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The Wave of Sadness
A wave of sadness rolls over me, but it is not mine. It rises from a world of broken hearts left in the wake of death, disease, and the love that flies toward a target but misses it. The sadness subsides when a mother takes the hand of her child as they cross the road, Read more
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Memorial Day 2023
I spent Memorial Day the way a lot of other Americans spent it: getting drunk. That might seem disrespectful to the people who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our country but I don’t see it that way. I believe that most of the people who died for America were people who enjoyed getting fucked Read more
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50,000
It’s just a little under 6 months since I released my latest album Compulsions and today one of the songs – I Like You – hit 50,000 streams on Spotify. It’s an arbitrary number, but a nice, round one. It reminded me of the cover of one of Elvis Presley’s greatest hits collections called 50,000,000 Read more
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On Your Radio
Tomorrow, one of my songs will find its way into more ears than any of my songs ever have before, thanks to radio, and thanks to the best station on it. Fordham University’s Voice (WFUV) is playing my song The Light In Your Eyes tomorrow at noon. If you are in the New York area, Read more
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Indie Rock News
Here’s a new review of my album from UK site Indie Rock News: Mike Power is an indie folk singer-songwriter from New York who has just released his new album, Compulsions. This is a relaxing album that will take you on a journey through US based culture, with classic sounds and soft rock. It’s the perfect Read more
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Croz
I wonder which thing made them lose their dream ‘Cause mine is alive, very much it would seem David Crosby, A Dream For Him The story goes that David Crosby, from the Byrds, and Steven Stills, from Buffalo Springfield, were singing around a piano in Joni Mitchell’s place, when Graham Nash heard a harmony part Read more
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