Mike Head

Mike Head’s music is a story of the inevitable triumph of the human spirit in love and life through a varying degree of songs. Sometimes they are artfully and coolly percussive in strumming technique, sometimes they have folk, blues, or jazz-like structure with pronounced and energetic leads at the end, but they all aim to create joy and spread the good word while steering to win a heart (and many hearts) at the same time. He has played open mics all over Boston and has had over a dozen songs chosen to be on Martha’s Vineyard’s well known Localmusicafe with Alison Hammond since 2010. He has been on many other internet radio stations and podcasts as well.

The Beatles have influenced Mike the most through their spirituality in their life and lyrics, as well as their huge volume of ground-breaking tunes created in such a short span of time. And he also has taken after John Lennon’s tenet not to listen to (or imitate in any way) other bands in order not to be unnecessarily influenced from his own ego and subliminal tendencies—they are pure and he believes they need to be expressed (however it comes about in the music). Bob Marley too, has shaped Mike’s very mystical take on life. Mike only wishes he could write tunes so universal to every man, woman, and child—of every background, race, or creed.

Mike’s song ‘Sunburnt’, is a terrific example of a how one hopes to meet a lover with a powerful desire—he is ready to “chide the gods above” just to make it happen. Any man could and would have the same impulse… and does. His song ‘Phoenix’ is more of a test of his spirit through an almost “baptism by fire” into a kind of rebirth with the help of his love. And ‘In time’ is a sweet song of recollection in an almost confessional manner. It is a powerful love song that has a unique, fast-paced strumming pattern with another acoustic guitar to accent his feelings through arpeggios and licks.

Mike’s oeuvre is diverse and charming and all his songs point towards that point in life where we all find ourselves happy that we know what we want and are ready to go and get it. And this ties in nicely to the music of today, as some current writers are only concerned with the moment or moods. Mike has a fresh take on a universality that promises to take off in more ways than one.

Mike has also been on reverbnation.com’s top 20 in the city of Boston for many weeks in past. He has many fans around the world and things seem to be looking up all the time—simply growing and growing.