Michael Fracasso takes the stage at Ocho September 19, 2012

Michael Fracasso takes the stage at Ocho on Wednesday, September 19 at 7 pm. There is no cover charge to attend.

Upon arriving in Austin, TX in 1990 from New York City, Michael Fracasso was promptly voted Best New Artist in the Music City Texas Insiders' poll and recorded his first CD, Love & Trust, which features a duet with Lucinda Williams. He has made two albums with producer/ guitarist Charlie Sexton and also collaborated with Charlie to write and record the music for the movie Monster Hunter. His 2004 album Pocketful of Rain featured a duet with Grammy winner Patty Griffin for whom Michael opened her Spring 2006 tour. He has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe and Japan. His 2007 release, Red Dog Blues went to #1 on the Americana Chart in Europe.

For his seventh CD, Saint Monday, Fracasso returned to a harder-hitting sound of a full rock band. Called "one of Austin's most distinctive voices" (Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle), Fracasso was also short listed for the Austin Public Library Award for literary achievement in 2011 and made the "Best of 2011" lists for several publications including Third Coast Music, San Antonio Express News and Austin Chronicle.