2020-09-02

Maggie Delaney-Potthoff

Maggie Delaney-Potthoff (Madison, Wisconsin)

Founding member of Harmonious Wail, Maggie Delaney-Potthoff is a vocalist extraordinaire whose percussive instrument of choice is a cardboard box (but who can also rock almost any household object). Harmonious Wail plays Americana-infused Gypsy Jazz. Along with her illustrious yet humble artist bandmates, she vows that every performance is played from the heart and infused with a perfect balance of inspiration, emotion, wit, and storytelling. Presently, the group celebrates ten recordings and over thirty years of existence. Their music has been played in films and they have received the 2017 Musicnotes Outstanding Musical Career Achievement. Award and the 2020 18th Annual Independent Music Awards Acoustic Song category for “Move.” Maggie’s captivating voice captured voters’ hearts and made her the 2020 AARP Superstar recipient. She also teaches voice. In this interview you will hear her talking about her teaching.

Interviewed by Raquel Paraíso, 09/02/2020.

Raquel Paraíso

Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic

Madison, Wisconsin

Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Society for Ethnomusicology