Mikael Lewis
Mikael Lewis crafts poetic tales of travel, loss, hopeful dreams, love, politics, and the evolving beauty of life. These musical landscapes are supported by an adept, rhythmic, percussive, and often bizarrely tuned guitar style reminiscent of Lewis musical heroes Peter Mulvey, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Cockburn and Lindsey Buckingham. Lewis carries his tunes with a laid back, soulful voice referencing Sam Cooke, Beck, Michael Stipe, and the occasional spoken word of Johnny Cash.
Since picking up his first acoustic guitar, Lewis has been skillfully blending elements of Folk, Lo-fi, Rock and Americana with subtle hints of Jazz and World Music. He has toured extensively throughout the UK, Ireland and the US both as a solo artist and with his bands Fyre & Reign, Telluride Meltdown and Bucket of Witches. Lewis has shared the stage with such greats as The Gin Blossoms, Eddie from Ohio, John Hammond, Irish troubadour Brian Kennedy and English folk legend Nick Harper.