Bekka Madeleine is an emerging sixteen year-old singer-songwriter who has the exceptional voice and distinct depth needed for a young artist of this generation. With ambitions of providing solace through her music, while at the same time provoking reflection and greater insight, she sings and shares with the world the words that her sister Hannah writes. The conversations the two of them have together about both existential and deeply human questions inspires much of their collaboration. Bekka Madeleine’s first three singles have impressed critics and delighted audiences; her unreleased repertoire, heard at various live shows, also has dedicated fans. Her debut EP, It Still Snows After December, will be released on January 20th, 2025. Bekka Madeleine’s music has been described as having “a density and complexity and maturity… that is just amazing” (Alan Goldsmith, freelance writer and DJ) and as evoking “gothic opera more than teenage melodrama” (Christopher Porter, writer for A2 Pulp). Some of her prominent gigs in the past have included performing at the Northstar Lounge (April 2024) and at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival (June 2024). She has also participated in open mics at The Ark, one of the top music venues in America, and at the world-famous Don’t Tell Mama club in New York City. 

Bekka first started writing songs during the pandemic, while still in middle school, but her passion for music goes back to her early childhood. At five years old, she began taking piano lessons, and at age nine, she joined the Ann Arbor Youth Chorale, where she was promoted to the advanced choir just a year later. Towards the beginning of her teenage years, she took up guitar lessons; a few months later she began attending voice lessons.

Once the worldwide shutdown was lifted, Bekka, then fourteen, began participating in nearby open mics: Her performances at The Ark, The North Star Lounge, and the Westside Art Hop in Ann Arbor, MI, were met with enthusiastic responses. Audience members were impressed by Bekka's musical sophistication as well as Hannah's profound lyrics. It did not take long until Bekka Madeleine was invited to play a Happy Hour at the Northstar Lounge.

On November 10th, 2023, the North Star Lounge was packed with familiar and unfamiliar faces, who enjoyed an hour of nothing but original songs. At fourteen years old, she is the venue's youngest performer to date. Immediately afterwards, Bekka was invited back by North Star Lounge to perform her very first ticketed event on April 13th, 2024. Bekka, now sixteen, has gone on to release two more singles.

Bekka Madeleine's journey is far from over, as unrevealed projects are in the works. The clock keeps ticking, the world keeps changing, and Bekka continues to venture on to new horizons.