Singer/pianist/composer Micah and his brother Daniel Barnes have a rich musical history together reaching back to early childhood, where they played the piano and drums respectively in their family living room with plenty of encouragement from their father classical composer Milton and their mother Television writer Lilly Barnes.

In their teens the brothers had established themselves as The Micah Barnes Trio, regularly played to packed houses in the top Jazz and Cabaret rooms of Toronto. By the mid 80's the brothers had found a home on Toronto's blossoming Queen Street Scene as The Micah Barnes Band. They shared stages nationally with Jane Siberry, Carole Pope and The Parachute Club joining established jazz acts like Holly Cole and Molly Johnson in concert. Much Music, CBC and the national press helped created a huge buzz about The Micah Barnes Band, resulting in opening gigs for international acts such as Natalie Cole at The O'Keefe Centre.

In 1989 Micah joined the internationally popular recording and concert act The Nylons, replacing founding member Paul Cooper. He wrote, arranged and recorded the CD's "Four On The Floor" and "Live To Love" with the A Capella group, helping lead to Urban Radio play and heavy rotation on BET in the USA, as well as 1993's Juno nomination for R&B single for their hit cover of "Don't Look Any Further". Their recording of "Oh Canada" with Micah singing Baritone in both French and English is still played every morning in schools across Canada to this day. The Nylons' busy touring and performing schedule brought Micah to concert audiences all over the world including Asia, Europe, Australia and the U.S.A., and found him sharing stages with performers like Harry Connick Jr, Gladys Knight, Michael Bolton, The Spinners and The Commodores. Micah appeared with The Nylons on dozens of television shows in North America, Europe and Australia as well as a popular PBS special "Live From Chataqua".

In 1996 Micah left The Nylons and relocated to California where he released his first solo recording, "LoudBoy Radio" in 1999. This collection of hard hitting club tracks, created with N' Sync's producer, Brad Daymond, won him a new fan base, TV play on "Party Of Five" and the critics' praises in the U.S., including a nod from Rolling Stone as an indie pop artist worth watching. His tour dates included hot underground venues across the nation from the legendary CBGB's in New York to LA's Viper room and his adventures are covered in the chapter "Revenge Of The Canadian Loudmouth" in the book "Homocore" published by Alyson Books in 2005The success of Micah's first solo recording caught the attention of hot remix team Thunderpuss, (responsible for over top 10 crossover hits for the likes of Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera ), who in 2003 created the song "Welcome To My Head” especially written for Micah. "Welcome To My Head" became a favorite of the club DJ's internationally and was included on countless club disc's, as well being played on the top rated TV show "Will and Grace" which helped push the song into the number one position on Billboard's club chart. Micahs touring schedule expanded to include top club and concert performances in Las Vegas, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.

While touring with his club hit, Micah was developing material for a new direction, going back to his roots as a songwriter and singing at the piano. He started trying out the new songs at intimate hot spots like Les Deux Café in Hollywood and The Living Room in New York City before cutting the self titled C.D. "Micah Barnes" in Los Angeles with legendary producer Geza X.,(Meridith Brooks, Black Flag etc.).

Moving back to his hometownToronto in 2006 Micah has found himself embraced by fans and critics alike for the intense passion of his matured song-writing and performances, including dates at the Toronto Jazz Festival and a standing room only CD release concert at the prestigious Hugh's Room. In summer of '07 CBC Radio's highest rated national program "Sunday Edition" created and broadcast a 1/2 hour documentary about Micah's career to date including his years with "The Nylons" and his solo journey. Most recently, Micah has been on tour opening for his pal jazz diva Molly Johnson on her Canadian concert dates.

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