Michael Caruso Music

Friday, July 8, 2022

In The News

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Born With An Accordion by Michael Caruso - Now Available on BandCamp!

New release..Available TODAY June 7, 2022 at Bandcamp!!

A Limited Edition CD of the song BORN WITH AN ACCORDION by Michael Caruso; the 2021 ARPA's Audience Favorite Video. New release includes: the Single, the Edit and the Alternative versions of the song. These new versions are only available via CD!

As my special thanks..Domestic shipping is FREE! YES. Free for a limited time.
**Plus the first 10 orders will receive a limited edition surprise!!!**
Available here @ my Bandcamp link: https://michaelcaruso.bandcamp.com/album/born-with-an-accordion

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Born With An Accordion - Audience Favorite 2021 Arpa International Film Festival

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Good When Youre Gone - Michael Caruso - New Opener for SAULSHOW

Sunny Afternoon - Michael Caruso

May 3, 2022 "Sunny Afternoon" written by Ray Davies, performed by Michael Caruso....available on all digital platforms @ https://linktr.ee/MichaelCaruso

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Born With An Accordion 2021 Audience Favorite at ARPA

From Thursday night's awards banquet with our #ArpaFriends. Proud to have received the "Audience Favorite - 2021 Music Video Award" for "Born With An Accordion", my final collaboration with the irreplaceable Glenn Goss. My gratitude to the Arpa International Film Festival and all of my friends and fans that made this happen.

Monday, December 6, 2021

Born With An Accordion - Michael Caruso

We open this week with my "Born With An Accordion" named Audience Favorite @ the Arpa International Film Festival still available for a bonus viewing today along with all the other entries and winners on their site @ https://watch.eventive.org/arpaiff2021 Now, on you tube, a Caruso/Goss Collaboration, "Born With An Accordion" ~ News of its availability coming soon

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Born With An Accordion - Arpa International Film Festival 2021

My latest release and music video "Born With An Accordion" is part of the 2021 Arpa International Film Festival. The virtual event begins this Sunday Nov 21st. Details/Donations @ http://www.arpafilmfestival.com/about-festival/

http://www.arpafilmfestival.com/music-video-born-with-an-accordion-by-michael-caruso-2021-arpa-iff/

Friday, November 5, 2021

Born With An Accordion - Michael Caruso

I wanted to share a preview of my upcoming release "Born With An Accordion" (Caruso/Goss). The premiere video of the entire tune will be part of the Arpa International Film Festival beginning Nov 21st! Details/Donations @ http://www.arpafilmfestival.com/about-festival/

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Migration to Band Camp!

We are in the process of migrating my current catalog to Band Camp! Please follow me there, purchase and download the tracks! All is appreciated! Stay tuned for new music coming soon! much love MC https://michaelcaruso.bandcamp.com/

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Saul Show Now on You Tube Zoom

Be sure to tune in Wednesdays for the Rob Saul Show @ 7pm ET and join Rob, Mike and Doug for your weekly comedy and reality dose. You never know who might be stopping by! My tune "Good When You're Gone" is the shows theme!

https://www.youtube.com/user/NightViewsVideo

Monday, January 25, 2021

Love Has No Heart featured on Bill Champlin's Livin' for Love Release

Michael Caruso's co-write with Tamara and Bill Champlin is now featured on Bill Champlin's latest release with Imagen Records, "Livin' For Love"

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Only Love - Manu part of Apra International Film Festival

Pick up your tickets TODAY for the Virtual Arpa International Film Festival at https://www.seedandspark.com/festivals/arpa So proud to have Manu's "Only Love" penned by Eric Bazilian, Glenn Goss and myself as part of the music video lineup this year.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Manu - Only Love Part of Arpa film Festival 2020

So Proud to announce that "Only Love" by Manu (written by Eric Bazilian, Michael Caruso & Glenn Goss) has been officially added to the 2020 Arpa Film Festival ~ we will give you times/info as its available. Please drop by their site and purchase tickets/donate http://www.arpafilmfestival.com/film-lineup-2020-official-selection/

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Between the Lines - CWF II

"Between The Lines" (written by Champlin, Caruso, Champlin) on new CWFII

Friday, April 17, 2020

Sending Special Gratitude & Love to California Spirit Radio

Always my thanks to Chris Morris and our friends at California Spirit for using tunes in their set list I have recorded, such as my cover of Ray Davies "Sunny Afternoon" or songs I have written including the Latest Single from the Champlin, Williams, Friestedt Release, "Between The Lines"

St Martin's River - Acoustic Performance by Friend & Collab Mike LeCompt

Thursday, April 9, 2020

MANU - New Single "Only Love" Drops April 28th

You've seen the video ~ Now the Single of Manu's "Only Love" (Glenn Goss, Eric Bazilian & Michael Caruso) will drop April 28th
Pre-Sale begins April 14th ~ Download Links Coming Soon ~ Stay Tuned!

#MagicOfManu #Bazilian #Caruso #Goss #OnlyLove #LoveIsAll #300HairyBears

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Between The Lines - Champlin Williams Friestedt II

The Latest Single from the latest Champlin, Williams Friestedt II Release includes a Bill Champlin, Michael Caruso & Will Champlin composition "Between The Lines"

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Only Love - MANU

Here is a song I wrote with Glenn Goss Eric Bazilian many years ago. We are proud to have international recording star Manu perform this song with such an important message for the world so beautifully.
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#OnlyLove #LoveIsAll #Bazilian #Goss #Caruso

BEKKA BRAMLETT - "WHAT'S ON MY MIND" PENETRATES TOP 40! BEKKA BRAMLETT BREAKS THE TOP 40 ON MUSIC ROW'S COUNTRY CHART WITH HER NEW SMASH "WHAT'S ON MY MIND" The New CD Release "I Got News For You" produced by Joe Stampley on Shongaloo Records, is available at CD Baby........NOW!!!! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/BEKKABRAMLETT The CD features the HIT SINGLE "WHAT'S ON MY MIND" co-written by Michael Caruso, Tamara Champlin, and Dennis Matkosky.

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WILL CHAMPLIN - DOWNTIME
written by Champlin/Caruso/Champlin

The Moffats - Guns of Love
written by Caruso/Sharp/Keller

BIOGRAPHY FROM WIKIPEDIA

Michael Caruso is an American Singer-Songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pa. He studied both music and theater at the world renowned American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan then later moved to the West Coast where he was employed as a songwriter for Homegrown Music, Sony Music Publishing, Geffen Music Group, and Chrysalis Music Publishing. He has performed as a solo artist and as frontman for the band "Michael's Disciples".

Biography:

Probably Caruso's most well known work remains "Love Is" co-written with Tonio K, John Keller and recorded by Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight, featured on the Beverly Hills 90210 Soundtrack. It was nominated for a Grammy in the best of R & B vocal category and earned Michael a special citation of achievement from BMI for garnering two million broadcast performances. However, Caruso's musical journey has afforded him to collaborate with many other artists and writers: co-writes with Tamara Champlin and Dennis Matkosky for Chris LeDoux's "Runaway Love" (that would appear On Billboard's Country Music's Top 40 Chart) and Rita Coolidge's Shoo Rah. Caruso's most recorded song would surely be "Guns of Love" (written with Randy Sharp and John Keller) performed by Maura O'Connell, the Moffats (who performed this on "Good Morning America" on July 3, 1995 donating proceeds from their release to the families of victims of the Oklahoma City bombings), Pam Rose for her Album " Morpheus", was also featured on Grammy Award Winner Kathy Mattea's Album "Roses", by Caruso himself on his 2011 EP "When The Devil Starts To Pray" and by Randy Sharp on his 2017 Release "Impossible Things"

On "You Won't Get To Heaven Alive" by Tamara Champlin, Caruso was a background vocalist, player on several tracks, co-producer on two, and co-writes included the title track. On 2013 The Voice finalist Will Champlin's solo projects he was a co-writer on many songs from "The Goldmine Sessions", his Self Titled "Will Champlin" and his EP "Killing Me With Twilight". He would later collaborate on Bill Champlin's (formerly of Chicago) most critically acclaimed Solo Album "No Place Left To Fall"; again Michael wrote the title track (with Bill and Tamara Champlin) and the barn burner "Tuggin' on Your Sleeve" (written with Bill Champlin and Will Champlin). Caruso also co-wrote with Joan Jett and Randy Cantor a cut featuring Joan Jett & the Blackhearts for the Days of Thunder (soundtrack) entitled "Long Live The Night". Later, again as a song writer, he would attract Music Row's attention with Bekka Bramlett "What's On My Mind" (another Caruso, T. Champlin & D. Matkosky collaboration).

In Episode 7 of the 2011 Season of Single Ladies on VH1, Lori Michael's performed the Michael Caruso/Tamara Champlin haunting ballad, "Pretty When She Cries", that had previously been featured on her CD "Living My Life Out Loud" released in 2008.

Michael Caruso's EP "When The Devil Starts To Pray" is a fusion of folk, pop, Celtic, rock and alternative music. The co-writers and musicians involved in the project are some of the industries greats: Randy Sharp; Trey Bruce, Roy Braverman, Tamara Champlin, Jeff Paris, Glenn Goss, TJ McFarland, Dennis Matkosky; Michael St.Thomas, and Moon Calhoun. A film short, Sunshine Deprivation Blues featured one of the EP's songs "Tell Me What You Will" (sharing vocals with Glenn Goss). Caruso's current releases are Single Projects: "True Love's Tears" (Caruso/Sharp) in 2014; "Good When You're Gone" (Caruso/Paris/Kravitz) in 2015 and "What A Day" (Caruso/Rydell) in 2016. "Good When You're Gone" has also been chosen by Rob Saul as his Theme Song for his weekly talk show on Ripped Radio & WMEX in Boston.

In addition to collaborations with influential artists as Lita Ford, Terri Nunn, Vixen, and Michael LeCompt, Caruso has also worked with the legendary Sammy Cahn, Eric Bazilian, Paul Williams, Dave Berg and Tom Keane. He continues to compose, perform and explore new ways to connect to our world and to his audience.