Audra Mae

Audra Mae is an American singer and songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, born on February 20, 1984. She is the great-great-niece of Judy Garland, and a great granddaughter of Garland's sister Jimmie.^[1][2] Since arriving in California in 2007, she has signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, and sang Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" on the television series Sons of Anarchy. In 2009 she signed to L.A. based indie label SideOneDummy Records.

Career

2009: Haunt EP

She released a digital EP Haunt on October 20, 2009 and then went on the road as part of Chuck Ragan's Revival Tour. That year, Audra also wrote a song for Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle's début album.^[3] "Who I Was Born to Be" was the only original track on Susan Boyle's chart-topping, 9 million- selling I Dreamed a Dream album. Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.^[4]

2010–12: The Happiest Lamb and Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound

The Happiest Lamb was released on May 18, 2010.^[5] The album was recorded with her friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein, pianist Frank Pedano and drummer Kiel Feher, who have played live with her in a series of residencies around the L.A. area. Together with Ferras Alqaisi she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in Unser Song für Deutschland, the German selection process to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut will sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. "Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous 2011 album.

Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound was released on February 13, 2012.^[6] The album featured main and background vocals, percussion, production and composition work from Mae and also credited many other artists, including up-right bassist Joe Ginsberg, electric and rhythm guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein and organ and piano playing by Frank Pedano.^[7][8] In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was featured in two episodes of The Good Wife, "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus." She also is featured on Flo Rida's track, "Run," with Redfoo of LMFAO, and on All American Rejects "Kids in the Street" released March 2012.

2013–present

Mae provided background vocals for The All-American Rejects (who also originated in Oklahoma) in their fourth studio album, Kids in the Street. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "Kids in the Street", and "Beekeeper's Daughter"^[9] In 2013, she was featured in 3 Avicii songs that were featured on his album True. The songs are "Addicted to You", "Shame on Me", and "Long Road To Hell".^[10] Avicii announced that "Addicted to You" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014.^[11] She is featured in one of Jon Bellion's songs called "Luxury," which was released on September 2, 2014.^[12]

American country artist Miranda Lambert covered Mae's "Little Red Wagon" for her 2014 album, Platinum, and released it as the album's third single in January 2015. It became a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In 2015 she teamed up with Avicii once again to sing the cover by Avicii of "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone, and to record Avicii's upcoming track "Touch Me" for his album Stories.

Toured with

• 2009 – Chuck Ragan^[13]
• 2009 – Kevin Seconds^[14]
• 2009 – Frank Turner^[14]
• 2009 – Jim Ward^[13]
• 2010 – Good Old War^[15]
• 2010 – Stephen Kellogg
• 2011 – Nick 13^[16]
• 2011 – Lucero
• 2012 – Matt Nathanson^[17]
• 2012 – All American Rejects
• 2012 – Cory Branan^[17]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As featured artist

Guest vocals

Writing Credits

References

External links

• Audra Mae Official Website
• Audra Mae on Myspace
• Sideonedummy Records Signs Audra Mae
• Audra Mae on Facebook
• Audra Mae – Rock The Vote