IN THE SPOTLIGHT WITH WENDY THOMPSON – Michelle Lockey: Taking metro D.C. by storm; thanks Taylor Swift for streaming battle
October 23, 2015 Erin Higgins News Writer In the Spotlight with Wendy Thompson Singer/songwriter Michelle Lockey has made her name on the Washington, D.C. metro music circuit, and in January, she will take on the city of L.A. in a massive career move to the West Coast. Lockey is an Indie folk singer, who creates music throughout the genre. DC Spotlight’s Wendy Thompson caught up with Lockey at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club, where she sang some of her best hits, including the award-winning “Footprints”. View the entire interview, pictures and video: In The Spotlight: Michelle Lockey Check out her entire album here I was interviewed for an article in the Maryland Gazette newspaper! It was on the front page of the Local Germantown Gazette and in various pages in the rest of the county and elsewhere in Maryland. Then it was printed in the Local Living Section of the Washington Post! Cool! I even received a letter about the article from my local delegate! Here is a link to the article and some pics! Gazette Article “The lyricist, Amanda Norton Anderson, is celebrating the first steps in her career with three of her songs being used on two different albums in the USA and Canada. Michelle Lockey’s (USA) fourth CD, More to Life, released September 2014, features the tracks “Deep is My Soul” and “In The Dark (A Tale of Love)”, both of which use Amanda’s lyrics. More To Life album: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/more-to-life/id925517871 And then Blu Cedar, an indie folk duo consisting of Nathan Nasby (Canada) and Michelle Lockey, released their first EP in November 2014, featuring another of Amanda’s songs, “This Is The End”. Blu Cedar EP: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blu-cedar-ep/id944981103 All three tracks that use Amanda’s lyrics were co-written with Michelle Lockey. Michelle has had much success in writing songs for films and TV, and was a Grand Prize winner in the folk category in the 2014 John Lennon Song Contest.” IMRO Article
2014: “Your Footprints (feat. Tinfeathers) wins Grand Prize in the Folk Category of Session II of the John Lennon Song Contest. The song is now In a Vote Off to move on to the Lennon Awards and to be a contender for Song of The Year!” Song is Available on Itunes |