GOOD GRAVY! You have an amazing voice and I'm hooked one song in. - Joe Buchanan, Americana singer-songwriter
Praise for The God Album (no pun intended): "most enjoyable ... worshipful as well as fun." - Waynetta Washington, listener
Like many great artists, the creative brilliance of Rory Michelle becomes immediately apparent as soon as you experience her music for the first time - clever, honest, soul-baring folk songs that transcend place, time and circumstance and stir the imagination and tug gently but deservedly and genuinely at your heartstrings. As timeless as the ocean tides, Rory’s music would have been equally at home in 1962, 1972, 1982 or 2016 and her songs would still reverberate strongly with her audience, and immediately feel like home and comfort and solace. Like all truly great art, it becomes more than the sum of its parts by taking on new individual meaning for everyone who listens. To prove it, I challenge anyone to listen to Rory sing “The Beach Song” live and not be moved to feel something both beautiful and profoundly personal. - Ryan Baker, music aficionado
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THE POINT
Vocally, I've been compared with Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris. Lyric-wise, an early Sarah McLachlan or Lisa Loeb. Style-wise, Joan Baez and John Denver - late 60s/early 70s.
Since I've ventured into writing spiritual Jewish-text inspired songs, like the ones you're hearing now, I've also been called the next Debbie Friedman. That's a huge honor, though I want to be the next Rory Michelle.
My philosophy is that in being our most authentic selves, we most relate to others. I truly believe in this gem from Kurt Vonnegut's last novel, Timequake: "Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer: Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people don't care about them. You are not alone.'"
You are not alone. I hope some of the material in my songs will speak to you. If it does, I'd love to know. Better yet, speak your heart, your truth, and bring more aliveness into this world.
Enjoy,
Rory Michelle
Website and album photography by Laura Togut
Vocally, I've been compared with Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris. Lyric-wise, an early Sarah McLachlan or Lisa Loeb. Style-wise, Joan Baez and John Denver - late 60s/early 70s.
Since I've ventured into writing spiritual Jewish-text inspired songs, like the ones you're hearing now, I've also been called the next Debbie Friedman. That's a huge honor, though I want to be the next Rory Michelle.
My philosophy is that in being our most authentic selves, we most relate to others. I truly believe in this gem from Kurt Vonnegut's last novel, Timequake: "Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer: Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people don't care about them. You are not alone.'"
You are not alone. I hope some of the material in my songs will speak to you. If it does, I'd love to know. Better yet, speak your heart, your truth, and bring more aliveness into this world.
Enjoy,
Rory Michelle
Website and album photography by Laura Togut
