In 2008 Michel purchased the publishing of his entire catalogue back and independently released the album "Feather, Fur & Fin".

In 2011 Michel relocated to Belize to record with The Garifuna Collective, an Afro-Amerindian cultural group, on the album Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me.

The album landed a Juno Award nomination in the world music category and a sold-out summer tour of North America with The Garifuna Collective as his band.

In 2017 Michel released Khlebnikov, a classical-based album written and recorded with film composer & childhood friend Robert Carli aboard the Russian ice-breaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, during an 18-day Arctic expedition through the Northwest Passage with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and a collection of artists from around the world.

Past guests include Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, Astronaut Chris Hadfield, Sarah Harmer, Alan Doyle, Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies, 54-40, Fred Penner, The Milk Carton Kids, Bahamas, Joel Plaskett, Hawksley Workman, Steve Poltz, Kevin Breit, Irish Mythen, Alysha Brilla, Del Barber, Leeroy Stagger, Emm Gryner, Lindy Vopnfjord, Matt Mays, Dustin Bentall, Kendel Carson, Shane Koyczan, Barney Bentall, Mark Lalama, Rose Cousins, and more.