Michelle Jacquet Branch-Landau (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper in August 2001 and June 2003 respectively. During this period, she collaborated with Santana on the single “The Game of Love“, which won a Grammy Award. In 2004, she formed the musical duo The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp. Michelle Branch will release her first solo album with record company Warner Bros. Nashville, Everything Comes and Goes, in February 2009.

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Branch writes or co-writes most of her solo material and her music influences are the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Aerosmith, Patsy Cline, Cat Stevens, Stevie Nicks and Joni Mitchell. While her musical tastes lean more toward older musicians, she also enjoys contemporary bands such as Incubus, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Metallica, and Silverchair and current songwriters including Lisa Loeb, Sheryl Crow, and Patty Griffin. She has also expressed her admiration for classical music, as well as older country music.
Instruments
Branch owns over fourteen guitars but mainly uses a Gibson Hummingbird after retiring her blue Taylor 614ce in 2002. In addition to the guitar, Branch plays other instruments such as the piano, drums and mandolin.

Branch enjoys playing the Hummingbird more for live performances and recordings. As of 2006, she has also been using an electric guitar during live performances of songs such as “Tennessee” and “Cigarettes,” both written by Jessica Harp.