Biography
Michael Levasseur is a singer-songwriter and instrumentalist born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in a tiny town in South Carolina, and currently living in Portland, Oregon. He has put out 4 albums and played countless shows under the name Michael the Blind.
Michael the Blind's most recent album, "Are's & Els" was released June 5, 2012 to critical praise from sources far and wide such as the Onion A.V. Club, PopMatters, Exclaim, M Magazine, The Portland Mercury, Willamette Week and many others. The video singles have been featured on prominent music blogs like My Old Kentucky, and American Songwriter Magazine.
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In 2013, along with his wife and good friends, Levasseur put together a backup band called The Moonshine. Together they play whip-smart folk songs for a fast-paced world with breathtaking rhythmic interplay and vocal harmonies.
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