Mike Ward: Psychosongs is an award winning Detroit based singer-songwriter, known for his lyrically-centric, vocally-charged folk songs. Influences are the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Dylan, Springsteen, Lori McKenna and John Prine. His intimate songwriting echoes through empty city streets, back country roads and family portraits. It also resides in the hidden spaces between joy and tragedy, love and loss. Mike has released five studio albums, “We Wonder” (2018) ,“The Darkness and The Light” (2021), "Career Advice" a single (2021),“Particles to Pearls” (June 2022) "Love Never Rests" (April 2023) and "Still Troubled" (2024). Honorable mentions in the 2022 Great River Songwriting Competition and 2023 Telluride Troubadour Songwriting Competition plus multiple Detroit Music Award finalists. He performs regularly at small venues, clubs, house shows and festivals throughout Michigan and the Midwest. Why Psychosongs? Well, his nickname as a hockey player is “PsychoWard”. Enough said. He will be joined by Sara Gibson on cello.