Michael
Young is a fingerstyle guitarist who plays both the six and twelve-string
guitar with driving rhythm and groove, and he carries that bouncy and energetic
groove from powerful and compelling compositions to soulful ballads. Moving
from daunting and alarming to lighthearted and idiosyncratic instrumentals,
Michael takes advantage of the guitar's possibilities by combining standard
and alternate tunings with a mix of slide guitar into his playing.
"It's hard to develop an original approach to a musical form as firmly enshrined as fingerstyle acoustic guitar, but on his debut release, the twenty-one-year-old Young makes a good run at it. The eighteen tracks combine his six and twelve-string explorations with sparse, tasteful instrumentation and make for a solid span of quiet, engaging listening." - Marlee MacLeod, Mpls St. Paul Magazine.
