Mike Edel

Michael Richard Edel (born December 18, 1985) is a Canadian folk musician, guitarist, and songwriter.

He has released four studio albums, The Last of Our Mountains (2011), India, Seattle (2015), Thresholds (2019), and En Masse (2020). Edel has also released two extended plays, Hide from the Seasons (2008) and The Country Were I Came From (2012).

Edel has over six million streams across various platforms. His music has been featured on ABC's American Idol, CBC Radio, and SiriusXM.

2012 - 2016: India, Seattle His second studio album, India, Seattle (2015), was released by Cordova Bay Records. The album was recorded primarily with Colin Stewart, who also worked with Dan Mangan and The New Pornographers. The album draws from Mike Edel's life experiences to create "folksy rock" music. Many of the songs were inspired by Edel's upbringing in rural Alberta, such as The Closer, which tells the story of watching his brother's baseball game as a young child, and Julia, which mentions Calgary by name. Other songs on the album, such as Blue Above the Green are inspired by his subsequent time living in Victoria.

2017 - 2021: Thresholds and En Masse Thresholds, Edel's third studio album, was released in 2019.

His fourth studio album, En Masse, saw contributions from Andy Park and Marcus Paquin. The album explores genres like "exuberant pop and more melancholic rock", according to Exclaim. The single was featured on American Idol in 2019.

In April 2021, Edel suffered from a stroke while he was on tour with his wife. Most of the album was written from a hospital bed in between hours of rehab appointments each day.

Casseroles & Flowers is accompanied by a documentary, recounting Edel's experiences over the previous year. in Linden, Alberta, where he lived for 18 years, He now lives in Bellingham, WA.

Discography Studio albums The Last of Our Mountains (January 2011, Independent) India, Seattle (April 14, 2015, Cordova Bay) Thresholds (March 1, 2019, Popup-records) En Masse (2020) Casseroles & Flowers (upcoming, 2022, Pennant Publishing) EPs Hide from the Seasons (June 2008, Independent) The Country Where I Came From (September 2012, Independent)