MICHELLE SHOCKED: HELL ON WHEELS

She looks like any Iggy Pop-clone singer for any generic hardcore band.

Not only that, Michelle Shocked sermonizes anarchist politics at the drop of her soot-black hat. But this tough-looking neo-folkie is actually rather tender. She digs deep into her fragile Southern childhood; one riddled with pain—an adolescence she’d just as soon forget. But, as Michelle says herself, one’s past represents geography, and geography is the essence of folk music.