Michael Rault

Michael Rault @ NXNE 2009

Background/ Composition: This baby-faced solo player delivered the blues with every ounce of feeling his skinny soul could muster. Grade: 81 Comment: Are they shooting a prequel to Backbeat? With his mop-top hair and classic rockabilly blues tunes, Michael Rault reminded me of a 15 year old John Lennon cutting his teeth on "Long Tall...
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Michael Rault — Ma-Me-O

The music industry has been desperately searching for what we in the office have dubbed "the male Amy Winehouse" of late. By that, we don't mean an old school-style RNB/blue-eyed soul crooner who'll later go on to develop a serious drug problem and write a prophetic song about it and achieve international stardom... we just mean an old school-...
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Michael Rault's Ma-Me-O

Michael Rault's Top Albums Of 2010

We asked a pile of our favourite musicians about their top albums of 2010. Here's what Michael Rault said:1) The Black Keys — Brothers When I was asked to throw together a list of my top albums of 2010, I had the sudden realization that I've made my way through an entire year without hardly listening to any of the music that's be issued during...
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Michael Rault

Women's Public Strain Regains #1 Spot On Chart

Do you believe in jinxes? Some music publicists may start to wonder! We here at Charty Chart Chat thought there was a good chance Diamond Rings would repeat as the #1 artist on the chart for the week of Nov. 30. We even went so far as to send a request for a different promo photo to have on file to run with this story. Instead, after doing the...
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Women (Photo by Giulia Mazza)

Song Of The Day: Michael Rault's "Lay Right Down And Die"

Michael Rault's "Lay Right Down And Die" would fit very nicely on a '50s rhythm and blues record by Little Walter, Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf. It's got that slightly rough around the edges Chess Records feel that's accentuated by Rault's voice, his harmonica and the stripped down, naked trebly-sounding snare drum. Rault's signed to Bedouin...
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Michael Rault (Photo by Ryan Fujiki)

I Read The News Today... For Oct. 1, 2010

Tokyo Police Club, Hollerado, Three Days Grace, Alexisonfire and the Silversun Pickups took home Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge's CASBY Awards (Canadian Artists Selected By You) last night. —edge.ca Bedouin Soundclash's Pirates Blend label has signed Edmonton singer/songwriter Michael Rault. He'll release his MA-ME-O debut album through the...
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