MICHELE Stodart is best known as bassist, vocalist and co-songwriter of Mercury-nominated, double-platinum selling band The Magic Numbers, who have released five critically acclaimed studio albums and supported the likes of Neil Young, Radiohead, Brian Wilson, U2, Flaming Lips and Bright Eyes.
She continues to play with the band and tour worldwide with them.
Alongside this, Michele has always pursued her own writing and nurtured a love for folk/ Americana artists such as Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch.
Besides this, Michele has always pursued her own writing and nurtured a love for folk/Americana artists such as Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch. She started writing songs in her early teens as a way to process and tell stories from her experiences. She would hide away to write songs, rarely playing them in public.
After Michele gave birth to her daughter, her older brother, Romeo (frontman of The Magic Numbers) encouraged her to record and release an album of her own songs. This resulted in her first solo album, Wide-Eyed Crossing (2012), a southern-drenched journey into Americana country blues.
“I never thought I’d release a solo album, but I needed closure from those songs, so recording them was the only way to truly move on,” she said at the time.
Michele is currently focusing on her third solo studio album, ‘Invitation’, released on September 15 2023 and plays live at Thornton Hough Village Club on Friday, November 24.
Speaking about her forthcoming record, Michele said: “Invitation is an intimate, personal record, with songs that touch on themes of motherhood, relationships, mental health, transformation, endings and new beginnings.
“It comes from a place of inviting in the darkness, the hard times, the sadness, anger, loss, love and grief… all of the unknown feelings that get woken up inside you.
“To practise staying with them, no matter how uncomfortable. To understand that they are there to guide you.”
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