April Fools – 318 Café Excelsior
“Minnesota Acoustic Music Master,” (Star Tribune) and Emmy Award-winning acoustic troubadour, Michael Monroe sings his musical mix which includes his original tunes in an an evening of warm-hearted “folk legend acoustic favorites” by James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, Carole King as well as Peter, Paul and Mary, Michael Johnson and more!
Experience these tunes: Feeling Groovy, April Fool, Bristlecone PineTime To Get Away, Did You Ever Think of Me, Moonshadow, Secret of Life, Forever Young…any old song!
318 Café – Excelsior – “MN Acoustic Music Master,” (Star Tribune) Michael Monroe on guitar, vocal, flutes…acoustic favorites and his award-winning original tunes. Best wine and dine!
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Below Michael and Michael perform together at the Log Cabin Concert…a song Michael Monroe wrote for Michael Johnson who had recently been in touch with his daughter Truly, whom he’d never met until she was 40 year’s old.
Photo by Mary Jindra
From vinyl to digital, Monroe is celebrating over 50 years performing acoustic music for his profession. He plays hand-crafted Seaton guitars, which are “works of art,” made of 200 year-old reclaimed wood from the bottom of Lake Superior and made on the Gunflint Trail. His rich vocals and crystal/bamboo flutes showcase his signature mellifluous sound. Monroe has always embraced “…technology as an instrument…” (Jon Bream Star Tribune) and though vinyl has become trendy again, digital technology has been his music medium of choice. He was a ‘looper’ in 1990, long before it became mainstream and he could be considered the one of the ‘grandfathers’ of LIVE looping!
Michael Monroe returned to the Twin Cities following his 28 years on the North Shore of Lake Superior and he presented Log Cabin Concerts in his cabin for the past 17 years which were featured on KSTP’s Jason Davis’ On The Road and in Lake Superior and Cabin Life Magazines as well as the Star Tribune. Monroe’s award winning instrumental soundtracks have been featured on PBS/CBC, Toronto Enviro/New York Indie Film Fests in the documentary, “Chased By The Light” presenting Jim Brandenburg’s life and stunning photography.