute finds Diaz soaring.

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