Play Michael Penn Radio

Michael Penn

On Tour

497,747 plays (72,390 listeners)

27 shouts

Add to my Library Share
Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.

Prior to the release of his 1989 debut album March, Penn performed the song “This & That” with his band The Pull on a 1987 episode of Saturday Night Live. Before that, he was a member of the Los Angeles band Doll Congress and had appeared as an extra on a few television series, including St. Elsewhere.

March, particularly the first single, “No Myth,” brought Penn attention, as well as the 1990 MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Penn’s follow-up albums Free-for-All (1992), Resigned (1997) and MP4: Days Since a Lost Time Accident (2000) weren’t able to match the success of March, although critics praised his songcraft.

Penn met fellow singer-songwriter Aimee Mann in the late 1980s, and during the recording of her album I’m With Stupid (to which Penn contributed vocals), the two struck up a friendship, which blossomed into romance and their 1997 marriage. Together with manager Michael Hausman they formed United Musicians, which is based on the idea of allowing artists to keep copyright ownership of their works and to assist with their promotion and distribution. Penn and Mann live in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. They have no children, but Penn has a son from a previous marriage.
Read more… Edit

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1 Play
567
2 Play
High Time full track
236
3 Play
No Myth full track
207
4 Play
Macy Day Parade full track
71
5 Play
This & That full track
34
6 Play
Try full track
24
7 Play
Half Harvest full track
22
7 Play
Brave New World full track
22
7 Play
22
10 Play
21
10 Play
Innocent One full track
21
12 Play
Don't Let Me Go full track
20
12 Play
Coal full track
20
14 Play
Battle Room full track
19
15 Play
Bunker Hill full track
17
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 27 shouts

Videos

See more

News

Bollywood Hero music from Michael Penn

23 Jul 2009 | from www.michaelpenn.com

Here is the release of the three tracks Michael produced for the IFC mini-series, Bollywood Hero starring Chris Kattan. You can embed the following widget on your facebooks…

Add comment

See more

Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

More Information

Links
Labels