Jaime Michaels - How To Shine (2023)

Jaime Michaels has recorded and released twelve solo albums to date. His live activity leads him to perform throughout the United States and Europe, in house concerts, festivals and in large and small venues with his faithful Taylor guitar.

“How To Shine” is his twelfth studio album and was produced by Jono Manson in his Kitchen Sink Studio. Accompanying Jaime Michaels (vocals and guitar), we find keyboardist Jason Crosby (Jackson Browne), pedal steel guitarist Jon Graboff (Ryan Adams & the Cardinals), bassist Ronnie Johnson (James McMurtry), drummer Paul Pearcy (Terri Hendrix ) and other guests, such as Andrew Hardin and Jono Manson. Eleven songs in all, some of which were co-written with songwriters Jeff Talmadge and Annie Wenz.

Jaime Michaels does not consider himself a prolific author. Rather, the spirit with which he enters the studio to record an album can be summarized as follows: "We have enough songs, let's go to the studio!". The creative phase that he prefers and the one in which the backbone of the songs he has written is covered with substance thanks to the artists with whom he has the pleasure of collaborating. “I rarely tell any of the players what to play,” says Jaime. “Mostly, I just sit back and enjoy their creativity, feeling incredibly lucky.”