06.16.08 BMoreMadLove!

Bonfire Madigan play baroque-folk punk grounded on frontwoman Madigan Shive's soaring lullaby vocals and virtuoso cello skills. Shive, a master of tone and mood, crafts songs with raw, emotional melodies and powerful, unexpected dynamics. - New York Press

LOOK SHOWS on several coasts including BMad on newspaper & magazine covers as well as in an NPR piece with The Icarus Project + in the new book anthology, Live Through This: OUT NOW on Seven Stories Press.

GREAT NEWS: ' Tis Pity She’s a Whore at ACT-SF! a Jacobean Tragedy by John Ford. Directed by Carey Perloff. Music composed and performed by Bonfire Madigan Shive."How could a work with language so nasty and sexual politics so sophisticated have been written almost four centuries ago?" The New York Times. Previews Run June 5 Thru 10th. Premieres June 11th. June 12th is a Pay-What-you-Can-Night. Look for after show audience participation events including one on June 22nd focused on BMad & her chapter in the new anthology: Live Through This. Runs 'til July 6, 2008 Bring Flowers- Tuber Roses + Ginger Candy! Box Office: 415.749.2ACT LOOK Special Discount for BMad fans! GO TO: Act-SF.org/Promotions Enter Code: PITY1

Learn more abt the show & see a video teaser trailer featuring a new BMad song here: TisPity.org

The howls of a wounded cello and the voice of a tormented angel suffuse the blood-soaked tragedy on the American Conservatory Theater's stage. Above all - literally, seated high amid the massive organ pipes of Walt Spangler's industrial-baroque cathedral set - composer, cellist and vocalist Bonfire Madigan Shive is an electrifying one-woman heavenly choir. - San Francisco Chronicle 6/13/08

madigan i bleed: a decade of song limited edition intro/retrospective disc is at new releases! * New full-length being tweaked (not tamed) for imminent unleashing.

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