Toronto songwriter Danny Michel is going back to the basics when he returns to Lethbridge, Nov. 24 to play the Slice.
Michel, a three time Juni nominated singer songwriter and producer, has had a busy year helping with a variety of charity events with David Suzuki and Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy.
“ I’ve been busy doing everything but working on my music,” Michel said emphasizing it is important to help out other people where-ever he can.
“It feels good and it is the right thing to do,” Michel said, who in addition to helping other charitable causes also has his own— raising money for schools in Belize.
He gets asked to do a lot for charity so has to pick and choose the causes that feel most to him.
“ It’s actually been a nice break and a nice change. But over Christmas it will be time to hunker down and make a new record,” he continued, adding he is excited to get back on the road.
He was last year almost exactly a year ago with the Garifuna Collective — a group of musicians he met while recording in Belize.
“I haven’t been there since I recorded the album. I have to get back there, but flights there are expensive,” he said.
“ I have to decide whether to record a folk record or a rock album or another world album. I just need to start writing songs and let them tell me what direction to take, ” he said adding going back on the road may help him decide.
“The Lethbridge show will be the exact opposite of the Garifuna Collective record. It will just be me and my guitar playing solo and going through my back catalogue. I decided to choose a few of my places to play and go back there for this tour,” he said.
While he has been known to loop guitar licks and play over them, he said he won’t be doing much of that either.
“ I might do a bit of that. But now everybody and their brother are doing that now,” he said.
“ Lethbridge is always a blast,” he continued.
The show begins at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door.
