You, Bob Dylan, shock, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie, Death Cab, Patti Smith, Simon and Garfunkel, Jim Morrison, intrinsic value, the Greatful Dead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd, Friends in the La Crosse area, Friends overseas, NPR listeners, Midlake, Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Billy Bragg, Janis Joplin, Minus the Bear, Bright Eyes, anyone who doesn't throw a pity party only to invite themselves, Blind Melon, Gillian Welch, Ben Harper, Iron & Wine, Nick Drake, Special Ed. students and people I've met struggling with mental illness (they are the most genuine, unique, non-judgemental, randomly creative people ever crafted to teach us all:), ...Writers? The Beat Generation (Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac.....) bell hooks, Walt Whitman, Dr. Seuss, Voltaire,etc.
Vocalist, guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter Michelle Lynn has been blending elements of calypso, gospel, blues, reggae, and alternative rock into an idiosyncratic style of New Age Folk that is uniquely hers since 2005, when her musical journey intuitively began in the rolling valleys of her native northeast Iowa. With literate, transformative lyrics and a luminous, exquisitely quirky voice, Michelle’s music connects the personal with the universal and the spiritual with the profane by confronting broader themes such as sustainability, feminism, dreams, religion, love, and the global economy through the various archetypes she finds in and around her.
Michelle has emerged from a yearlong sabbatical in Austin, TX, away from her busy performance schedule in the Driftless Region of the mid-west, with a visionary new album entitled Pre-Echoes for the Postmodern. The songs tell the story of a sensitive soul willfully surrendering to the chaotically destructive process that breeds creation in the thin line between light and dark. The result is her is most conceptually unified, lyrically compelling, and sonically diverse album to date.
While Inspire(d) Magazine was “impressed by the depth and experience of [the] lyrics” on Hospital Radio, her previous album, Pre-Echoes for the Postmodern rises to new heights on the wings of lines like: “A life sentence to a lovely déjà vu. At least I have you caught in my feedback loop” (from the intricately arranged Feedback); "In the mean time, in the in between time, may you find time is now" (from the Latin-tinged Ouroboros); “Death by fear is killing my spirit here. With storms ahead, suddenly it's clear: Tomorrow still comes around here.” (from Death by Fear, an alt-rock collaboration with producer Brahman Shaman).
The snake will turn on its head again for a Pre-Echoes Tour in the spring of 2010 that will bring Michelle back to the diverse places and faces that are such an integral part of this intensely inspirational outer representation of her own inner manifestation. Although, she is quick to point out the effect of such a cyclical creative process saying, “my life is now providing my muse, so it's almost like my waste is providing my food."
Happy Thanksgiving from FGC, and here's wishing you a very groovy holiday season!
Final throwdown of the year is our 3rd annual New Year's Eve extravaganza at the Redstone Room in Davenport, IA. Come on down....It'll be worth the trip!
Hey Michelle, I met you once at Dels during one of your shows. Anyway, I might be moving to Austin in March to go to school at Mediatech. I was wondering if you knew anything about the school?
Thank you so much Michelle for honoring us with your precious friendship.... We hope that you are having a wonderful evening and that the adventures of your Life feel like a ride on the mystery train of Pure Joy.....Thanks again......
Life is good, I'm at St. Cloud State for archaeology....but I need to find an internship, which seems to be difficult. How's Texas? I bet you'll get some shows soon....I'll keep playing your CDs while I'm with my friends...keep you popular in MN :)
Hey there – FGC is headlining an ALL AGES show at the Miramar Theater in Milwaukee this Thursday March 19. Special guests The Ragbirds and The Overserved Band (all star line-up with members of Fat Maw Rooney, Stealin’ Strings, and Chinese Fingertrap) will be opening the night. Hope you can make it!
And don’t forget to get your tickets to Summer Camp Festival, where FGC will be performing multiple sets including a special late-night appearance! Details at www. summercampfestival. com.
Greetings from Rock City, Germany!!! Thanks for the request. We feel very honored. Great Songs!!! GAS - the Speed Radio Show (you can hear us via www. emsvechtewelle. de - simply press the "Play" bottom every Friday after the news at 7pm MEZ) "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RADIO & TUNE IN!!!"
I don't know what is going on with my myspace, but I've tried replying to you a few times and they've never gone through!
Anyway - I never made it to the Varsity. That was one of the nights we had all that snow. I made it as far as Rochester (or a little further...?!) and my car wouldn't go the rest of the way! I had no signal on my cell phone. It was not a good night. I didn't make it to the other show I had booked either. Definitely frustrating.
I see you're playing at the trempealeau! That's such a fun place to play! Hopefully I can talk my boyfriend into going up with me. I still have a gift certificate to use from the last time I played.
When are you moving to the cities? That was a wonderful article in the tribune! I hope you continue making frequent stops around the area!
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