Emmy-winner
Michal Towber is a singer/songwriter/musician,
born in Ashkelon, Israel, and raised in NYC. She is a classically
trained pianist and self-taught guitarist who graduated from Yale
University and Columbia Law School.
She released
Sky With Stars (2000), an album distributed by
Columbia/SONY and co-produced by Michal Towber and Soul Asylum front
man, Dave Pirner. In support of Sky with Stars,
Michal performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and opened for
Soul Asylum and Patti Rothberg. The track “My Friend”
was featured on Delia’s In Your Head sampler and played in
movie theaters nationwide, and “Broken Boy” appeared
on Dawson’s Creek.
Her sophomore
effort, Coma (2002), was distributed by RPM records
and produced by Joe Simon, keyboardist of Billy Idol and Fiona Apple.
This CD was a CDBaby.com editor’s pick, and many tracks appeared
on ABC’s Daytime Television Drama One Life to Live. Robin
Finck, of Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses, lent his guitar skills
to the track “Alive.” “Life without Me”
was featured in the HBO movie Kiss the Bride.
In 2005 Michal
released Desireless on Shorebreak records. “Perfect”
was featured in the HBO movie Jack and Jill vs. the World and the
Lifetime Movie True Confessions of a Go Go Girl. “Lovesick”
appeared in the film Dark Rising. “Happy Feeling” was
included in a Take Five/Diet Coke Podcast, the movie Duck Farm No.
13, and the Lifetime Movie Matters of Life and Dating. The track
“Desireless” was featured on MPress Records New Arrivals
Vol 1: Artists for Hurricane Relief sampler, benefiting victims
of Hurricane Katrina. Michal was the face of Urban Decay’s
make-up palette “Face Case,” and “Big Bang”
Lip Gloss was named after her. Michal also won an Emmy
for her work on One Life to Live.
In 2008 Michal
collaborated with producer/songwriter Dave Liang of the Shanghai
Restoration Project on “Pace of Light” on the Album
Stories of a City. In 2009 they collaborated on “ToyLand”
on the album Undercover Christmas, Vol 1.
In 2009, Michal’s
version of the NY1 theme song was profiled in a half-hour television
special.
Currently, Michal is topping the charts on the new internet singing
competition, Popstation.
Michal’s
latest album Lifesblood (2009) is available on
iTunes. You can stream the entire album for free at www.michalmusic.com/lifesblood.
The track Nothing Makes Sense was recently chosen by TwilightersAnonymous.com
for consideration in the Twilight franchise and received over 10,000
plays on YouTube in two weeks.
You can check out 100+ Michal songs and become a fan at www.facebook.com/michaltowber.
Or catch one of her live performances in New York City.
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