Phil Madeira

Phil Madeira
Phil Madeira (performing with Julie Miller- Live in Concert - 2004
Background information

Phil Madeira is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer from Nashville, Tennessee. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island and attended Taylor University.

In 2008, Emmylou Harris invited Phil to join her band "The Red Dirt Boys", bringing him into a fraternity of musicians that Harris is noted for bringing together. This group of players includes James Burton, Buddy Miller, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush, Tony Brown, Al Perkins, and many others.

His songs have been recorded by Alison Krauss, Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby, Keb' Mo', Garth Brooks, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Matraca Berg, and other high profile artists. His co-writing partners include Matraca Berg, Kim Carnes, Leslie Satcher, Merrill Farnsworth, Shelly Colvin, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Gordon Kennedy, Jeff Hanna, Julie Adkison, John Hartley, Lynn Nichols, and The Warren Brothers.

Known for his work with acclaimed Buddy Miller, Madeira has appeared with Solomon Burke, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin.

He has recorded 3 solo albums of material, all critically acclaimed. Well-respected in Nashville's inner sanctum of musicians and songwriters, Madeira received the Nashville Music Award (Nammy) for Best Keyboardist in 2000. He also received a Humanitarian award from ASCAP in 1986 for his raising consciousness and money for the Ethiopian hunger crisis. In 2009, Phil received the Dove Award for "Recorded Country Song of the Year" from the Gospel Music Association, for his song "I Wish", co-written with Cindy Morgan.

Madeira is a multi-instrumentalist, playing Hammond B-3 organ, harmonica, guitar, lap steel guitar, accordion, Dobro, percussion and other instruments on projects by artists like Garth Brooks, Steven Curtis Chapman, Ashley Cleveland, Amy Grant, Phil Keaggy, Lost Dogs, Buddy Miller, Julie Miller, Rich Mullins, The Neville Brothers, Owen Temple, Sixpence None the Richer, Freddie Stevenson, Steve Taylor, Terry Scott Taylor, the Vigilantes of Love, Alison Krauss, Vanessa Williams, Newsboys, and Keb’ Mo’.

From 1976 to 1978, Madeira was a member of the Phil Keaggy Band, with Lynn Nichols, Terry Andersen and Dan Cunningham. The band released one album together, entitled Emerging. This season led to a long-term friendship with Keaggy, and an eventual production relationship with Lynn Nichols. Madeira/Nichols have produced Kimberly Perry (aka The Band Perry) and Charity Von.

Phil is currently a staff writer for Warner Chappell Music.

Discography

• Emerging, 1977, with the Phil Keaggy Band.
• Citizen of Heaven, 1985, Refuge Records
• Off Kilter, 1995, (UK and Europe release only) critically acclaimed for its dark, moody vibe, Madeira played all instruments except drums (Charlie Morgan) on this recording of songs devoted to matters of the heart.
• When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos, 1999
• Three Horseshoes, 1999, featuring appearances by Phil Keaggy, Antoine Silverman, Derri Daugherty, Steve Hindalong, Terry Scott Taylor, John Hartley (of The Woodthieves), Tammy Rogers (of Dead Reckoning), Buddy Miller, Al Perkins (Flying Burrito Brothers, etc), Phil Keaggy and Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Sims (Bruce Springsteen), as well as Madeira's band.
• Coming from Somewhere Else, with Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Billy Sprague
• Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, 2002

External links

• Phil Madeira’s website
• MySpace page
• Phil Madeira discography at MusicBrainz