Madeline Edwards seized the opening created by the likes of Kane Brown and Kacey Musgraves to create forward-thinking country music, dressing her roots in boundless, borderless eclecticism. This creative restlessness is captured on Crashlanded, her 2022 debut that found her dabbling in dance-pop, rousing country, and balladeering.
Born in Santa Barbara, California, Madeline Edwards discovered country music as a child, hearing it on the radio while driving between her hometown and her mother's family in Fresno. Edwards began singing and playing piano when she was no more than...