Mike Lynch Biography 2012:
Mike Lynch is no stranger to hard work and has miles of road-tested performances across Canada. With many cross-Canada tours under his belt, Mike has appeared with Fred Eaglesmith, Skydiggers, Jason McCoy, Great Big Sea, The Good Brothers, and a host of others.
Many have described Mike as a “New Traditionalist”. He prefers to draw his major influences from the great masters of country music like Conway Twitty, Hank Williams, and good ol’ Canadian boy Stompin’ Tom Connors. Mike’s secret weapon is his deadly sense of humour, leaving audiences rolling in the aisles only to break it up with a heart-wrenching tune about lost love or world peace.
The new CD is here!!! Mike Lynch’s anticipated CD titled Road Map, is finally here!!!
- Country Music News Rated ‘Road Map’ as the #5 CD of 2011!
Here’s what Country Music News said about Mike and his new CD ‘Road Map’;
“ Lynch is the ‘real deal’. A hardcore, country singer and songwriter, with material not unlike what we hear from Tim Hus, Corb Lund and other ‘troubadour’ styled artists. This latest collection of tunes by the St.Catharines, Ontario-based artist is truly a standout piece of work; thanks to his edgy songs and the crusty vocal delivery that gives them a contemporary twang.”
“ There are several songs here that really standout. Songs About the Road, lives up to its name, utilizing ‘road song’ titles to get the message across (it is patterned similar to Gary Allan’s Songs About Rain lament from a couple years ago.) In the same vein, the title track tune Road Map covers that rocky road in life and love that most everyone travels (especially ‘troubadours’). Another winner here is the hardcore traditional country tune Old Fashioned Side of Me; while the hurtin’ country song House Full of Mirrors is given a neat Dwight Yoakam fell. There’s quite a variety of material on the album. Check out the bluesy ballad Will To Survive, with Mike Lynch sounding not unlike Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy; while Turn On The Evening News, with its radio/TV news clip intro makes an interestion political statement – intended or otherwise. Shot of Whiskey and Baby’s Long Gone are a couple of ‘drinkin’ songs that fit perfectly into this off-beat collection of songs…with none more off-beat than God Locked The Keys In Her Van, a fun tune about a good time gone bad.” (written by Larry Delaney)
Mike Lynch has been writing, recording, and performing his own music for nearly 15 years, but if you ask him about that he would probably say: “Heck, I’m just getting’ started!”
- 1996: Mike released the ‘Hictown’ album, distributed through Page Music.
- 2000: Mike recorded his second CD ‘Shindigg’, which garnered 2 charting singles in the Canadian Top 100.
- 2002: Mike released the live recording: ‘Singer-Songwriter Night’. 2007: Mike’s most successful record to date, ‘MJL Was Here’, was released, selling more than 1500 copies “Off the back of a truck” -
- 2009: Release of the “unplugged” acoustic CD ‘Entertainer Tonight’ .
- 2011: his sixth album has been recorded in his Niagara Region stomping grounds and produced by multiple platinum producer Brian Allen!
Mike Lynch is now distributed by Maple Music! www.maplemusic.com