October 12, 2023
Things are picking up a little bit … I had a great visit in Austin at the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance conference (SWRFA) … played some nice showcases including the official alternate … best of all, got to spend time with old friends

Since returning, the very first official video from the new album, “how to shine”, was released and is now, hopefully, getting shared around
here is ithe YouTube link,  in case you missed it on the from the front page  -  https://youtu.be/OcBwgDll4ss

Next up is a swing up to Colorado in early November for a handful of shows … 

Friday, November 10th
6 p.m. 
with Storch & Lacis
Community Food Share benefit 
Longs Peak United Methodist Church
421 Elmhurst Dr
Longmont CO 80503
$10 suggested donation or food donation
Call or email Mary for info and reservations.
303-345-1854 
batkatus@yahoo.com 
Stream this show here:  https://www.youtube.com/@teresastorch/streams

Saturday, November 11th
6:30 p.m.
Listening at the Legion
Cool listening venue!
850 N St Vrain Ave
Estes Park CO 80517
$20
Reservations at legionlisten.org

Sunday, November 12th
3 p.m.
Private gig
Louisville CO

Sunday November 12th
5-7 p.m.  Abbott & Wallace Distilling
350 Terry St 
Longmont CO 
 
 

September 16, 2023
It's been a quiet summer since June's Tour of Italy.  The tour was absolutely fabulous (check the video page for “somewhere like italy”, the last encore from the last gig) … I got to see the south of Italy for the first time … both the scenery and the food were amazing …

So now it's coming up on autumn and things are beginning to happen … first up is another vist to Bruce Swan and Louise Baker's “Music My Mother Would Not Like” streaming program on Tuesday, September 19th where I will be sharing the program with two of my favorite humans and songwriters, Jono Manson & Rj Cowdery
(it's free but you need to register … click on the photo for a link to the registration site)
Next up is the release in Italy of a brand new single, a re-working of my song “in my home” from the Appaloosa Record's album “Shahida” … I re-recorded the song using musicians from here, Italy & Uzbekistan … it features a spoken/sung part by my young friend, a refugee from Ukraine named Vladi Vasylenko, who sings in both Russian and Ukrainian about his lost home … the album, Shahida, is a 3 CD set featuring a majority of the Appaloosa Record's roster, each artist contributing a song … Shahida is the name of the player from Pakistan's national hockey team who died in the shipwreck off the coast of Steccato di Cutro, Italy. 94 other people lost their lives with her. 35 of them were children … the album is to benefit refugee women … go to Appaloosa Records to purchase and help … click on the photo to listen

Next up, on September 27th, will be the release of the first “official video” from the How To Shine album … it is my first time working with a brilliant independant Italian film maker, Lu Margero' … the world premiere of the video will be on the Americana Highways website.

This same weekend I will be attending the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance in Austin where I will playing a set at official alternate showcase along with other showcases.  here is the schedule:
 
THURSDAY  - Alternate Official Showcase  (Official Alternate?)
                          10:30 Elm Room

FRIDAY  -  Song Circle Houston (w/ Heather Pierson)
                     10:30 Room TBA

SATURDAY  -  People’s Republic of Austin
                           12:10 Room TBA

Western Music Association/NM
                           1:30 Room TBA

Following that, i will be heading up to Taos, NM where I have rented an AirBnB cabin in the woods for a one man songwriting retreat to continue work on writing the next album

Early November will find me playing shows in Colorado … details to come

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June 3, 2023
10 days into a FABULOUS tour in Italy!
i will post more later

For now, here is my performance of Fabrizio De Andre’s “the fisherman” at the Townes Van Zandt International Festival with Paolo Ercoli, Claudia Buzzetti, Radoslav Lorković & Riccardo Maccabruni … and a hell of an audience joining in

 

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May 17, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Closer getting closer!
Excited and more than a little nervous to be back on the road in Italy …first longish tour in three years ... Here are some of the dates and locations ... all the dates are with my Italian partner in crime, Paolo Ercoli ... looking forward to sharing a couple of nights with the always amazing Radoslav Lorković

Here are the dates so far:
26/5 SOMMA LOMBARDO (VA) - LA VISCONTINA * Tangled Up in the Park – A
tribute to Bob Dylan
28/5 TREMEZZO (CO) - BELLEZZE INTERIORI FESTIVAL – Casa Bertoni 11.45 am
28/5 FIGINO SERENZA (CO) - TOWNES VAN ZANDT FESTIVAL
30/5 PORTOVENERE (SP) - IMBARCADERO
1/6 PORTO SAN GIORGIO – ASSOCIAZIONE NAUTICA PICENA
2/6 ANDRIA – LA GUARDIOLA
3/6 MODUGNO - MACONDO with Radoslav Lorkovic
4/6 BARLETTA - FRIEDRICH II with Radoslav Lorkovic
13/6 BESNATE – STORIE DI CORTILE
15/6 CASTELNUOVO RANGONE – PARCO LENNON
16/6 VITO D’ASIO – FOLKEST
18/6 CANTU (CO) – SANT’AMBROGIO – SFOGLIACANTU’ FESTIVAL with Alex Gariazzo
more to come .... stay tuned!!
(photo by Paolo Brillo)
 
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May 3, 2023

It won't be long now!
Three weeks from today I am off to Italy for a tour with my good friend Paolo Ercoli (with some dates including the fabulous Radoslav Lokovic)
I can not wait to see my  beautiful Italy!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 25, 2023
RIP Harry Belafonte
And thanks to my late Aunt Mary who was a longtime member of the Columbia Record Club … she loved folk music and Broadway musicals … turned me onto Harry and Pete and West Side Story … and here I am 65 years later with a heart still filled with song.
Fly on, Harry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 22, 2023
NEW ALBUM, NEW WEBSITE, NEW NEWS!

Yippee, it's record release day!!!
My new album, How To Shine, is being released on the Italian label Appaloosa Records.  I am so very proud of this one; I think it may be my best work yet.  Once again I was blessed to have fantastic collaborators on this project … Jono Manson is once again, for the 10th time in 20 years, sitting in the producer's chair doing his, as usual, stellar job.  We had a great band of musicians who I will list at the end of this post.  There are nine originals, several of them written with two of my very favorite co-writers, Jeff Talmadge and Annie Wenz.  There are also two cover tunes, one by the fabulous Greg Trooper, This I'd Do and a second, an English translation of a song by the late, legendary Italian songwriter Fabrizio De Andre, The Fisherman or Il Pescatore.

Physical copies of the album are winging their way from Italy and are available for purchase at my website (www.jaimemichaels.com).  To stream the album,  just click on this picture to link to a site where you can stream/download from all the major services.