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"A Rebel with a cause"- OC Weekly-
Bio
MICHAEL UBALDINI
The Folk singer the media and fans call-'The Rock n Roll Poet' - is an Outlaw folk singer songwriter .A voice of the forgotten regular people who've been kicked around by life.
Weather songs of society, protest ,social struggle ,love ,hard luck , satire or rebellion
He’s a poet & a man with a message
He overcame death more than once –being told he’d never play music or walk again - even collapsing and dying right on stage only to rise up and survive. He has a perspective other songwriters don’t have,follows no one & goes where the winds takes him.
'Better than Bruce Springsteen at probing the national soul"-LA Times
'Free Speech Blues "Most important song of our time"-Hipster Zombie joint magazine/Blog
His raw folk album Acoustic Rumble was named "#1 album of the year -LA Times & NY Village Voice pazz & jopp
and #10 best of the decade" ,including the song 'Poem to my country' named #25 'best song of the decade' in the LA Times
UK Mojo Magazine '#6 top performer/song of the month' critics poll-
'2019 album Song of Our Time "Top album of the year' -Music worth Buying/OC Register
Top Singer-album of the year-best roots songwriter-Los Angeles -Southern Cal &Orange County music awards
The prolific songwriters newest project is a raw collection of original folk songs with guitar and harmonica only- to be released in 2020 as a follow up to the acclaimed 2019 album ‘Song of our time’, as well as the re-issue of the Indie folk classic
‘Acoustic Rumble legacy edition’.The new album is filled with protest songs ,life’s struggles & songs that don’t pussyfoot around.
He lives and has lived his songs
A True American Music Folk Outlaw
MUSIC
CNN NEWS FEATURE-Check It out!
Label- Blackwater records-Toshiba EMI
Booking-michael@rocknrollpoet.com
PR- Blackwater music
"Rebel With a cause"-
OC Weekly 2019
"BETTER THEN BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AT PROBING THE NATIONAL SOUl
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Free Speech Blues' Possibly the most important Song of our Time" -
Hipster Zombie Joint magazine 2019
#6 MOJO MAGAZINE
Mojo top 10 poll
"Truer to the
uncompromising spirit of
Hank Williams than most
have been over the last six
decades! Poetic social commentary- a street attitude"
Americana roots magazine
"One of The best singer songwriters undiscovered - Ever! - hes right up there w/ Early Dylan ,Springsteen & Tom Petty-"Song of our time" is our pick as top 5 of the year " -
Robert Kinsler & TJR -OC Register - Nashville Times Music worth buying & Desert star weekly 2018/2019
"Known as 'the Jack Kerouac of Americana music',Mike Ubaldini is an ever clever songwriter and far more subtle than the usual noise."
Nashville scene
"Great tunes as Michael's little lyrical bombs keep the brain engaged."
Flying Shoes
“ MICHAEL HAS BEEN CALLED A ‘ROCK N ROLL POET’-A GIFTED WORDSMITH WITH AN EAR OF FINE TURN FOR A PHRASE-SOMETHING HE PUTS TO GOOD USE "-
ROCK N REEL (R2) UK-
"The song 'Someone should
put you on trial' would fit well on one of Bob Dylan's recent records. Its thgood.
sharp lyrics- no wonder fans refer to Michael as -The rock n roll poet""
- -MAVERICK MAGAZINE UK- 5 out of 5 stars review
If the Beatles made a Country record -this is what it would sound like-
-AMG'
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