text: In 2018 Cleveland was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for his solo album, Fiddler's Dream. Two years later, he won in the same category with his album Tall Fiddler.
  Officials from Charlestown, Indiana designated February 5, 2020, as Michael Cleveland Day in recognition of his Grammy award for his Tall Fiddler album.
  He is a recipient of a 2022 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
  Touring
  In 2007, Cleveland and his band Flamekeeper entertained as part of the Bluegrass Sundays Winter Concert Series in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group performed at the Sally Creek Music Festival in Thames Centre, Ontario, in July, 2010.
  In 2022, Cleveland joined Béla Fleck's touring band for My Bluegrass Heart.
  Discography
  Solo albums
  Sawing On The C String (self released) 1998
  Flame Keeper (Rounder) 2002
  Let Er Go Boys (Rounder) 2006
  Fiddler's Dream (Compass) 2016
  Tall Fiddler (Compass) 2019
  Lovin' of the Game (Compass) 2023
  With Tom Adams
  Live at the Ragged Edge (Rounder Records) 2004
  Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
  Leavin' Town (Rounder Records) 2008
  Fired Up (Rounder Records) 2011
  On Down The Line (Compass Records) 2014