Michael’s professional music career began as a songwriter and guitarist in Nashville, TN. After years of moderate success, he left to pursue other interests. A personal and artistic re-birth eventually led him back to music.
       

     His debut solo CD, Sacred Nation,  received the 2003 Native American Music Award for Best Independent Recording. His follow-up, They Come Dancing, was nominated in 2004. The Journey, Michael’s third  CD, received a 2006 Indian Summer Music Award, and was nominated for a 2006 Just Plain Folks Award and two 2007 Native American Music Awards.

 

     The aptly named masterpiece, Mystery, is Michael's latest work and it is as diverse thematically as it is musically. Covering topics from the environment and politics to the ecstasy and agony of life and relationships, Mystery will rock you with its power and move you to tears with its tenderness and poignancy.

    

     Michael's a member of the Recording Academy and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. An accomplished musician, writing great songs remains his sole desire and fuels his ambition.
  

  photo courtesy Nicki Jacobs

Some select venues include:

136th Annual White Earth Pow-wow - White Earth, MN

Austin Pow-wow - Austin, TX
Bethany College - Bethany, WV

Crazy Horse Monument - Custer, SD

Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market - Indianapolis, IN

Fontenelle Forest Music Festival - Bellevue, NE

Hollins University - Roanoke, VA

Indian Summer Festival - Milwaukee, WI

Indigenous Child Welfare Conference - St. Catharine's, ON

International Students Music Festival - Rapid City, SD

Lake of the Torches Casino – Lac du Flambeau, WI

MI Native American Studies Conference - Ann Arbor, MI

MNAIC Festival Gathering at the River - St. Paul, MN

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian - Evanston, IL
Northern KY University - Highland Heights, KY

Penn State University - University Park, PA

Sacred Heart Music Center - Duluth, MN

UC-Riverside - Riverside, CA
University of Northern CO - Greeley, CO
University of Notre Dame - South Bend, IN

University of WI (Milwaukee, Parkside, Platteville & Stevens Point)

Washington University at St. Louis

WI Indian Educators Conference - Baraboo, WI  

Wright State University - Dayton, OH