In May, 2020 my website told me that it had enough. After 10 fruit-full years of hundreds of concerts, tweaks, edits and mouse clicks, my old site was fatigued and could go no longer. I am now very happy to announce that I have a newly designed website – still at www.madstolling.com. Please go and check it out. I would be happy to get any feedback of what you would like to see – or if something is not working for you.

Mads was featured in the Bay Area News Group piece by Jim Harrington that came out in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel – to mention a few – on June 22, 2020. Check it out! https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/22/what-do-musicians-listen-to-when-they-want-to-feel-good/

Mads Tolling has received a grant from South Arts to complete his October tour with Jacob Fischer on the East Coast, Midwest and the South. South Arts support jazz tours by matching presenter costs. Mads is one of the first recipients of this grant for 2019.

Mads performed with bassist Stanley Clarke at the Gardena Jazz Festival in SoCal on August 25th, 2019. It was a great show that also had fellow violinist Karen Briggs sit in. The 8000 strong crowd were treated to some of Stanley Clarke’s hit with George Duke and Janet Jackson’s “Funny How Time Flies.”

Mads first played with Stanley Clarke back in 2003 after recommendation from Jean-Luc Ponty.

Mads Tolling & The Mads Men had an enjoyable concert as part of the Jazz & Beyond Series that took place in Sovang on June 16, 2019. Read the review from the concert here by Josef Woodard https://www.independent.com/2019/06/19/mads-tolling-and-the-mads-men-in-solvang/