Michelle Billingsley is a torchbearer for classic country & western and honky-tonk that strikes a satisfying balance between vintage and modern. As a songwriter, Billingsley has fast developed a reputation for being unguarded, tackling subjects considered taboo for polite women in country music. Veiling her dryly dark sense of humor in raucous acoustic strumming, and a whipsmart-assed vocal delivery, she's drawn comparisons to icons Neko Case, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt & John Prine.