Odette Michell
Biography



There aren't many performers who can boast the ability to silence an otherwise noisy crowd within minutes of beginning their set - however, whether solo or with a band, and having performed for almost seven years on the UK music circuit, Odette Michell seems set to become one of the leading new voices of her generation with a breathtakingly original style - 'a smartly crafted blend of soulful narrative set against a backdrop of haunting folk/pop rhythms' - RealCity Magazine 2003.

After exchanging the Piano for the Guitar at the tender age of fifteen, Odette began writing and recording her own songs when she was just sixteen years old.

After graduating, Odette took off for the beautiful west coast of Canada with little more than a small backpack and a spirit of adventure. With her last remaining $30 she purchased a guitar and a bicycle, and made a new home for herself in Vancouver, where she joined forces with established Canadian band Barbarash, and sung with them at some of the most well known venues across the city of Vancouver.

In the years since she has played solo as well as with various bands up and down the UK, including the Internatonally acclaimed Cambridge Folk Festival Club stage, where she has performed for three years consecutively and been forunate enough to share the stage with musical legends Joan Baez, Eddi Reader and Kathryn Williams.