Michael Shaw Music

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With a swagger in his vocal and a sharp eye for detail, Shaw brings authenticity to his debut album He Rode On, as everything he references—from living off the land to cheating death—is rooted in the truth. Shaw’s captivating songwriting can be directly traced to his own experiences in the West, yet his stories are universal, whether he’s delivering a rowdy barroom anthem or a meditative song about the loss of a loved one. As a young man Shaw left the Appalachian foothills and moved to the mountains of Western Montana. His love of wilderness led him to Glacier National Park, where he spent the next twelve summers following his passion for wild nature, and the winters following his passion for music, until the lines between the two were blurred. Those winters were spent alone in rural places like a cabin off the grid with no running water or electricity. Deep in the heart of grizzly and wolf country, there was nothing to do but chop wood and write songs.