Michael Curran

Michael Curran is a professional jazz drummer based in Shelter Cove on California's Lost Coast, where he has been a fixture of the Southern Humboldt music scene for decades. He moved to Northern California in 1977 and has since played in bands including Humboldt Time, the Jimmy D Jazz Quartet, Blue Lotus Jazz and the classic-jazz group Route 66 with vocalist Joani Rose and guitarist Jim Wilde. He has recorded with Maria Muldaur, Eric Bibb and Mousa Kanoute and shared stages with John Handy, Mimi Fox, Julian Lage, Randy Porter and Scotty Moore. He is also the author of the Humboldt music novels Blacky and the Bouncer and Looking North.