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Michelle A. Richard
Michelle A. Richard: Michelle A. Richard
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Michelle A. Richard is a young Francophone Canadian vocalist and actor from British Columbia whose imagined musical ancestors could well be Little Jimmy Scott and Mavis Staples. These names are significant and provide an obvious peek into Richard's vocal world: Jazz and blues, to which it is possible to add Acadian roots music. The latter makes for a mildly exotic twist to everything that Richard does. Not just in the stories she tells, but also in the naked folk rhythms ...
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