Michele Wismer - vocals, acoustic six string guitar, percussion
Kathy Nichols - bass, vocals, percussion
Lisa Hammack - drums
David Morgan - recording and mixing
All original songs (11 tracks) written and arranged by Michele Wismer
Strings arranged by Milo Deering and George Anderson
Guest artists on CD:
Milo Deering, George Anderson, Jerry Matheny, Mike Dawson, Dan Robins, Tye Robison, and Johnny Case
Band Publicity
"As a songwriter Ms. Zabel displays both a novelist's eye for striking detail and a poet's gift for evocative language. She writes love songs as if no one had ever done so before, her observations and confessions ringing with a sense of discovery and revelation that can be startling." – The Dallas Morning News
"Michele Zabel…conveys romantic love in all of its myriad obsessions and contradictions with an impassioned clarity....…naked in her revelations, needing no armor of cynicism to touch and be touched. Unafraid of being afraid, she posseses the most intimidating of personal forces; the courage to hope."
– The Dallas Observer
"Go ahead and take the challenge. Listen to this album and try not to long for someone you once knew...This music hits my heart like a sucker punch."
- Billy Sheppard, Billy's Bunker - Review of album "Heaven in Your Arms"
Michele Wismer received a certificate for honorable mention in the Billboard World Song Contest for her song "Heaven in Your Arms".
Influences
Dana Cooper & the DC3/Nuclear Family, John Denver, Karen Carpenter, The Beatles, Freddie Mercury/Queen, Don McLean, Arlo Guthrie, Barenaked Ladies, Trout Fishing In America, Del Amitri, The Roches, Fleetwood Mac, Buddy Holly, Tom Petty
"Heaven in Your Arms" is a much anticipated debut album by My Brave Love. This band took its name from a song by their favorite songwriter, Dana Cooper. In the mid 1980's Michele Zabel (now Wismer) and Kathy Kennedy (now Nichols) were greatly inspired by the music and style of an alternative rock band - Dana Cooper and the DC3. Their prior influences had been folksingers like Don McLean and Arlo Guthrie.
Dana himself had folk music roots both as a solo artist and in his work with Shake Russell. But the presence and the energy of Cooper's alternative rock band made a huge impact on the women, who secured a drummer, Lisa Hammack, so they could develop a more forceful style and convey a similar energy. Originally named Back to Zero the band began to receive critical acclaim from the Dallas Observer, the Dallas Morning News, and other publications for both its performance and original songs written by Michele. But with no record label and no money to record a commercial album, the band split up in 1990 - reuniting briefly in 1991 to open for Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Michael Hedges at Starplex. Michele played solo gigs for a few years while Lisa and Kathy went off in separate directions to play with other bands. Eventually all got non-music jobs and stopped performing altogether. In 2007 Michele and Kathy decided to start jamming together just for fun. After a few months Kathy decided to get the band back together to make a CD that would convey the essence of Back to Zero. During the recording process Michele wrote several new songs that were included in the new album. Also the band changed its name when it became clear that there were numerous other bands called Back to Zero. The album brings to fruition both the vision of the original songs and the expression of the band itself. Prior to release, several tracks have earned numerous awards from Garage Band including "Track of the Day". The song "Heaven in Your Arms" was awarded "Best Female Vocalist in Americana" four weeks in a row.
The album is eleven original songs by critically acclaimed songwriter Michele Wismer. Genres represented are Americana, country-rock, soft rock, alternative rock, love ballads.
Stopping by to wish you a fantastic week!!! Hope all is going great with you!!! Check my schedule to see if I am coming to your town on the 2nd leg of my radio tour!!! Check out my newest single Whipping Post on Texas radio NOW!!! I also hope to see you out at Rowdy Bucks in Crosby Texas Saturday November 28th 2009 9:30 The show will also be streamed live from www.susanhickman.com Check it out if you cant make it!!! Hope to see you there!!! Love, ~Susan Hickman www.susanhickman.com www.reverbnation.com/susanhickman www.twitter.com/susanhickman
Very cool. That tune coulda done better in my opinion...competition must've been pretty stiff. That's a great tune and she's a great songwriter. Keep in touch, and have a great Thanksgiving, My Brave Love!
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
Michele Wismer received a certificate for honorable mention in the Billboard World Song Contest for her song "Heaven in Your Arms".
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