The Journal

Lee Miles was interviewed in an article about his new record, Heathen Blux. The article can be found in The Journal-Gazette today in Fort Wayne. In addition the article is available online.

Lee Miles' music is not strictly folk. Not in arrangement, not in attitude. Sure, his whiskey vocals - often fragile as a cracked glass - can sound like spot-on tributes to Neil Young and Bob Dylan at times. And his music owes a lot to the “folk” artists who rewrote the rules of rock, making it a safe home for poetry and introspection. But for Miles, the music is less a genre and more a “vehicle for the lyrics,” he says.

“Musically, I do what the song calls for,” Miles says. “I never put much emphasis on showing off musically. The lyrics are what's important.” Read More...

On Friday, June 27, 2008 At 10:10 AM

In Pictures

For those of you unlucky enough to have missed Lee Miles' CD release party on May 31st - Drew Allegre (Fahrenheit128.com) captured much of the night on film beautifully well. Here's a small sampling of his images from the show.