Heathen Blux is the kind of rough-hewn, roots-rock record that one might think was recorded in a log cabin in the woods far from the madding crowd. And reportedly Fort Wayne’s Lee Miles suffers from allergies to both food and people that have left him bed-ridden for years at a time and nowhere near a stage. But who needs live shows when you’ve got a four-track, banjo and guitar? Miles sometimes channels his predecessors quite obviously — heading towards Dylan parody on the archetypal list song “Catch a Snare,” Johnny Cash at the beginning of the standout “Deserters,” Gold Rush-era Neil Young on the similarly brilliant “Down at the Massacre”— but Heathen Blux stands on it own as a well-crafted, jaded and violent reflection on contemporary politics in unvarnished folk song. Read more...
Out Of Five
On Saturday, December 20, 2008 At 5:28 PM
Scott Shoger of NUVO did a short review of Lee Miles', Heathen Blux giving it four and a half stars out of five.





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