Recent Press
Here are links to interviews with Michael and reviews of his music:
- Santa Cruz Good Times: Michael Gaither’s Pandemic Gig Helped Local Music Fans Through Lockdown – 6/23/21
- “See You On the Other Side” wins the Great American Song Contest in the Singer/Songwriter category – 3/1/21
- KSCO Radio: “Highway 17 Is a Killer” – 3/22/21
- The Santa Cruz Guitar Company: Coffee Break video podcast – 1/20/21
- Santa Cruz Good Times: Love Your Local Band: Michael Gaither – 1/31/19
- Watsonville Register Pajaronian: Michael Gaither and His New Best Friends to perform at Jansen Music – 1/25/19
- KC Cafe Radio Interview: “Michael Gaither enjoys good karma with his latest album” – 2/7/2018
- Adobe and Teardrops Review – 11/2017
- Michael Gaither – “Hey Karma” (Bucketlist Music Reviews) – 6/15/2017
- Starsafire Blog: A Musical Companion – 5/13/2017
- Register Pajaronian: Zombies, Layoffs and Sarcasm – 5/9/2017
- Monterey County Weekly: A Packed Musical Weekend at Bay of Pines – 1/12/2017
- Redding Record Searchlight: Saturday’s Songwriter Showcase features Dyar, Foster and Gaither – 10/5/2016
- Grateful Dread Public Radio: New Video from Michael Gaither: Highway 17 – 2/17/2016
- KION 5/46: Highway 17 Commuters Follow Jobs Over the Hill – 3/4/2016
- Monterey County Weekly: Michael Gaither and the Rayburn Brothers bring Americana roots to Moss Landing – 1/22/2015
- Santa Cruz Good Times: “Love Your Local Band” – 7/25/2013
- Lisa Jensen Online-Express: “Drive-In, He Said” – 6/2013
- Maverick Country (UK): “Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night” Review – 3/2013
- Country Jukebox (Munich, Germany): “Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night” Review – 12/2012
- Register Pajaronian: Corralitos Series Returns on Saturday – 1/19/2013
- Watsonville Patch: Hometown Artist Has CD-Release Party at the Fairgrounds – 8/2012
- Monterey Bay Area News: Telling Stories to Music – 7/26/2012
- Register Pajaronian: Small-Town Vibes at the Starlite Drive-In (page one, page two) – 11/2012
- City on a Hill Press: Storytelling and Music Attract Wide Audience – 11/2011
- “Songs and Stories” Airs Weekends on KC Cafe Radio – 3/1/2010
Past Articles
Interviews and reviews (2006 – 2010)
Radio Interviews
Click the links below to listen to interviews and live performances by Michael on a number of radio stations. Like something you hear? Click on the song titles to purchase and download them from iTunes:
- KPIG Radio 107.5 FM (Freedom CA) – 2/2013
Click to listen (time = 14:37)
A visit and performance on “Please Stand By” with host “Sleepy” John Sandige. Live takes on “Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night”, “Waltzes When She Runs”, and “Tell Me Where It Hurts”. - Somervalley FM (Bath, UK) – 10/2012
Click to listen (time = 17:45)
Interview with DJ Ray James of England’s Somervalley FM, including background of what led to the new CD, “Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night”. - KVMR 89.5 FM (Grass Valley CA) – 3/11
Click to listen (time = 14:33)
Live on “Rockin’ and Stompin'” with Wesley Robertson. Includes “Tell Me Where It Hurts”. “Old-Tyme Heaven”, and “Charlie and Chloe”. - KPIG Radio 107.5 FM (Freedom CA) – 2/2010
Click to listen (time = 19:23)
Another set on “Please Stand By” with “Sleepy” John Sandige. Discussion of our “Stories and Story Songs” collaboration with storyteller Erica Lann-Clark. Includes the songs “Where’d the Time Go?”, “Roselle” and a cover of Warren Zevon’s “My Ride’s Here”. - KKUP 91.5 FM (Cupertino CA) – 1/2010
Click to listen (time = 45:04)
Interview on “Friday Folk Off” with David Stafford. Includes the songs “Gettin’ to My Glory Days”, “Highway 17”, and “Roselle”. - KSCO 1080 AM (Santa Cruz CA) – 10/2009
Click to listen (time = 14:37)
Live on “Good Morning Monterey Bay with Rosemary Chalmers. Includes “Roselle”, “Highway 17”, and a cover of Van Morrison’s “Tupelo Honey”.
Additional Music Highlights
Here are a few odds and ends that describe other places Michael’s music has landed:
- “Featured Artist of the Month, Musictalks.xyz” (June 2017)
- “Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night” featured as KPIG Radio’s “CD of the Week” on “Fresh Pork Chops” (Week of August 6th, 2012)
- “I Miss My Town” and “High and Lonesome” included on Imuzic.com’s 2011 Singer and Songwriter Compilation (July 2011)
- “Good God Man How Big a Car Do You Need?” played on NPR’s “Car Talk” with “Click ‘n’ Clack” (August 2009)
- “Unconditionally” written/recorded for Animal Friends Rescue Project (December 2008)
- “Entertaining an Angel” finalist in Indie Artists Alliance “Songwriters and Storytellers” contest (July 2007)