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Chanteuse
Country US née Michaela Anne Neller.
Boasting a
clear voice that can be wistful or defiant at will and a melodic sense that
harks back to the '60s and '70s, Michaela Anne is a singer/songwriter who became
an artist to watch in independent country circles in the 2010s. The singer, who
initially studied to be a jazz artist, performed in a warm, acoustic style that
reflected her love of bluegrass on her 2011 debut album, To Know Where. By the
time she cut 2016's Bright
Lights and Fame, she had adopted a fuller, richer sound that recalled '60s
country and '70s country-rock, while 2019's Desert
Dove maintained her lyrical voice as the music took on more atmospheric and
cinematic colors.
Born in 1986, Michaela Anne (born Michaela
Anne Neller) was born into a military family, and had a nomadic childhood,
as her father's career took them to Washington, Michigan, California, Virginia,
and Italy. With her surroundings changing so often, music became one of the few
constants in Michaela's life and helped her make friends, as well as sating her
natural curiosity. She wrote her first song when she was seven years old, a
health-minded rap titled "Hey Don't Smoke." Michaela's tastes became more
sophisticated with time, and at the age of 18, she settled in New York City,
where she studied jazz at the New School in Manhattan and found a place to live
in Brooklyn. Michaela landed a job with Nonesuch Records while still attending
the New School, where she learned about the inner workings of the music industry
while helping market several of their acts.
Though she had devoted herself to jazz, Michaela had been a
country music fan in her teens, and through musician Michael
Daves, she was introduced to the bluegrass community in the Big Apple, and
her music began shifting in a new direction. Inspired by traditionalist country
as well as the country-rock of the '70s (in particular Linda
Ronstadt's early work), in 2011 Michaela self-released her first album, an
acoustic-oriented effort called To
Know Where. Her second album, 2014's Ease
My Mind, leaned toward country rather than bluegrass, and earned
enthusiastic reviews, with the Village Voice naming it one of the best country
albums of the year. The album generated enough buzz to attract the attention of
the independent Kingswood Records label, who brought out 2016's Bright
Lights and the Fame, which featured a more polished and full-bodied
production than her first two LPs, as well as a vocal cameo from Rodney
Crowell on the song "Luisa." Bright
Lights and the Fame received more positive press, but Kingswood was
experiencing serious business problems that soon left the album in commercial
limbo. The experience frustrated Michaela, and she considered dropping out of
music, but decided to take another shot, heading to California and maxing out
her credit cards to pay for the recording of her fourth album. Produced by Sam
Outlaw and Kelly
Winrich, the music was atmospheric and evocative in a way her earlier work
was not, and the established roots music label Yep Roc added Michaela to their
roster. Her fourth album, Desert
Dove, came out in September 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela_Anne
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Country Pop, Pop Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 04/2011 | CD MICHAELA ANNE ? (US |
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To Know Where - Baby We're Through / Willow Tree / Carry On / That Winter / To Know Where / Taken Away / Pardon / When We're Alone / Oh Washington |
| 04/2014 | CD Kingswood 39811 (US) |
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Ease My Mind - Lift Me Up / Is This What Mama Meant / When You Wanted Me / Haunting; Ease My Mind / Black And Gray / I'm Not Her / I Ain't For You / Travelin' With You / Anymore |
| 05/2016 | CD Kingswood 1601 (US) |
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Bright Lights And The Fame - Living Without You / If Only / Bright Lights And The Fame / Everything I Couldn't Be / Won't Go Down / Worrying Mind / Easier Than Leaving / Luisa (featuring Rodney Crowell) / What Good Is Water / Liquor Up / Stars |
| 09/2019 |
CD Yep Roc CDYEP 2683 (US) |
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Desert Dove - By Our Design / One Heart / I'm Not The Fire / Child Of The Wind / Tattered, Torn And Blue (And Crazy) / Desert Dove / Run Away With Me / Two Fools / If I Wanted Your Opinion / Somebody New / Be Easy |
| 06/2022 | CD Yep Roc CDYEP 2794 (US) |
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Oh to Be That Free - I'm Only Human / Trees / Chasing Days / Who You Are / Oh To Be That Free Again / Good People / Dirty Secrets / Does It Ever Break Your Heart? / If Only You Knew / Mountains And Mesas / It's Just A Feeling |
© Rocky Productions 10/06/2022
