Mikael Lewis Trio
Mikael Lewis started his professional career in a little bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since those humble beginnings, Mikael has toured the world as a solo artist, sideman and front man. Lewis plays a heady mixture of funky original tunes and blues influenced classics from artists like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bill Withers, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Sly and the Family Stone, Prince and more.
Mikael’s original tunes reveal poetic tales of travel, loss, hopeful dreams, love, and the evolving beauty of life. These musical landscapes are supported by an adept, rhythmic and funky guitar style reminiscent of Lewis’ musical heroes: Peter Mulvey, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Prince. Lewis carries his tunes with a laid back, soulful voice referencing Sam Cooke, Beck, Michael Stipe, and the occasional spoken word of Johnny Cash.
Mikael completes this funky trio with longtime collaborators Eric Watson on drums and Chase McKnight on bass.