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If Words Could Mend a Heart, the new album, is available as a download or limited run CD at Bandcamp, and it’s streaming in all the usual places. For the first time, it’s also available as vinyl on demand from ElasticStage.

Check out the new video for “Burn Through What We Desire”.

Michael writes about the musical moment that transformed him. Read his essay on Aerosmith’s “Livin’ on the Edge” on This Song Changed My Life.

Learn more about Michael, listen or buy music, and follow his socials.

Michael visited Newport City Radio in March for their Love Live Music Day, talking about the new album, the song “It Comes to This” which was their Record of the Week, and other stories about his music.

“It’s mellow and heady… the songs work so well because of the words.” – Kelly Kintner, Only The Host

“His instincts are good… and the folky pop benefits from the intimate setting he has crafted.” – Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen

“A voice soaked in honey, followed by a Colombian coffee chaser.” – The Charlatan

“He brings to his tunes the poet’s love of beauty, the journalist’s attention to the telling detail, the theologian’s continual struggle to describe the ineffable.” – Ottawa Folk Festival