Short Form Bio
Mike Younger was a street performer working in New Orleans when he was “discovered” by country music legend Rodney Crowell, who then produced Mike’s debut release Somethin’ In The Air (2000).
Since that fateful turn of events, Mike has written, performed, recorded and released an impressive body of work and his music and songwriting continue to earn him new fans all over the world.
His most recent release Burning The Bigtop Down (2021) is the masterful result of a hard-fought battle to reclaim his lost recordings with rock legends Levon Helm and Jim Dickinson and rhythm and blues legends Spooner Oldham and David Hood.
Since the release of Burning The Bigtop Down he has performed hundreds of shows in the Midwest, MidAtlantic, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Pacific Northwest regions.
He has been involved in environmental advocacy and earned his bonafides at Standing Rock in 2016 and in a local pipeline dispute in Middle Tennessee around the same time.
He and his lady raise livestock on small acreage as producers in the local food economy and as advocates for local organic food production.
Mike has recently completed a new album entitled Hall Of Mirrors, scheduled for release in early 2027. The first single THE ENEMY WITHIN went viral in Spring 2026 and the second single HOLD THE LINE is scheduled for release on Wednesday Sept 30th with a video to follow.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mike Younger left home at the age of 17 and cut his teeth as a fledgling street performer in Toronto and Vancouver. At the age of 20, he headed to New York City to seek out the 60’s folk renaissance remnants. It was years later, while performing live on WWOZ in New Orleans, that he caught his first break with a music publisher who heard the broadcast. Soon after, Mike traveled to Nashville to record demos, and his recordings reached the ear of Rodney Crowell. When Mike signed his first record deal, Crowell stepped in as producer, and together they turned out Somethin’ In The Air in 1999.
In 2001, Jim Dickinson started producing Mike’s second album, which never saw the light of day, as the record label collapsed before the record was completed. The original Memphis sessions featured rock legends Levon Helm on drums, Spooner Oldham on keyboard and organ, David Hood on bass, Jim Dickinson on piano, and his son Luther Dickinson on electric guitar. The tapes from that session fell into legal limbo and were lost for almost two decades. Once recovered and completed, Burning The Bigtop Down was released August 27th 2021.
After the loss of the Memphis sessions and his record deal, Mike left Tennessee, returning to New York City to assemble a band and subsequently release 2005’s Every Stone You Throw, his first independent effort, which carried some of the songs from the lost record. From 2003-2007, he worked the NYC club scene with his band and as a solo performer. In 2007, he returned to Nashville and began laying the groundwork for 2009’s Hustled By Squares, followed by U.S. touring in the midwest, mid-Atlantic, mid-South, and northeast regions, where his radio supporters and fans encouraged him to keep the hope alive…
With the August 2021 release of Burning The Bigtop Down , Mike Younger’s long journey to recover his lost work has come full circle.
Mr. Younger has been touring steadily since COVID restrictions were lifted in 2022 (?), gaining the attention of audiences and fans in Boston, Chicago , New York, LA, Seattle, Portland, indianapolis, St Louis and Nashville(and many others).
Now his new record Hall Of Mirrors is poised for release in early 2027. The Enemy Within was the first single released to a wide range of listening audiences and the second single HOLD THE LINE has dropped on Sept 30th, with a video scheduled to be released Oct 13th. Stay tuned!!
Discography
Somethin’ In The Air , Beyond Music 2000, produced by Rodney Crowell
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Every Stone You Throw, Nashanoke Music 2005 produced by Rob Clark
Hustled By Squares, Divinerum Music 2009 produced by Mike Younger & Rob Clark
Little Folks Like You And Me, Divinerum Music 2016 produced by Bob Britt
Burning The Bigtop Down, 2021 produced by Jim Dickinson and Chad Brown