Biography

Michelle is a professional country artist who grew up in the rural NSW town of Mendooran listening to the vocals of Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins and Jim Reeves.
Although she has experience singing a wide variety of music including classical and pop, her roots are firmly planted in country music.
Michelle is now based in Sydney NSW, which is a far cry from the sleepy little town where she grew up and "Michelle is a young woman with a big future"(Daily Liberal)

Michelle's fans will be happy to know that in 2007 she will begin recording her debut album, due for release early 2008. Michelle believes the Album will showcase her talents as a songwriter as well as her exquisite vocal style that has attracted fans from all over Australia and overseas. As well as recording, Michelle's 2007 calendar is filling up fast with up coming performances, including acoustic sessions, solo shows, and appearances at various music festivals.

Michelle currently performs as a solo artist and as a duo with the talented backing vocalist, Shona Corbin. She is also looking forward to performing with her band, which is in the process of coming together to help realize the full potential of Michelle's original material and of course to showcase her as the amazing performer she is.

The 2007 Tamworth Country Music Festival saw Michelle performing almost everyday of the two weeks she was there. Performances included her return to the Young Guns of Country concert at Tamworth Town Hall, several appearances at Coca-Cola Stage in the Hands of Fame Park, guest artist on the Tomkins Showcase at West's Leagues Club, guest singer with Tall Timbre at the Fitzroy Tavern, a solo performance at the Tamworth Arcade, a performance at the Cricket Grounds and, lots of fun performing with Gleny Rae Virus and her Tamworth Playboys at the South Gate Inn.

In 2006 Michelle headed overseas for several months.
On the itinerary for her world trip she included Nashville, USA to coincide with the CMA's FanFare.
While in Nashville she performed at the famous Blue Bird Café, The Tomkins Showcases at the Sheraton Hotel, The Commodore Sports Bar and the French Quarter Café.

Also in 2006 Michelle returned to Tamworth, after an absence of a few years, with a bunch of enthusiasm that came wrapped in memories of past Tamworth experiences. These included: being involved with Starmaker and the CMAA College of Country Music, staging the "Desert Rain Showcases" at the Oasis Hotel, performances and guest appearances all over Tamworth not to mention all the endless hours of busking on Peel street during her early years.

All of this has come since Michelle graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music (Music Education) degree. After a turbulent year in 2000, which almost saw the end of her singing career in a serious car accident, Michelle was not only a CMAA College graduate and a finalist in Toyota Star Maker 2001 but she also left her home in the country to begin studying, and living, in Sydney.
Since completing her studies at the end of 2005, Michelle has shown that her love of singing and performing country music is stronger than ever.

During her career Michelle has shared the stage with many great artists some of those include Gina Jeffreys, Lee Kernaghan, Jody Maphis (USA), Adam Brand, Beccy Cole, Felicity Urquhart, Stuart French and the Feral Swing Katz, and the list goes on and on!

Michelle has successfully competed and performed throughout Australia, New Zealand and the USA, winning the National Capital Country Music Awards (now known as NSW/ACT Champion of Champions) in 1997, and continues to give her time freely to community charities as well.

In 1999, Michelle released her debut EP titled
"That's What I like".
The C.D contains the original track, "That's Why He's Mine" and also "My Outback" which was co-written with Margaret Bye.
It also contained the old Patsy Cline favorite, "Sweet Dreams".
The CD received nation-wide airplay on country radio stations and certainly for a country girl from Mendooran one could ask what more could she hope to achieve.

However with her debut album on the way and performances booked in across the state, Michelle says this is just the beginning!

Michelle Little is a, "a young artist who will make it to the top!"(Leo Dekroo, Radio 2DU)