Michelle Gurevich is a Canadian singer-songwriter, also known by her former stage name Chinawoman.[1][2][3] Her music is influenced by her Russian heritage,[4] and has been described as slowcore rock and "lo-fi pop".[5][6] She performed regularly in Russia,[1] and her largest fanbase is in Eastern Europe.[6][7]
Life
Gurevich was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Russian-Jewish immigrants[8] and was raised with Russian as her first language.[4] Her father was an engineer in Soviet Leningrad and her mother a Kirov ballerina (the subject of Gurevich's "Russian Ballerina").[4][7][9] Gurevich originally wanted to become a filmmaker and worked ten years in the industry before turning to music. "I eventually tried to write a song and found it was not only cheaper but much easier to get a good result."[4][10]
Gurevich began her career recording in her bedroom.[4][7] The stage name "Chinawoman" was chosen as a spur-of-the-moment joke when GarageBand prompted her for a band name.[5][11] After receiving criticism for being a non-Chinese woman inappropriately using the word Chinawoman, Gurevich distanced herself from her stage name and began to perform under her own name.[12]
^ abcdefGurevich, Michelle (29 July 2011). "Interview: Chinawoman". Stil in Berlin (Interview). Interviewed by Darryl Natale. Berlin. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^ abGurevich, Michelle (7 December 2010). "Artist of the Week – Chinawoman". Public Republic (Interview). Interviewed by Yana Radilova. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^Michelle, Gurevich (13 June 2012). "From LA to Berlin: Chinawoman" (Interview). Interviewed by Nadia Says. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
