Album Notes

Emmy winning (and five time nominated) composer and songwriter Michal is now on her third record deal. The first was with RPM, a label owned by Tony Bennett's son, Danny Bennett, and the second with Columbia. Signed to Columbia by famed A&R man Don Devito, Michal shared the roster with Springsteen, Billy Joel and Dylan. She has finally found her home with a credible independent, Shorebreak. A classically trained pianist and self-taught guitar player, Michal writes all her material and gives a captivating live show. A veteran of SXSW, CMJ and the New York Anti-Folk Fest, Michal has also graced the stage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and most of the clubs in lower Manhattan, since she first began playing out at the age of 17. A composer for One Life To Live on ABC, she has also appeared on the show and been a feature performer on the Oxygen Network's morning show and Studio Y. Her music is included on the Dawson's Creek album and on Delia's In Your Head Sampler and Giorgio Armani in-store samplers. She was the featured face for Urban Decay's Face Case. Her first record, Sky With Stars, was critically acclaimed, garnering rave reviews from, Seventeen, Stuff, Cosmogirl, Twist and Rollingstone.com, among others. Her song "Life Without Me" off her sophomore release Coma appeared in the HBO movie Kiss the Bride on Feb 14, 2004 and in a COACH campaign. Kiss the Bride is currently available on video and DVD. She graduated Yale University Cum Laude, with distinction in her major and was inducted into the political science honors society last May. Following graduation she toured the world with Yale's all-senior, all-female a cappella group, Whim n' Rhythm. She is currently attending Columbia Law School and performing with her band Witchfinder General in NYC.