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Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper in subsequent years. In 2004, she formed the band The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp.
Biography
Early life and solo career
Branch was born seven weeks premature in Phoenix, Arizona, and was named after The Beatles' song "Michelle". Her father is of Irish ancestry and her mother is of Dutch, Indonesian (Javanese), and French ancestry. She has an older half-brother, David, and a younger sister, Nicole.Branch first wanted to write songs as soon as she hit her teens, beginning to write shortly after that. She received a guitar for her fourteenth birthday, and later signed up for vocal classes. She focused on the arts during high school, and was writing songs extensively. She attended Red Rock High School in Sedona but with the support of her parents, decided to continue her high school education through homeschooling, which allowed her to follow her dreams of becoming a singer-songwriter. She had begged her parents for years to allow her to leave regular high school, and one night at dinner she asked why she had to go back to school, and to her surprise, her father replied with, "Yeah, why does she?" She played clubs for years and released her debut album Broken Bracelet independently in 2000.
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Bunny on a Stick: Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper - Bunny Hopkins' review: an awesome album
Jason's Reviews: Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper - Jason Johnson's review: A lot of the tracks sound similar to one another and have a tendency to just run together.
Music-Critic.com: Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper - Jonathan Baran's review: If there is one word that can sum up the entirety of Hotel Paper it is 'bland'.
Plugged In: Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper - Bob Waliszewski reviews the pro-social and objectionable content of the album.
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PopMatters: Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper - Adrien Begrand's review: has a few pleasant moments ... but hopefully Branch is capable of something much better than this
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UKMIX: Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper - Review: Michelle's done a good job at solidifying her status as a serious singer/songwriter with a knack for creating some fine tunes.
| along with a few pics I got off google. A beautiful song indeed! :-D ... michelle branch hotel paper 2003 maverick ... | |
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