Born in Covelo, California, and raised in the Bay Area, Michelle Lambert started studying the violin when she was two years old under the Suzuki Method.

[9] In an interview for Asia Pop 40, Lambert told Dom Lau (host of the show and former Channel V VJ and E!

[10] While in Boston attending Berklee College of Music,[7] she was part of the Captain Wolf Band and got featured in 3 songs from their debut CD as a singer and songwriter.

[14] In 2014, she had her first experience performing overseas as part of Johnny Rodgers' band during their US Embassy and the US Department of State's American Music Abroad tour in Malaysia.

[17][18] One of Lambert's highlights during her Nashville years was the halftime performance at the NCAA women's basketball national semifinals (Final Four) in 2014 in front of 18,000 people at the Bridgestone Arena.

On January 9, 2015, she made the front page of the Reporter-Herald in an article about her official music video Warrior, which spotlights high school football players during a game.

[21] In February 2016, she gave a long interview to the Sound Profile Magazine,[22] where she explains in detail how important women empowerment (that's a recurrent theme in her songs) is for her.

[34] In July 2021, Lambert started using The Turtle Violin from Andrew Carruthers' Off Beat Collection in her live performances.