Soul is a most elusive sensation, like love-something that has to be felt. But when you are in the grips and midst of soul, well, then you know it. As a prolific songwriter, Michael has drawn upon the sounds and rhythms of his youth-from the American textures of jazz, blues, and pop, to the R&B song craft of Muscle Shoals and Fame studios, to the gospel roots of his childhood. You will find the evidence of these influences on 'Welcome to Your World,' his second album on his own Grab A Mic Records, but Michael feels they're all different takes on the same thing. 'It's all music with feel,' says Michael. Real music. Soul music.