Concert Review: Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear Soar Through Family Love

Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear thrive because they are a mother and son duo. It is unabashed how your heart will melt as seeing parent and child create songs that cover your heart like hand warmers. It may seem “cheesy”, but the dynamic worked at Public Arts NYC.

The reason I say “cheesy” is because a person might trivialize moving it is to see a mother sing with her child. Even Madisen nodding at his mom to start a song ignited a thousand “Awww’s” in your mind like heart-shaped emojis floating up from your periscope screen. Naturally, their chemistry is adorable and rich with the truth of a mother raising her son to be an artist only for him to include her as equal in his artistry. It is so beautiful that you have to question whether or not to take your own parents to their show because I guarantee you that your mother or father will look at you and say, “You never include me in your life like that!” To which, you will reply, “You don’t sing!”

Madisen Ward’s voice feels like soil; he is the vital bed from which every lyric sprouts, blooms, and withers in emotions. The way he digs his vocality into notes makes him destined to sing the blues, and the way The Mama Bear (i.e. Ruth Ward) shimmies her notes as if they were chimes in the wind adding to his destiny. Moreover, you cannot help but compare their vocality; finding moments in tracks such as, “Everybody’s Got Problems”, “Yellow River” and ”Childhood Goodbye,” when you seek the resemblance between their voices like someone would check to see if a son had their mother’s eyes, lips, or even hands. Still, it is not like the mother-son duo are gushing over each other, and lauding their love as much as you feel it and are naturally impressed by their chemistry, harmonies, and ingrained humility.
Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear – Childhood Goodbye

From folk to blues, it is hard to pinpoint what about these genres has had people so smitten for decades. Yet, Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear show that meekness are the birthers of these genres. We may think its pain or confusion, but, in truth, its modesty; it is the pure submission to life’s offers for better or worse. Still, it takes a true born and bred talent, such as Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear, to make submission sound like elevation. For More Information On Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear Click Here.
Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear – Everybody’s Got Problems