Marco Delmar, Producer/Engineer, Recording Arts Studio, Arlington, VA
As the title of her new CD "I Feel" implies, Michelle clearly feels all of life's permutations, warts and all, but is blessed with an amazing ability to translate that into poetry and song, the kind that stays with you long after you've stopped listening. The simplicity of her lyrics belies the complex messages, and the web of intricate guitar work she weaves. The pure honesty of her vocal instrument is rare and the perfect complement to the equally honest lyrical content. One thing Michelle will NEVER do....and that's hold back in any way...musically, vocally, lyrically, or personally. Nothing halfway about the experience of her live show, and NOBODY sings quite like Michelle Swan.

Tom Kohlhepp, President, Key West Productions 
I've worked with Michelle from the stage of "Blue Heaven" in Key West to the stage of the Weinberg Center in Frederick, MD when I booked her to open for Tom Paxton at the Maryland Folk Festival that I produced. The audience absolutely loves the way she paints a story with the words she sings. Her songs touch on the human condition of playing the cards that life dealt us as best we can, and never forgetting, as we say in Key West we are one human family.

 Annette Wasilik, Azalea City Recordings
Michelle Swan's songs grabbed my attention. First her nuanced guitar work caught me and then her lyrics had me leaning in to listen. A fine singer/songwriter opens doors within ourselves. Michelle's music does just that.