Michael Gerard Levasseur is a singer, guitar player, and poet originally from Brooklyn, NY. He has released three solo albums and one full-band album under the name Michael The Blind, and two albums with his band The Moonshine (consisting of his wife Rachael and a revolving cast of other string players). Both projects have released several singles as well as instrumental releases. With obvious nods to the art song stylings of luminaries and personal heroes like Leonard Cohen, and Jacques Brel, Levasseur’s songs tend toward the darkly hopeful, and show the influences of both his upbringing as a classical vocalist, as well as his love for old-time American music and traditional folk music from around the world.

The Long Ways : Good old fashioned modern love.

The Long Ways have been traveling together for quite a while, and their blend of harmonious singing and playing is sure to evoke the feeling that you've been with them the whole way. Rachael Renee' and Michael Gerard (their married name is Levasseur) are the founding members of the Cascadian stringband, The Moonshine, and have been performing to together as a duo in and around Portland since 2009, playing a potent mixture of old-time standards and original folk rock.

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