History

“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

Michael Munnik with Anne Downey and Madagascar Slim at the Ottawa Folk Festival, 2006
17 May 2023The Little Tap House, Newport – Words and Music with Katie Munnik
1 July 2022St Canna’s Ale House, Cardiff – Canada Day party, with Iain Wood and several authors
10 Sept 2021The Gate, Cardiff
4 July 2019Insole Court, Cardiff – Cardiff University School of History, Archaeology and Religion staff social,
31 May 2019Storysmith Books, Bristol – Words and Music with Katie Munnik
4 April 2019Waterstones, Cardiff – book launch for Katie Munnik’s The Heart Beats in Secret
6 March 2018The Listening Space, Cardiff
12 May 2016Four Bars @ Dempsey’s, Cardiff – Cardiff Folk Club, with Guto Dafis and Danny Kilbride

Prior to moving to Cardiff, I lived in Edinburgh and played regularly at The Treehouse Café and Greyfriars Bobby’s Bar. When I lived in Ottawa, I performed at the Ottawa Folk Festival (2006) and had club shows at the legendary Zaphod Beeblebrox, including a headlining CD release show in 2009. I played periodic shows at The Manx, Rasputin’s, and the Lieutenant’s Pump, and I took my music further afield with gigs at Café 349 in Shawville, The Branch in Kemptville, The Spill in Peterborough, The Acoustic Grill in Picton, and The Mermaid’s Mug in Nanaimo.