Michelle Cross

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Michelle Cross is obsessed with her music. "I [play and write music] all the time. When I don't have a job I'm playing 14 hours a day. When I do have a job I play 4 or 5 hours a day. I have to do it everyday… as much as I can squeeze in." She describes her songs as therapeutic and very personal. "It's like my journal" although she admits she likes to "steal shoes" a lot.

Sprinkled with classical influences and firmly supported by strong vocals, Cross's songs tend to have a darker moodier feel to them. At times, there is a lot of aggression and rhythm in her piano playing, yet even at its most gentle moments her powerfully emotional and melodic piano-based songs have caused listeners to sit-up and pay attention." ( read more... )

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September 24, 2004
Music Update! Surprises come in threes!! 
Check out the music section for new mp3s, now available for download!

There are two (two is better than zero, folks) songs from a recent performance at the Pallette and Chisel show. The songs are (please right-click and d/l): Doctor Said and Numb Like the Sun. Please understand that these are VERY lo-fi audio.

Those were your first two surprises. The third is just this:

Mat has given me the best gift of the three and I get to share it with you all. In a show--the Beat Kitchen Show--a couple of years back, Michelle did a cover of a song that is, to say simply, the greatest thing ever... you know, since the album and Butterfinger Blizzard's from Dairy Queen.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the cover:

Come Together (a Beatles Cover).

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