Raul Midon

Admission: $25 advance online, $30 at door

What’s Going On?

The Madison Jazz Festival and Cafe CODA welcome twice Grammy nominated, beloved, blind, soul-R&B-jazz guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Raul Midón on Saturday, June 8 at 8:00pm. Doors open 7:00pm. 

The New York Times calls Raul Midón “. . . a one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus.” Midón’s new album Lost and Found is available now (and on vinyl after May 31).

Where Can I Get Tickets?

Advance tickets are available online at Brown Paper Tickets until 2 hours before the show.

Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Engineer, Raul Midón established himself as a first-call session singer upon graduation from the prestigious Studio Jazz program at the University of Miami in 1991. He sang background vocals on more than 60 Latin recordings, many Grammy winning. In 1999 he was asked to join the touring band of Shakira. During that time, he was creating his own original music and was signed to a development deal with Warner Chappel. He left Shakira’s band to move to NYC to pursue his own career. Within a year he debuted at Carnegie Hall with the Movie Music of Spike Lee. Spike engaged him to write the end credit song for “She Hate Me.” At the same time Raul was signed by legendary producer Arif Mardin to his label under the Blue Note moniker, Manhattan Records. Together with his son Joe Mardin they produced and released two albums, the acclaimed “State of Mind” and “A World Within A World.” Raul made his television debut on The David Letterman Show, followed… Read More