Michelle Lewis announces September 2018 European tour

Acclaimed Los Angeles-based folk-pop singer-songwriter Michelle Lewis announces September 2018 European tour, with dates in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, previewing new album All That’s Left, which is due for release on October 19 – please see below for further information, full tour itinerary, and video link to the album’s first single "Push On", co-written with Robby Hecht.

About the tour and All that's left

On All That’s Left, Michelle explores the far edges of joy and sadness. It’s a personal history served through loss and love. As she's grown as a songwriter so too has her ability to elevate a detail from anecdote to allegory. All That’s Left is an intense collection of ten tracks; a journey in transformation from regret to compassion. As she mourns loss, celebrates love, and confronts guilt, the album weaves an emotional journey, conveyed in vivid flashes of sorrow and garnished with comic turns of forbearance.

Michelle wrote this album with her ears open. ‘Scars’ explores a life story she learned about her grandmother only after losing her. Lyrics on "Please Don’t Go" were words of comfort overheard during another period of great pain. “Sometimes the songs are already written, you just have to listen,” she said.

Interestingly, the album features a cover of "Dancing In The Dark". “Years ago a friend gave me a copy of Nebraska. When I heard that album I realized that although Bruce Springsteen had been in front of a rock band for years, he's really a folk singer,” she said. “His songs are so relatable and heart wrenching.”

The album’s first single, "Push On", is a duet co-written with Nashville singer-songwriter Robby Hecht. The song shares a timely message of determination, delivered in Michelle’s plaintive vocal style, both heart-warming and heartbreaking. “There are times in everyone's life when we feel like we can't go on, whether it's physically, mentally, or both. "Push On" is about overcoming those everyday and long-term struggles we all have”, said Michelle. All That’s Left is a continuation of her long-term collaboration with the production team of Anthony J. Resta (Duran Duran) and Karyadi Sutedja. Featured cello is played by Cameron Stone (Game of Thrones) and piano by Ruslan Sirota (Josh Groban).

Michelle Lewis September Tour

• Wed 5 Billericay House Concert @ The Rectory
• Thu 6 Queensbury, Bradford Black Dyke Mills
• Fri 7 Sheffield Nether Edge Bowling Club
• Sat 8 Appleby Magna, Leics. Sir John Moore Foundation
• Sun 9 Twickenham The Cabbage Patch Pub
• Tue 11 Haarlem, Netherlands Café Lokaal
• Wed 12 Ede, Netherlands Donkers House Concert
• Thu 13 Gemert, Netherlands De Bunker
• Fri 14 Antwerp, Belgium Simone's Kitchen
• Sat 15 Solingen, Germany Private House Concert
• Sun 16 Bonn, Germany Tannenbusch House
• Tue 18 Norderstedt, Germany Music Star
• Wed 19 Kiel, Germany Private House Concert
• Thu 20 Kiel, Germany Prinz Willy
• Fri 21 Lübeck, Germany Tonfink
• Sat 22 Luckenwalde, Germany Kulturzentrum Altes E-Werk
• Tue 25 Halle, Germany Café Ludwig
• Wed 26 Gefrees, Germany Konzertscheune @ Casa Cara
• Thu 27 Langenhennersdorf, Germany Kirche Langenhennersdorf
• Fri 28 Dresden, Germany Tante Ju
• Sat 29 Olbernhau, Germany Gasthof Dittmannsdorf
• Sun 30 Chemnitz, Germany Gaststätte EigenARTig