Michael's 5th CD will be released in May 2007. He's promoting the CD with several CD release parties including May 4 at Kensington Community church and on May 11 at Oak Pointe Church. See performance dates for all the details.

April 5th, 2007 Here's what Michael has been up to in 2006/2007

As in the past few years, Michael continued his work with Chrysler performing at the Detroit Auto Show and in Beijing. We will be posting picture from Bejing soon. Michael spent a lot of time in the studio as well. He worked with J. D. Lamb again on his CD, Feel That along with working with Steve Acho on his CD, It's hard to be cool. Hope Orchestra has been in the studio as well. Michael also carved out some time to complete his CD, Glory to be released in May. Look for it on sale at CD baby or email us for a copy. Michael has continued to work with the young artists in Birmingham, judging (and producing a song for the winner) in the Birmingham battle of the the bands each summer. In 2006 Michael once again worked with Karen Newman on her annual Christmas show.

January 25th, 2006 2005-2006 Chrysler Tour

Michael along with his band having been spending the last year traveling and performing at various Chrysler events. They performed at the 2005 and 2006 Detroit Auto Shows along performing in: London, England, Geneva, The South Of France, Germany, and Hawaii all in 2005.

January 24th, 2006 New CD In Development

Michael is beginning production on his fourth CD. It should be ready for release in the summer of 2006.

December 20th, 2005 Michael Works with Karen Newman as Live Show Producer

Karen Newman will be performing a Christmas concert at Andiamos. Michael was asked to work as a music director pulling together musicians and working with Karen on song selection and arrangements. It is sure to be quite an amazing show with 8 of the finest Detroit musicians on stage including Michael King, Robert Tye, Rob Harrison, Dale Grisa, Gia Warner, Steven Taylor, Steve Acho and of course the talented Karen Newman.

July 14th, 2004 Michael King Music, Inc Commissioned to write Ryder Cup Music

Michael has been commissioned to write and produce the music for the opening cermonies of the Ryder Cup. He's been busy auditioning percussionists, pipers, singers and other players along with working in the studio on the music that they will perform. And on top of all that Michael was asked to play the In The Park Concert in Birmingham the week of the tournament.

June 14th, 2004 Chris Cheshire (Formerly of Sister Seed) Release solo CD

Michael worked with Chris Cheshire and Danny Cox (co-producer) to put out one of Detroit's best new CD's. Check it out. You'll love it.

April 3rd, 2003 CD Release Party

The CD Release Party has been scheduled for May 22 at Memphis Smoke. The whole band will be there and a great openning act is scheduled as well. Come check it out. The show starts at 9:00pm.

March 15th, 2003 Motion is Now Available

Michael's new CD, Motion is now available. You can pick it up by sending a check for $15.00 to PO Box 2034 (if you also send an e-mail telling us to look for the check we can get it out to you faster). Or to order by credit card go to CD Baby. And if you haven't already please send us your e-mail address so we can let you know when the CD Release Party is scheduled as well as other big events.

March 14th, 2003 Major Changes To This Web Site

As you may have notice, we've just started updating this site to include the new CD, Motion. You can hear some of the tracks (mp3), there are new pictures to check out (and more to come from the Listening Room performance), new CD's on the producer's page, the bio page has been updated and we are working on new video clips, more photos and more dates. So keep checking back.

February 5th, 2003 Big Show Coming Up At The Listening Room

This is the show to go to this year Michael and Danny will be opening the evening performing songs from three CD's. Motion, Michael's latest CD will be available. And if that weren't enough, Peter Mayer will be performing after Michael. He's an outstanding performing in town for this special engagement.

December 28th, 2002 Stewart Francke's Wheel Of Life

Stewart Francke has just released his latest CD, Wheel Of Life. Michael King worked with Stewart on this CD over the summer.

July 30th, 2002 Production Wrapping up

Michael's been really busy in the studio working on several projects including, Chuck Shirock, two new CD's both have been released, Barbara Payton, and Terry Farmer, this one should be wrapped up by fall as well. Stay tuned for upcoming release parties and for information on these acts plus some others King will be working on this fall...

July 29th, 2002 Michael To Release Third CD

Michael is currently in the studio working on CD number three. It should be released sometime this fall.

June 18th, 2002 Barbara Payton

Michael and Barbara have just finished working together on Barbara's first CD and it is now avail check it out on the producer's page coming soon...

January 3rd, 2002 Jesus Jones CD Released

Check out the new Jesus Jones CD, "London" and look closely at the inside jacket cover to see pictures of Michael's Mission Studio.

January 2nd, 2002 Updated Performance Schedule

Check out the Performance Schedule page for updates on the latest Michael King dates.

October 8th, 2001 Jesus Jones Pictures

Check out the photo page, down at the bottom is a new link to a page of photos taken when Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones and Ted Mason of Modern English and Mi5 Records were at Four Green Fields with Michael.

August 17th, 2001 Jesus Jones Mixes New CD in Michael King's Studio

Mike Ewards, the lead singer of Jesus Jones and Ted Mason, of Modern English, were in Detroit working with Michael in early August. The new Jesus Jones CD, "London" will be released on Mi5 Records, where Ted is a co-owner, and is due out in early October. Michael, along with Mike and Ted worked on mixing the CD in Michael's studio. Mike and Ted both made special guest appearances up at Four Green Fields, King's weekly Thursday night gig. Look for pictures from the event on this website...coming soon...

June 26th, 2001 Look For New Projects On The Producer Page

Michael has just rapped up three new projects that you can check out on the Producer Page: Melissa McClain, Jiblian/Glass and Silverweed.

June 25th, 2001 New Pictures

Check out the photo page for new shots of the band at a recent Birmingham Art In The Park concert

April 6th, 2001 Michael King Nominated Best Producer Three Years In A Row

Michael was once again nominated Detroit's Best Producer of The Year in the Motor City Music Awards.

February 24th, 2001 New Pictures On The Site

Check out the new pictures we've added to Michael's site. On the Photo Page, we've added a picture of Michael performing at the Mall in D.C. at a human rights march. Plus new pictures of the band

February 23rd, 2001 Melissa McClain's CD is released

Check out Michael's producer page for his latest work, Melissa McClain's CD Soaring. And in March, Michael and Melissa will be doing a double bill details coming very soon.

February 22nd, 2001 Coming Soon: Studio Photos

Stay tune for a new page on Michael's site: The Studio. It will include pictures of his new space and the work he is set up to do.

February 5th, 2001 Michael latest production project raps up

For the last 9 months Michael has been producing Mellisa McClain in the studio and the CD is just about ready to be released. Check it out soon on the producers page.

February 4th, 2001 Michael King's studio now open

Michael's new studio is offically open. Give him a call and set up a time to come check it out.

December 5th, 2000 Grisa and Lewton join The Michael King Band

Dale Grisa and Pete Lewton will be playing with The Michael King Band every Thursday night at Four Green Fields and for special showcase events.

November 2nd, 2000 New Studio

Michael moves into his new studio early this month. If you're thinking about recording give him a call to go check out the space.

July 16th, 2000 Every Song A Slice Of Life--July 16 Article in the Eccentric

Frank Provenzano wrote a wonderfully in depth article on Michael's new CD and career up to this point. It will be posted on the press page.

July 15th, 2000 Four Green Fields Every Thursday

Michael will be performing at Four Green Fields, in Royal Oak, every Thursday.

May 28th, 2000 Two New Articles on The Michael King Band

Check out The May 25 issue of Real Detroit Magazine for an outstanding review on The Michael King Band. Also the Mirror Magazine wrote a great story on Michael. You can find that in the May 25 issue as well. Full copy of both articles are on Michael's Press Page.

May 16th, 2000 Biography Page Revised

Check out the new and improved Biography page.

May 15th, 2000 The Oakland Press reports on Michael's Memphis Smoke show

On Friday, 5/12/00, Nicole Robertson included a section about Michael's show at Memphis smoke. You can check it out on the press page.

May 14th, 2000 Bobbie Lewis Band performs one of Michael's songs

For all you Bobbie Lewis fans, next time you see the band listen for Dances By The Moon, a Michael King orginal. You can also hear the song (performed by Michael) on this site.

May 5th, 2000 Michael King's CD Baby website

Now you can order Michael's CD's by credit card. Check out the ordering page or go to www.cdbaby.com.

May 4th, 2000 Michael King's MP3 website

Check out Michael's MP3 website to listen to songs or for more background information.

April 30th, 2000 Meet: Michael King (Oakland Press Feature Article by Gary Graff)

Check out the complete text on the Press page.

April 13th, 2000 Michael King nominated two years straight Detroit's Best Producer

The Detroit Music Awards have nominated Michael King as Best Producer. Along with this honor, Michael has also been nominated as Best Instrumentalist.

April 7th, 2000 Website Launched

Michael King is pleased to announce that michaelkingmusic.com is now online.

Please be sure to bookmark his site, and visit the news and Performance Dates pages often for regular updates.

April 3rd, 2000 Michael King with Jeff Hartkop place song in film

The song, "To The Stars", written and recorded by Michael King and Jeff Hartkop (vocals by King), has been accepted for use in an independant film. The title and Director of the film to be announced...