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Riki Michele (born Michele Bunch, currently Michele Palmer)^[1] started her musical career as a female Christian alternative rock artist. Best known as one of the vocalists for Adam Again, she has also recorded four eclectic solo albums.

A reviewer for Knight Ridder describer her as a "funky diva... a diva in the "female artist who knows what the heck she's doing" sense."^[2]

She was married to Gene Eugene, and though they divorced in 1994 she continued to record with him until his death in 2000.^[3]

Discography

With Adam Again

In a New World of Time (1986)
Ten Songs by Adam Again (1988)
Homeboys (1990)
Dig (1992)
Perfecta (1995)
Worldwide Favourites (1999)
A Tribute to Gene Eugene (2000)
Adam Again Tribute Boxed Set (2001)

Solo

Big Big Town (1989 – Broken Records)
One Moment Please (1993 – WAL)
Surround Me (2002 – independent)^[2]
Come Let Us Adore Him: A Parable Christmas (2003 – Parable Christian Stores)
Push (2015 – independent)

Compilations

Liberation Sessions #1 (2000 – independent) A collection of 13 tracks from Michele's first two albums with some unreleased live and alternative mixes of songs from her third album.
Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson – "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (2002)
Suffer the Children (2002 – compilation memorial with Theo Obrastoff)

References

^ LaFianza, Tony (February 2002). "The Riki Michele Interview". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
^ ^a ^b "Religion in the media: a look at books, music and Web sites". Knight Ridder. 22 May 2002. ProQuest 457254037.
^ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 589–590. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.

External links

Official website (archive)
Dirt Pixie, art studio
Riki Michele discography at MusicBrainz

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[1] LaFianza, Tony (February 2002). "The Riki Michele Interview". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved 2008-01-14.

[SurroundMe-2] "Religion in the media: a look at books, music and Web sites". Knight Ridder. 22 May 2002. ProQuest 457254037.

[Powell_Fe-3] Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 589–590. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.

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-[[Adam Again]] [[chanteuse]] '''Riki Michele''' (born Michele Bunch, currently Michele Palmer)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/features/rikim.html |title=The Riki Michele Interview |accessdate=2008-01-14 |last=LaFianza |first=Tony |year=2002 |month=February |work=The Phantom Tollbooth}}</ref> is a [[female]] [[Christian music|Christian]] [[alternative music]] artist. She has also recorded four eclectic solo records.
+'''Riki Michele''' (born '''Michele Bunch''', currently '''Michele Palmer''')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/features/rikim.html |title=The Riki Michele Interview |accessdate=2008-01-14 |last=LaFianza |first=Tony |date=February 2002 |work=The Phantom Tollbooth}}</ref> started her musical career as a female [[Christian alternative rock]] artist. Best known as one of the vocalists for [[Adam Again]], she has also recorded four eclectic solo albums.
+A reviewer for [[Knight Ridder]] describer her as a "funky diva... a diva in the "female artist who knows what the heck she's doing" sense."<ref name="SurroundMe">{{cite news|title=Religion in the media: a look at books, music and Web sites|publisher=Knight Ridder|date=22 May 2002|id={{ProQuest|457254037}}}}</ref>
-She was married to [[Gene Eugene]], and though they divorced in 1994 she continued to record with him until his death in 2000.<ref name="Powell_Fe">{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]], [[Massachusetts]] |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |pages=589–590}}</ref>
+She was married to [[Gene Eugene]], and though they divorced in 1994 she continued to record with him until his death in 2000.<ref name="Powell_Fe">{{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=[[Peabody, Massachusetts|Peabody]], [[Massachusetts]] |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/589 589–590] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/589 }}</ref>
-==Solo discography==
-*1989: ''Big Big Town'' ([[Broken Records]])
-*1993: ''One Moment Please'' (WAL)
-*2002: ''Surround Me'' (Independent)
-*2003: ''Come Let Us Adore Him: A Parable Christmas'' (Parable Christian Stores)
-==Compilations==
+== Discography==
+=== With Adam Again ===
-*2000: ''Liberation Sessions #1'' (Independent) A collection of 13 tracks from Riki's first two albums with some unreleased live and alternative mixes of songs from her third album.
-*2002: ''[[Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson]]'' - "[[Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)]]"
+* ''[[In a New World of Time]]'' (1986)
-*2002 ''Suffer the Children'' Compilation memorial with [[Theo Obrastoff]]
+* ''[[Ten Songs by Adam Again]]'' (1988)
+* ''[[Homeboys (Adam Again album)|Homeboys]]'' (1990)
+* ''[[Dig (Adam Again album)|Dig]]'' (1992)
+* ''[[Perfecta (album)|Perfecta]]'' (1995)
+* ''[[Worldwide Favourites]]'' (1999)
+* ''A Tribute to Gene Eugene'' (2000)
+* ''[[Adam Again Tribute Boxed Set]]'' (2001)
+=== Solo ===
+* ''Big Big Town'' (1989 – [[Broken Records (record label)|Broken Records]])
+* ''One Moment Please'' (1993 – WAL)
+* ''Surround Me'' (2002 – independent)<ref name="SurroundMe"/>
+* ''Come Let Us Adore Him: A Parable Christmas'' (2003 – Parable Christian Stores)
+* ''Push'' (2015 – independent)
+=== Compilations ===
+* ''Liberation Sessions #1'' (2000 – independent) A collection of 13 tracks from Michele's first two albums with some unreleased live and alternative mixes of songs from her third album.
+* ''[[Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson]]'' – "[[Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)]]" (2002)
+* ''Suffer the Children'' (2002 – compilation memorial with Theo Obrastoff)
+== References ==
-==References==
 {{reflist}}
 ==External links==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160815205031/http://www.rikimichele.com/ Official website] (archive)
-*{{MusicBrainz artist|id=3692ee0b-4876-4e99-9016-b11e5ea92eb9|name=Riki Michele}}
-*[http://www.rikimichele.com RikiMichele.com]
+* [https://www.dirtpixie.com/ Dirt Pixie], art studio
+* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=3692ee0b-4876-4e99-9016-b11e5ea92eb9|name=Riki Michele}}
+{{Authority control}}
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-[[Category:People from Tennessee]]
+[[Category:Singers from Nashville, Tennessee]]
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+[[Category:21st-century American women singers]]
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+[[Category:Adam Again members]]
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