Music
Expect the unexpected from Michelle Shocked.
July 7, 1991
To put it bluntly, singer-songwriter Michelle-Shocked comes off as a bit of a hick.
May 21, 1988
Michelle Shocked responds to backlash over comments on gays
March 20, 2013
Michelle Shocked concerts canceled after alleged anti-gay slurs
March 19, 2013
If “Hee Haw” is ever revived for the MTV generation, there’s a perfect host ready: Michelle Shocked.
Nov. 9, 1992
*** 1/2MICHELLE SHOCKED. “Short Sharp Shocked.” PolyGram.
Aug. 14, 1988
Like Dylan when he “went electric” in ‘65, Michelle Shocked has alienated a number of fans and critics with her switch from folk-based songs to the seemingly less confrontational jump-blues-flavored music on her current “Captain Swing” album.
May 31, 1990
When Michelle Shocked emerged on the pop-music scene more than six years ago, the West Texas singer-songwriter came off like a young Donna Quixote--a political crusader and musical purist bent on tilting at what she saw as a profit-driven, creativity-stifling record industry.
July 29, 1993
Michelle Shocked, who headlined the Palace on Tuesday, is a Texas vagabond who has been hailed as everything from a Joan Baez with humor to a female Woody Guthrie.
March 9, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
“Us,” Karen Malpede’s very long one-act drama at City Garage in Santa Monica, seems intended to shock.
Aug. 18, 1995