Michelle Katz

Michelle Katz, born and raised in New York City, became a lyricist at the age of 7--the very first time she heard a Carol King song. That was the beginning of a "Long Road", which is the title of her first produced track--the efforts of sneaking into a big-time recording studio in the middle of the night, in New York City with a friend and assistant recording engineer. That was when she got hooked on being in the studio, her favorite place to be, other than sitting behind the piano on a late afternoon...there is a passion, and a darkness that flows in and out of her voice...drifting from soft and melodic to rough around the edges. Her vocals and piano meld together sometimes to make one hypnotic sound. Although her sound is impressively unique, one can hear a little Cowboy Junkies in her instrumentation, and even some Lucinda Williams in her vocals from time to time. She plays in the Los Angeles area with a back-up band, who bring out the oddly punctuated meters, and harmonies built into her songs. She will often play alone at an open mic as well.