_*If you purchased tickets for the postponed shows on March 29th or
April 11th, you may use those for this concert by presenting them at
the gate._Michael Monroe lives and records on the North Shore of Lake
Superior in his solar powered log cabin studio. His instrumental music
is seen across the nation on PBS and Canada in the award winning
documentary, “Chased By The Light”, about Jim Brandenburg,
National Geographic photographer and best selling author. The
documentary was shown at the Toronto Environmental Film Festival and
New York Indie Film Fest. Brandenburg and Monroe created a LIVE
theater experience in several venues including the Guthrie Theater
which featured Brandenburg’s magnifcent images and Michael
Monroe’s instrumental music. Michael received a 2004 regional Emmy
for his music in the KSTP television documentary “Soaring on Mended
Wings.”
Monroe has collaborated numerous times with Jim Brandenburg, In
Concert With Nature 2003 at the Guthrie Theater, From My Backyard DECC
Duluth, Reif, Grand Rapids Palace-Luverne, Memorial-Worthington
(2017)) and Conservation Through the Lens UofM Landscape Arboretum in
2016.
In 2012 he released a DVD “LIFE OF MY TIME” celebrating his
performing original music for four decades and he released his 11th
CD, “TIME TO GET AWAY” in 2013. Monroe received a 2013 Artist
Initiative Grant from the MN State Arts Board with Legacy funding and
produced a DVD about his “Log Cabin Concerts” about the audiences
who come from far and near to hear Michael perform in his charming
Grand-Marais, MN log home and see his MisTree Solar-Powered Studio,
where he writes and records his beautiful songs. Log Cabin Concerts
are featured in Cabin Life and Lake Superior magazines, Star Tribune
and KSTP’s On The Road with Jason Davis.
A 2001 McKnight Performing Musician Fellowship Finalist, Michael’s
eighth Simple Life recording was nominated 2006 “Best
Contemporary” Recording from the prestigious JP Folks out of 25000
albums in 81 categories. It’s an acoustic collection of tunes
inspired by his 11 rustic years hauling wood and water. The music was
also inspiration from his custom Seaton Guitars made on the Gunflint
Trail by luthier David Seaton. His new tenor, “Baby Snow Leopard”
and baritone, “Snow Leopard” have these names because they are
made of “birds’ eye poplar” wood which resemble spots of a
leopard and unique in that they have the sound holes on the top side
of the guitar. The frets are made from 200 year-old birch reclaimed
from the bottom of Lake Superior.
“ABANDIN MY OWN MIND”, Michael’s fourth recording, was released
in July 2000, preserving his last performance of the past century and
his first of the new…a LIVE CD, recorded at several venues in MN
including a MN Public Radio event in Grand Marais, MN. A “Best Of”
recording as well as his demonstration of how he performs using his
LIVE looping/layering technique…where Michael recycles the musical
harmonies, sings and plays on guitar and bamboo and glass flutes.
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