Music

A Solo Recording By Michael Monroe, Honoring The Music Of Gordon Lightfoot, Vocals/Acoustic Guitars

• Minstrel Of The Dawn
• Beautiful
• Bitter Green
• Go Go Gone
• Restless Feeling
• If You Could Read My Mind
• Song For A Winter’s Night
• Affair On 8th Avenue
• Early Morning Rain
• Wherefore And The Why

Moonshadow A Tribute To Cat Stevens (2019) was Recorded LIVE, May 3-5, 2019, ChanhassenDT Fireside Theatre’s at Michael Monroe’s Moonshadow Cat Steven’s Tribute Concert. Michael performs on vocals, Seaton Guitars and bamboo flute. Featuring: Lori Dokken/Piano and Christopher Jantzen/Viola.

• Moonshadow
• Peace Train
• Father & Son
• Where do the Children Play
• How Can I Tell You
• If You Want to Sing Out
• Trouble
• Into White
• Tuesday’s Dead
• Can’t Keep it In
• On the Road to Find Out
• Boy with the Moon & Star
• I Love My Dog
• The First Cut
• Sitting
• Morning Has Broken
• Wild World
• Oh Very Young

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New 13 Song Collection of FOLK FAVORITES!

• Feelin Groovy (59th St. Bridge Song) • Simon & Garfunkel
• The Wind • Cat Stevens
  
• The Secret O’ Life • James Taylor
  
• Puff The Magic Dragon • Peter Yarrow
  
• Leaving On A Jet Plane • John Denver
  Father and Son Cat Stevens
  
• You’ve Got A Friend • Carole King
  
• How Can I Tell You • Cat Stevens
  
• Shower The People • James Taylor
  
• If You Could Read My Mind • Gordon Lightfoot
  
• If You Want To Sing Out Sing Out • Cat Stevens
  
• I Dig Rock & Roll Music • Peter Paul & Mary
  
• Living In The Moment • Jason Mraz

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Heartfelt Love Songs and Ballads – Michael Monroe’s 10th CD is an album is a compilation of heartfelt romantic ballads and includes 4 previously unreleased tunes. The collection also includes romantic tunes from all his albums that were given different names.

• Did You Ever Think of Me (For Michael Johnson & Truly)
• Today is Mine (For Jan Strathy)
• Pavan
• You and I (Deb’s Valentine ’91)
• Love (Carrie Monroe-Matt O’Keefe Wedding)
• Smile Network Soundtrack
• All Of Me (Deb’s Birthday Song)
• Soaring on Mended Wings (Emmy Winning)
• Two Ships (Westin-Roehl Wedding)
• Fall Hike

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• Time To Get Away
• Simple Life
• Dawn Moon
• From My Backyard
• Time Out Of Mind
• As It Should Be
• Calling
• Wintersong
• Hibernation
• Winter Embrace
• Light of Love
• Twice In One Day
• Life Of My Time (Lottery)

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Live At The Cedar – Michael Monroe’s 8th CD: recorded LIVE at The Cedar Cultural Center on 12/6/08. Music/Lyrics by Michael Monroe performing on vocals/acoustic guitars, bamboo/glass flutes. Noah Hoehn guest artist on Harmonica IF and Winter Embrace. Special bonus track from WTIP Radio, Grand Marais, MN with Michael Johnson and Michael Monroe, performing together on I Sing Your Songs formerly called, At Home.

LIVE Versions of the Following Tunes:

• Here Now
• What I Needed Most
• Peace Of Mind
• Moonshadow
• Wintersong
• Light Of Love
• Simple Life
• Winter Embrace
• Calling
• IF
• As It Should Be
• I Sing Your Songs

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Wintersong – Michael Monroe’s 8th CD: Celebrate winter, a collection of acoustic vocal/instrumental music inspired by the beauty of the season…featuring: Wintersong, Light of Love and Joni Mitchell’s River…City Pages, “With heartfelt sincerity and a poetic touch in both the lyrics and music, Monroe explores subtle, quiet places that spark the imagination.” By Rick Mason

• Wintersong
• Hibernation
• River (Joni Mitchell)
• Catch The Wind (Donovan)
• Winter Embrace
• Snow Leopard
• Nobody Home
• Solstice Dance
• Light Of Love
• Melting

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Simple Life – Michael Monroe’s 7th CD: Acoustic and Simple, featuring Simple Life and As It Should Be

• Simple Life
• What I Needed Most
• Calling
• A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell)
• Oneawa
• All Of Me
• From The Trees
• As It Should Be
• Peace Train (Cat Stevens)

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Chased By The Light – Michael Monroe’s 6th CD: a complete instrumental soundtrack by Michael Monroe, based on the music he created for the documentary on PBS, “Chased By Light, a Photographic Journey with Jim Brandenburg.

• Illumination
• One Step
• Something For Now
• Water Color
• Older Wiser
• Contemplating Mosses
• Determination
• Resolution

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IF – Michael Monroe’s 5th CD: featuring Michael on vocals, acoustic guitar, bamboo and crystal flutes… Marc Anderson on percussion Ed Willett on acoustic string bass and cello Erik Naslund on trumpet Jim Brandenburg’s photos of Michael grace the IF CD project. Many of these songs had been written, but it wasn’t til Jim took the photo and put IF in the corner…that the song IF had to be written in order to fit the title that Jim put on the cover! This recording celebrated Michael’s 50th birthday with a CD release at the Theatre Jeune Lune November 2002.

• IF
• Peace Of Mind
• You Are The One
• Skating Away
• What If
• Something For Now
• One Stupid Question
• Swim
• Pavan
• Forever Young

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Abandin My Own Mind – Michael Monroe’s 4th CD: recorded “live” venues, Minnesota Public Radio’s Grand Marais Broadcast, Imax Theatre New Years Eve ’99, Penumbra Theater, Gunflint Tavern, Grand Marais, MN. A “Best Of and LIVE” his first three recordings as well as his demo of how he performs using his LIVE looping technique…he created in 1990. Michael recycles the musical harmonies, sings and plays on guitar and bamboo and crystal flutes.

• Life Is A Mystery
• You and I
• From My Backyard
• One Stupid Question
• Twisted
• Daddy Come Dance
• Wouldn’t It Be Good
• Summer Rain
• Follow Your Happiness
• Here Now
• Twice In One Day

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As Far As I Can See – Michael Monroe’s 3rd CD: Star Tribune named it Top Ten and said, “Monroe, a rich-voiced eco-folkie, played all the instruments on this touching hymn to nature…A work of art straight from the heart.” It was also nominated for “Best Independent Recording” by the Minnesota Music Academy as well as a JPF nomination for “Best Folk Recording.” “Plugged into the sun,” says the Duluth News Tribune and “Fully at peace with his subtle, yet expressively powerful, delivery” about his music and life in the woods. First of the Solar Powered Recordings…

• From My Backyard
• You and I
• Again and Again
• Unspoken Words
• Time Out of Mind (Whippoorwill)
• Where Do The Children Play
• Nobody Home
• Against The Wall
• Dawn Moon
• Spring

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Twice In One Day – Michael Monroe’s first CD: “This album blends expressive lyrics with an “island sound” about which Dirty Linen magazine said, “This guy could sell a million records…” Vocals/Guitar/Bamboo Flute, Pat Mackin/Sax, Mike Hurley/Drums, Marc Anderson/Percussion, Kevin Daley/Guitar, Enrique Toussaint/Bass.

• Life Is A Mystery
• Simply Love
• All Kinds Of Music
• Follow Your Happiness
• Here Now
• Nowhere
• Kiwi Fruit
• Can We Learn To Love
• Aseem’s Dream
• Twice In One Day

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Michael Monroe’s first record, “Summer Rain” released on vinyl in 1980 which was featured May 2003 in the Japanese “Music Magazine” and released by the Japanese label “Bittersweet America” (Vivd Sound) in 2006, followed by a feature in the Japanese publication, “Record Collector”. This TOP TEN Twin Cities MN (Sweet Potato, 1981) album received airplay on “THE BREEZE” and led to performances in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Recorded on vinyl in 1980 now available on CD and Vinyl.

• I Sing Your Songs
• Over Love
• Show Her How You Feel
• String Man
• You Can’t Fool Me
• Ladyfriends
• Learning The Ways
• Daddy Come Dance
• Summer Rain
• Quite An Appetite
• Watch How You Grow

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Summer Rain Vinyl – Michael Monroe’s first record, “Summer Rain” released on vinyl in 1980 which was featured May 2003 in the Japanese “Music Magazine” and released by the Japanese label “Bittersweet America” (Vivd Sound) in 2006, followed by a feature in the Japanese publication, “Record Collector”. This TOP TEN Twin Cities MN (Sweet Potato, 1981) album received airplay on “THE BREEZE” and led to performances in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Recorded on vinyl in 1980 now available on CD.

• I Sing Your Songs
• Over Love
• Show Her How You Feel
• String Man
• You Can’t Fool Me
• Ladyfriends
• Learning The Ways
• Daddy Come Dance
• Summer Rain
• Quite An Appetite
• Watch How You Grow

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Call Of The Moose – Michael Monroe’s, new music track created in partnership with the MN DNR and Les Kouba Outdoors…a musical tribute to the elusive moose.

A portion of the proceeds from this project supports the DNR Moose Management and Research.

Included in this specially priced CD Call Of The Moose recording.

• Call Of The Moose
• From My Backyard
• Time Out Of Mind (Whippoorwill)
• Calling
• Simple Life

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Log Cabin Concerts featured in “Cabin Life” Magazine “This Cabin Really Sings”
Michael Monroe has been performing his music in his Log Cabin home in Grand Marais MN for 16 years. Catch the highlights of his beautiful music composed on the North Shore of Lake Superior and played on Seaton Guitars made of wood from the bottom of Lake Superior, some 200 year-old wood.

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CELEBRATING the joy of performing original music for over 40 years
Michael Monroe award-winning music spans vinyl to digital.
He writes and records in his solar-powered studio, and performs in his Log Cabin Concerts on Lake Superior’s North Shore.

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