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Michael Munnik

Gospel and grunge with an acoustic heart

About Me

Michael Munnik's music centres on his cheap acoustic guitar - the same one he used to patch through a distortion pedal and play drop-d punk tunes on all those years ago in Nanaimo, BC. The songs follow the time-justified tradition of strumming and singing. He draws inspiration from the places he has walked and lived - the coast of British Columbia, an ancient pilgrim trail in Spain, or a second-floor apartment looking onto rainy Bronson Avenue. 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.

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Music:

Member Since: 9/10/2006
Band Website: michaelmunnik.ca
Influences: Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Bruce Cockburn
Sounds Like: MICHAEL MUNNIK: Long Shadows in the Afternoon

Shades of gospel, shades of grunge, but at the music's heart are acoustic guitar and words of value.

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Ukulele comeback on CBC

So mentioning the ukulele in passing around the office has led to my doing a piece on the plucky little instrument for our show, Ottawa Morning. It's funny how ideas sometimes come together. This ite...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:31:00 PST

New song, main site back up, on New Music Canada

Well, now that you've read my subject line, there's no need to fill out a blog.Okay, a little more detail. The problems with michaelmunnik.ca are all smoothed, so back you go. I really ought to stick ...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:44:00 PST

Sumthin’s up with the main page

Hi, folks. Just a quick note - I've been scurrying around with various online stuff for my music, and I've discovered an error of some sort with the ol' motherpage - michaelmunnik.ca. I have my best p...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:03:00 PST

Ukulele wizard

I never shot for virtuoso status with any instrument I played. I always let myself off the hook by saying I'm "more of a strummin' and singin' guy". But I've been grooving on this ukulele and got wind...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:25:00 PST

Pubthumpin’

We have returned from the United Kingdom. If people who see me think I'm a little shaky, I'm probably still recovering from the flight over from Ottawa to Glasgow, when little Isla made known her disp...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:05:00 PST

Odd juxtapositions

I'm on holidays, now... if you could see my face, you'd know. It's been a while in coming and this will be a fun one. Over to the UK with Katie and our little daughter Isla, who's now 14 months and wa...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:20:00 PST

Not to be glib, but this is electrifying stuff

Hi, all. Just finishing up at work, and I've heard the most amazing piece of tape so far in my broadcast career. If any of you in the Ottawa area see this, I strongly urge you to listen to CBC Radio O...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:46:00 PST

Prodigy?

Slow musical summer for me. Working nights, leaving for the UK for a wee whilie. Puts a crimp in the gigging, but I have managed to see a patch of live music so far, and I hope for more. Caught the ta...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:06:00 PST

Little note to The Calm and anyone else fishing for an audience

If you're going to be my MySpace friend and send me friendly little notes saying, "Hey, how's it going? Love your new song/pic/cd/outfit...BTW we're going to be in Ottawa next week. Come, bring friend...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:32:00 PST

High Road Live and other news

Alright, so the concert with the Big Soul Project went off last week, and it was great. Considering it took place during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals with the Ottawa Senators (p.b.u.h.) playing, I...
Posted by Michael Munnik on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:20:00 PST