Madeline Johnston Explained

Background:person
Birth Name:Madeline Elizabeth Johnston
Origin:Denver, Colorado
Label:The Flenser

Madeline Elizabeth Johnston[1] is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer. She is best known for her work under the moniker Midwife, and has also released music as Mariposa and Sister Grotto. Johnston describes her music as "heaven metal".

Career

Johnston's debut album, as Mariposa, was titled Holy Ghost and released in 2013.[2] As Sister Grotto, Johnston released You Don't Have to Be a House to Be Haunted,[3] Blindside,[4] and Song For An Unborn Sun (alongside Devin Shaffer as Yarrow) in 2016.[5]

In 2017, Johnston released her first album as Midwife, Like Author, Like Daughter accompanied by Tucker Theodore on instrumentation.[6] [7] Her next two albums as Midwife were Forever (2020)[8] [9] and Luminol (2021).[10] [11] As Midwife, she would later release Orbweaving (2023) a collaborative LP with Vyva Melinkolya (Angel Diaz). She would also go on to feature on the second single from Vyva Melinkolya’s album Unbecoming (2023), titled Doomer GF Song.[12] Johnston's fourth album as Midwife, No Depression in Heaven, was released in 2024.[13]

Midwife was named as an Artist in Residence for the 2025 Roadburn Festival.[14]

Discography

Mariposa

Sister Grotto

Midwife

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ANGEL . ASCAP . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . November 9, 2023.
  2. Web site: Mariposa - Holy Ghost. Daytrotter. Paste Magazine. 25 June 2013. 18 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Review: Midwife – Like Author, Like Daughter. Audrey. Lockie. 1 June 2017. SLUG Magazine. 18 November 2022.
  4. Web site: BLINDSIDE by Sister Grotto. Bandcamp. 18 November 2022.
  5. Web site: Song for an Unborn Sun by Sister Grotto. Bandcamp. 18 November 2022.
  6. Web site: Midwife - Like Author, Like Daughter review. Joe. Davenport. Tiny Mixtapes. 8 August 2017. 18 November 2022.
  7. Web site: Like Author, Like Daughter (album review). Sputnikmusic. 18 November 2022. 7 January 2018.
  8. Web site: Midwife Forever. 9 April 2020. 18 November 2022. Josiah. Nelson. Exclaim!.
  9. Web site: Midwife: Forever Album Review. Pitchfork. 18 November 2022. 9 May 2020. Nina. Corcoran.
  10. Web site: Review: Midwife - Luminol. 20 July 2021. Sputnikmusic. 18 November 2022.
  11. Web site: Midwife: Luminol Album Review. Pitchfork. 18 November 2022. 19 July 2021. Emma. Madden.
  12. Web site: 2023-10-12 . Artist To Watch: Vyva Melinkolya . 2024-11-25 . Stereogum . en.
  13. Web site: Caine . Zee . 2024-06-13 . News: Midwife, No Depression in Heaven . 2024-11-25 . New Noise Magazine . en-US.
  14. Web site: Artist In Residence: Midwife peforming No Depression In Heaven – Roadburn Festival . 2024-11-25 . en-US.

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