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Mae is an American alternative/indie band that formed in Norfolk, Virginia in 2001. The band's name is an acronym for "Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience," based on a course taken by drummer Jacob Marshall while a student at Old Dominion University.
Jacob Marshall and Dave Elkins began what would become Mae by writing their first song, "Embers and Envelopes", in Marshall's living room. The band signed with Tooth and Nail Records and released their first album, Destination: Beautiful, in 2003. They released their second full-length album, The Everglow, in 2005. The band toured extensively to promote it, and also performed on the Vans Warped Tour. Mae re-released The Everglow in 2006, adding three new songs and a two-hour DVD.
Later in 2006, the band signed to Capitol Records for their third full-length album. Mae began recording the album in the fall of 2006, working with producer Howard Benson (who has produced albums for Saosin, My Chemical Romance, Blindside, and Relient K). The album, titled Singularity, was released on August 14, 2007. On June 19, 2007, the band released the first single from Singularity, "Sometimes I Can't Make It Alone".
Audra Mae is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Audra Mae is the great-great-niece of Judy Garland, who was her great-grandmother's sister.
Her cover of "Forever Young" was placed in the TV show “Sons of Anarchy,” and in 2009 she signed to L.A.-based indie SideOneDummy Records.
She released a digital EP, “Haunt,” on October 20, 2009 and is currently on the road as part of Chuck Ragan’s Revival Tour.
In 2009, Audra wrote a song for Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle's debut album.
Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.
Mae released her debut album 'The Happiest Lamb' on May 18, 2010.
Together with Ferras Alqaisi she wrote Good News, which was one of the songs that competed in Unser Song für Deutschland, the German selection process to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut will sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Good News also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous 2011 album.
In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was featured in two episodes of The Good Wife, "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus."