Kurt Michaels

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Soaring Back To Earth is the third CD release for Chicago singer/songwriter/guitarist Kurt Michaels. Michaels, a touring veteran, has enjoyed a successful career as a musical contractor and bandleader for well-known legendary rock acts such as Spencer Davis, Joey Molland (Badfinger), Wolfman Jack, Otis Day, The Temptations, The Platters and many others. Soaring Back To Earth covers a diverse musical landscape—from early English pop influences to virtual tone poems, with smoky ambient arrangements for guitar and rock band. Strong influences include The Beatles, Yes, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), Todd Rundgren, Flaming Lips and Muse.Guest artists on Soaring Back To Earth include Billy Sherwood (Yes & Circa), Michael Sherwood (Yes & Air Supply) and Tom Brislin (Yes, Meatloaf, Renaissance & The Syn) The writing on this CD is directed at conveying some very real life cycle stories. It reflects a wide gamut of adult emotions, ranging from the innocence of a young couple in love starting their life together in It's Our Time; trying to find a way to make things right with someone with whom things have gone extremely wrong with in Let's Try, the insecurity of facing serious challenges and feeling very alone in Will You Be There?; and the deeply personal accounting of Michaels' reflections on his younger brother’s untimely death in 2008 in two songs that are bookended together at the end of the CD. The first, Didn't Get To Say Goodbye, is a powerful trip to one’s core depictin

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Stones from the Garden

Outer Worlds

Soaring Back to Earth

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Action Moves People

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EpiphanyRadio -- the enlighten

Inner Worlds - part one

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A Year In The Revolution 2023

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Epiphany Radio

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Stellar Attraction - Progressive Rock Heaven (Yes, Genesis, ELP, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull et al)

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Second Attention

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Stellar Attraction - Progressive Rock Internet Radio (Yes, Pink Floyd. ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull et al)

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