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Mike Younger is that rarest of artists one so fervently driven to express himself through his music that he has navigated many obstacles, including homelessness and the carnivorous major label recording industry, out of an instinctive pursuit of his musical goals. Mike is a legitimate survivor, a gifted singer-songwriter who doesnt just drone vacantly about hardships and trials, but who has actually lived through them and whose strength and resilience spring from his passion for his art. I cant even imagine having lived my life any other way. I make music for one very simple reason its what I was born to do!
Though born and raised in Nova Scotia, Younger has recorded in New Orleans, Nashville and New York. Since leaving home, he has unconditionally committed his life to following his creative spirit, drifting through manifold cities, cultures and styles wherever the music has taken him. He has tirelessly performed in nearly every venue imaginable street corners, waterfront piers, subways, work camps, coffee houses, nightclubs, concert halls and theaters. The beauty of Mike Younger's uniquely hybridized music is that it bears the influences of each and every one of these locales and experiences.
Mike began his career as a teenage busker, leaving his native Halifax at the age of 17. He touched down temporarily in Toronto and Vancouver before crossing the border to New York City, seeking out the energy of the storied Greenwich Village folk scene that served as one of his earliest inspirations. No longer the fabled Village of the 60s he had imagined, Mike instead discovered an altogether different side of New York, falling in with the tough squatting community on the citys Lower East Side. Basic survival very quickly became his first priority. Still, he grasped at every opportunity to share and cultivate his music.
It was a sound of the Southern blues of artists like Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly and Robert Johnson that would speak to Mike Younger more than any other music previously had, and that would ultimately transform the determined musician from street player to professional recording artist. When I first heard that Southern sound, it hit me in the gut in my soul. It was so mystical and fascinating, but also instantly familiar it was a real revelation to me just how big an influence this music was on the artists I admired. So when the South beckoned, he heeded the call by taking a trip to Mardi Gras in 1993. Intending to visit Louisiana for a week, he ended up staying for five years.
Mike received his break through legendary DJ John Sinclair, former spiritual adviser to the MC5 and founder of the radical White Panthers. After meeting Mike, Sinclair recognized a kindred rebellious soul and invited him to play live on his popular WWOZ radio program, The New Orleans Music Show. The broadcast and the urgent energy of a compelling young artist happened to be heard by Nashville-based music publisher Chris Keaton, who signed Mike to a publishing deal. When one of Mikes songs reached Rodney Crowell, the country superstar was so blown away by the raw emotion and honesty ingrained in a basic demo, he signed on to produce Mikes entire debut album. Recorded in Nashville as a largely solo acoustic venture, Somethin in the Air was released in 1999.
Mike Youngers debut record received tremendous critical acclaim and overwhelming radio success, spawning two top-requested singles, while also landing songs on two prominent network television series. The title track even has its own place in history, as part of both Starbucks and the Sundance Film Festivals first-ever musical ventures. The albums success also led to Mike opening for artists ranging from Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle and Asleep at the Wheel to Kansas and Jill Sobule.
Following a soul-searching exodus into the deserts of the American Southwest, Mike made a decision reminiscent of one of his greatest idols, Bob Dylan, picking up an electric guitar for the first time and radically altering both his sound and his songwriting. Newly inspired, Mike returned to New York to reunite with old friend and pianist Bob Packwood to assemble a full four-piece band, adding Skip Ward on bass and Louis Appel on drums. After playing live together for nearly two solid years, Mike and his new band ventured to Nashville and under the guidance of distinguished producer and engineer Rob Clark (Neil Young, Emmylou Harris) laid down the basic tracks for Every Stone You Throw in just three days. A seamless combination of alt-country, singer-songwriter and pop-rock stylings, Every Stone You Throw is the result of a tightly-honed group of skilled musicians bringing a talented songwriters compositions colorfully to life.
For Mike Younger, Every Stone You Throw is the tangible harvest of what has been, to this point, a journey of perseverance and determination. Ultimately though, at its heart, Every Stone You Throw is the sound of a free spirit reconciling his diverse influences under one roof and finally finding a place to call home.
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Management: First Fig Entertainment Management 434-229-0753
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Radio Promotions Joe Estrada
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POSTAL MAIL: Some of you have asked where you can send mail to me. As I am always on the road, all of my fan mail goes through my manager. Don't worry, she gets it all to me. Feel free to mail me at the following and thanks for the cards, letters and all the other interesting stuff:
Mike Younger
C/O First Fig Entertainment Management
PO Box 15131
Lynchburg, VA 24502
