With elements shining through from bluegrass to rock, this has a unique feel with story songs of revelation, revenge, and redemption, sometimes touchingly dark, but always real.

13 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Power-folk, ROCK: Americana



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Life has changed quite a bit since Michael Waters left his home in Gainesville, Florida in 2001 and settled in the Hill Country of Texas. Music has finally taken an overwhelming role in Michael's life, and he couldn't be more pleased. Michael is steadily gaining admirers of his songwriting locally in Texas, and abroad in Europe and Australia. His writing and performing skills have also earned the respect and supporting performances of accomplished Texas musicians, such as guitarist Michael O'Connor and fiddler Richard Bowden.

Waters writes songs without compromise. His songs are sometimes as dark as night, but always with an underlying emotion that people can relate to. Shortly after arriving in Texas, Michael independently released his first record, Fertile Ground, to good reviews. "Fertile Ground is a stunning debut from an exceptional songwriter who clearly descends from the same line that generated Woody, Bob, Townes, and Guy," writes Massimo Ferro, host of "Highway 61" in Alessandria, Italy. "Sincerity and lack of pretension," says Lisa Sorg of the San Antonio Current. "He is a natural melody-maker with a knack for the hook."