Michael McNevin

A San Francisco Bay Area native, Michael McNevin started his career in 1994 with a six-month stint in New York City, cutting his troubadour teeth in the subways and streets of Greenwich Village. Now a veteran of the folk scene, Michael has logged 15 years of concerts across the U.S., and he's been a main stager at some of the bigger music festivals around, including the Strawberry, Kerrville, and Philadelphia folk festivals. He's been billed in clubs and halls with the likes of Johnny Cash, Shawn Colvin, Donovan, and hundreds of others on the songwriter circuit.

Now a veteran of the folk scene, Michael has logged 15 years of concerts across the U.S., and he's been a main stager at some of the bigger music festivals around, including the Strawberry, Kerrville, and Philadelphia folk festivals. He's been billed in clubs and halls with the likes of Johnny Cash, Shawn Colvin, Donovan, and hundreds of others on the songwriter circuit.

He has a seasoned voice, accomplished steel-string guitar work, and some wonderful tour adventures. Michael is known for a distinct and vivid brand of storytelling in his lyrics. He is a past winner of the Kerrville New-folk award in Texas, a 5-time winner of the West Coast Songwriters Association "Song of the Year", was chosen by Performing Songwriter Magazine as a Top 12 ?DIY Artist of the Year", and was nominated for "Artist of the Year" by the National Academy of Songwriters.

With 5 CDs under his belt, he is now in the studio recording his sixth effort, tentatively titled "Kickin' Tires". The CD is scheduled for release this winter, with concert tours through 2009.

Tracks include 'Broom' (West Coast Songwriters "Song of the Year"), 'Phoenixville', 'Pioneer Shindig', and '60 Years of Sand'.
Two of the new tracks?'This Town is Gonna Change' and 'I Shot Broncho Billy'?are also heard in ?Weekend King?, an indie film due out in 2009. Michael has five songs in the film, and a cameo role as a broke and lovesick bartender who sings in the corner between drinks.

In addition to music, Michael is an Etch A Sketch artist of some renown, delighting and dumbfounding audiences with his song illustrations on the little red toy. His music and art have been featured on CBS "Evening Magazine", numerous news and entertainment segments on NBC, ABC, & Fox, and in dozens of magazine and newspaper articles, with extended shows in several art galleries, a Fifth Avenue window display, and at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.


Michael's Past Openers, Co-bills, Radio, TV, Festivals, Clubs, Etc.:

Some of Michael's past concert co-bills and openers (at halls and clubs only) have included
Johnny Cash & The Carter Family, Shawn Colvin, Donovan, Utah Phillips, Richie Havens, Rosanne Cash, Cheryl Wheeler, Greg Brown, Christine Lavin, Louden Wainwright, Chris Smither, Iris DeMent, Bill Miller, Trout Fishing in America, Patty Larkin, John Gorka, Jonathan Edwards, Kelly Willis, Ramblin Jack Elliot, Tish Hinojosa, Kevin Welch, Robert Earl Keen, Jr., Peter Rowan, Bob Franke, Christine Albert, Eddie From Ohio, Adrian Belew, Kenny Rankin, Inkuyo, Martin Sexton, Box Set, Johnsmith, Don Conoscenti, Tim and Mollie O Brien, Bill Morrissey, The Good Ole Persons, Laura Nyro, Marley's Ghost, The Neilds, Lou and Peter Berryman, Chuck Pyle, Greg Greenway, Caroline Aiken, Hugh Blumenfeld, Rod McDonald, Greg Cagno, Linda Sharar, Michael Jerling, Lucy Kaplansky, Tanya Savory, Brooks Williams, Buddy Mondlock, Erica Wheeler, Merle Sanders & his Rainforest Band, Pat Travers, Dar Williams, Tom Prasada-Rao, L.J. Booth, Cosy Sheridan, Ellis Paul, and many others.