“It’s Rock and Roll!” That’s what Birch answers whenever someone asks what type of music his latest album is. “Did anyone ever ask what genre a Beatles album is? A Todd Rundgren album?” Just like the music from his early influences, Birch’s music includes everything from piano ballads to harmony-laden acoustic guitar tunes to heavy guitar hard rockers.
As a child of the 60’s and 70s, starting with the Beatle’s first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, through the Woodstock generation and early (pre-disco) 70’s rock like Deep Purple, Alice Cooper and David Bowie, all have had an effect on Birch’s songs. Listeners have made comparisons of his songs to those of Neil Young (a fellow ex-pat Canadian), Tom Petty, and America.
’40 Years of Life, Love, Happiness and all of those things’, Birch’s first album of original songs, was released in 2011, his second album, ‘Peace Freedom Sanity Serenity’ came out in late 2013. The third album ‘Empty Pages and Lost Songs’ was released in December, 2015.
‘Fact and Fiction’, the 4th album of original songs from Boston-area songwriter Mike Birch was released in December, 2016 and like his other albums, all the songs are written by and the vocals and instrument parts are done by Birch. The 15 songs on this new album are ‘story songs’ – some are true factual stories, others are fiction, and some are a little of both.
‘Love and War, the 5th album was released in October, 2018. 16 original songs exploring love, hate, war and the division of the USA that has happened since 2016, from acoustic folks songs to hard-hitting rock and roll, this album has something for everyone, although the extreme right might not appreciate it.

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	The Road Acoustic		Alternative
	Smart Angel A song about life		Alternative Modern Rock
	Everything Fades In the end ....		Alternative Modern Rock

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