Michael Trent

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Michael Trent is an American musician from Denver. He performs as a solo act and in the band Shovels & Rope since 2008.

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Career Trent first performed as the lead singer in the Denver, Colorado band Tinker's Punishment, before moving to the Southeast and renaming as The Films with Kenneth Harris, Jacob Sinclair and Adam Blake in Charleston, South Carolina. The group disbanded in 2010.

Trent collaborated with Butch Walker, performing two of his albums. He then released two solo albums.

Trent recorded an album as a duo with his wife, Cary Ann Hearst, in 2008. The pair then formed the group Shovels and Rope Dancemakers’ loveloss makes oblique reference to death: Review | Toronto Star and began touring, performing about 200 shows each year. "Catching Up With Shovels & Rope". Paste Magazine, By Rachel Bailey | November 14, 2012 In 2012 the couple released a second album, "O Be Joyful" "Show Review: Shovels and Rope at World Cafe Live 2/2/13". Music Under Fire.

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Discography

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Solo studio albums

Michael Trent	Release date: November 26, 2007 Label: Our House Records
The Winner	Release date: April 20, 2010 Label: Shrimp Records

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Credits

Duke Tumatoe & the Power Trio (2003)	Duke Tumatoe	Choir/Chorus
I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart (2010)	Butch Walker	Composer, Lyricist, Vocals (Background)
The Spade (2011)	Butch Walker	Composer, Vocals (Background)
O' Be Joyful (2012)	Shovels & Rope	Group Member, Instrumentation, Producer
Divided & United: Songs of the Civil War (2013)		Producer
Swimmin' Time (2014)	Shovels & Rope	Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer
Rivers in the Wasteland (2014)	Needtobreathe	Arranger, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background)

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