River comes after a last minute entry in a singer songwriter competition, and saw him win sessions in Canberra’s own boutique recording venue Studio 68. The result is a song that swells and shrinks in all the right places. Equal parts lush production and intimate performance, River is populated by rich harmonies, a weeping violin, sickly sweet bottleneck slide, and of course PJ Michael’s stunning vocal.’ Tom Brown, Canberra Music Blog.

River

A comedic talking blues song about the time I was mugged on Rideau Street in Ottawa.

Old Rideau Blues

PJ Michael is a country blues singer from Canberra ACT. Instruments: Resonator Electric Crackly amp Dreary voice 'A Mountain Song' and 'River' - Recorded With Matt Barnes (also on drums) at Studio 68 in the suburbs of Canberra. With the fine help of the Banditas: Liz Boylan - Singing Aino Suomi - Violin Matt Nightingale - Bass and Jack Biilmann - electric guitar on River Alright Alright.

A Mountain Song

What I Have Left

Call On

Canberra based blues troubadours PJ Michael & The Banditas have emerged from the studio with their debut EP “All Night Long” in tow and a national tour to boot. A compilation of four songs, perfected over years of performing, balanced, bolstered and brought to life by the newly arranged five piece line up, All Night Long, is a sweeping journey of toe-tapping escapism and heartbreak.
Recorded in Canberra’s boutique Studio 68 with producer Matt Barnes, All Night Long, is a welcome and highly anticipated offering filled with lush production, weeping violin, vibrant harmonies, the warmth of a resonator guitar and a tale to be told. In the vein of artists from Justin Townes Earle and John Hurt to Nick Cave and Laura Marling, All Night Long, stands strong in a genre rich with simple beauty.
Hitting the road for their first national tour, PJ Michael & The Banditas, will sweep the East Coast from Sydney to Adelaide with a live show that has seen the band previously share stages with Steve Smyth, The Snowdroppers, Liam Wright and The Timbers, as well as having played major festivals Majors Creek and Enlighten.

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