Micah P. Hinson

Abilene to Madrid

Micah Paul Hinson was born on February 3, 1981 in Memphis and raised in Abilene, Texas, where his father taught at Abilene Christian University. His father gave him a first guitar at about eleven and he began writing at about twelve, listening early to Neil Diamond and John Denver and then to The Cure, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. He now splits his time between Texas and Madrid. He is essentially a solo artist with changing backing bands billed as "and the ...", including the Gospel of Progress, the Red Empire Orchestra and the Pioneer Saboteurs.

Around 2000 he made the demo The Baby and the Satellite, and John Mark Lapham of The Earlies championed him; Sketchbook signed him. He recorded Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress with The Earlies in winter 2003, released in 2004 (September 6 in the UK), followed by the single "Beneath the Rose" on November 29, 2004 and the EP The Baby and the Satellite in 2005. In 2006 came The Late Cord with Lapham, the EP Lights from the Wheelhouse and Opera Circuit. His labels include Sketchbook and Overcoat for the debut, Jade Tree in the US, and Full Time Hobby in the UK through 2018.