Michael “Big Dog” Murphy has spent more than five decades writing songs and playing the rooms where music still has to earn its keep. His sound lives somewhere between blues, roots rock, folk and Americana — carried by a gravel-worn voice, guitar, and stories that sound lived because they are.

Based in Wisconsin, Murphy performs solo or with his trio, Michael Murphy & The MOB. The approach is the same either way: no polish for polish's sake, no manufactured perfection — just songs, players, stories and whatever happens in the room that night.