Michelle Lambert
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| Born | Michelle Marie Lambert May 2, 1985 |
| Alma mater | Berklee College of Music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, songwriter |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | michellelambert |
Michelle Lambert is a pop singer from Covelo, California that after a long career as a violinist, released her debut album Warrior in 2015. She performed at the NCAA finals in 2014 in front of 18000 people at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN [1] . On January 9, 2015 she made the front page of the Reporter Herald in an article about her Official Music Video Warrior that spotlights high school football players during a game [2] .
Early life
Michelle Lambert started studying the violin when she was 2 years old under the Suzuki Method, following the footsteps of her 4 older siblings. At the age of 12 she was already working as a professional musician in Northern California. In 2008 she moved to Boston where she attended the Berklee College of Music majoring in Professional Music. Michelle moved to Nashville, TN in 2011 after graduating from Berklee, to pursue a career as a studio and stage musician. In 2015 she moved to Los Angeles, CA in order to release her debut album and focus on her solo career as a pop singer.
Career
Lambert started to play the violin at the age of 2 and after a long career as a musician, that took her to San Francisco, Boston, Nashville and Los Angeles, she launched her first official album "Warrior" in 2015. The album has the collaboration of Grammy Winners Shannon Sanders (president of the Nashville Grammy Chapter) and Billy Hume. The album also features three time Grammy Nominee Kief Brown as a co- author of " Rain on You" and singing a verse in "I'm Just a Girl". In January 2016 she was elected to be the female face of SkyHigh Radio in the UK.[3] In February 2016 she gave a long interview to the Sound Profile Magazine [4] where she explains in detail how important women empowerment (that's a recurrent theme in her songs) is for her.
Artistry
Influences
Michelle grew up in a household with 5 older siblings, 4 of them studying the violin. Being the youngest child, she was exposed to all kinds of music, from classical music to punk rock. According to an interview for a radio station in the U.K. her biggest influences are Elvis Presley and Alison Krauss.
Fire Breathing
While working in Nashville, TN, Lambert learned and started to use fire breathing in her live performances.[5]
Instruments
After learning how to play the violin at a very young age, Michelle studied piano and the drums. She also studied vocals and songwriting.
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| Warrior |
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Music Videos
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 2015 | Warrior | Hunter Neiblum |
| 2015 | Devil Went Down to Georgia | Mark McIntosh |
References
- ^ "Tennessean Article on Michelle's performance on the NCAA finals". April 8, 2014.
- ^ "Reporter Herald Article on Official Music Video for Warrior". January 9, 2016.
- ^ "Elected Female Ambassador of SkyHigh Radio – UK". January 10, 2016.
- ^ "Sound Profile Magazine Interview". February 1, 2016.
- ^ "Atlanta and Nashville: the new face of the South". June 4, 2014.
External links
- The music video for Warrior (video)
- Michelle Lambert Website (website)
- Michelle Lambert discography at MusicBrainz
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Singers from California
- Songwriters from California
- Feminist musicians
- American pop singers
- American female pop singers
- American contraltos
- 20th-century American musicians
- 21st-century American musicians
- Women in electronic music
- Women violinists
- American violinists
- American electronic musicians
- 21st-century violinists