Posts tagged with ‘Lee Miles’

Lee Miles was featured on NBC this week by a local news magazine feauture called INSight.

Lee Miles was featured on NBC this week by a local news magazine feauture called INSight.

Just wanted to point out that Greg Locke’s Kickstarter initiative to fund festival entry costs for his film Holler and the Moan, about our very own Lee Miles, has succeeded in raising all the money it needed.

Just wanted to point out that Greg Locke’s Kickstarter initiative to fund festival entry costs for his film Holler and the Moan, about our very own Lee Miles, has succeeded in raising all the money it needed.

Holler and the Moan needs an extra bump to help fund festival costs. Go to Kickstarter now to donate some sweet, sweet dolla bills y’all.

See the first screening of Holler and the Moan in Fort Wayne on February 25th! Details here.

See the first screening of Holler and the Moan in Fort Wayne on February 25th! Details here.

Scalene a new film by Zach Parker starring Hannah Hall and Margo Martindale - among others - will feature the song, “Deserters”, by Lee Miles from his previous LP, Heathen Blux. You can read more about the film and an interview with Parker over at Fangoria.

Photos of The Leaving album release by Drew Allegre.

(Source: photos.fahrenheit128.com)

My Old Kentucky Blog did a great write-up on Lee Miles’ for their ‘New Song’ feature and made No You’re Not. You’re Disloyal their new song of the day today, December 28th. Here’s an excerpt: Fort Wayne’s Lee Miles is hell-bent on proving that, even if Jack and Diane are the blessed couple of Indiana roots music, the story need not end there for The Hoosier state. Through the course of a dozen thoughtful and tuneful numbers, Miles’ newest record, The Leaving, makes it abundantly clear that this is a young man with his own voice and plenty to say. More impressively, he avoids the temptation of trying to be too clever, a trap that has snared more young folkies than is fit for mention. (Read more)

My Old Kentucky Blog did a great write-up on Lee Miles’ for their ‘New Song’ feature and made No You’re Not. You’re Disloyal their new song of the day today, December 28th. Here’s an excerpt:

Fort Wayne’s Lee Miles is hell-bent on proving that, even if Jack and Diane are the blessed couple of Indiana roots music, the story need not end there for The Hoosier state. Through the course of a dozen thoughtful and tuneful numbers, Miles’ newest record, The Leaving, makes it abundantly clear that this is a young man with his own voice and plenty to say. More impressively, he avoids the temptation of trying to be too clever, a trap that has snared more young folkies than is fit for mention. (Read more)

Healing Refrains

Steve Penhollow did a write up of Lee Miles for The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette that was published yesterday. Here’s an excerpt:

I want Lee Miles to leave Fort Wayne.

As soon as possible.

That’s not the same as wanting him to be “run out of town on a rail” as they used to say back in the days when they had too much time on their hands and too many rails, apparently.

I want Lee Miles to leave Fort Wayne so people outside Fort Wayne can find out how good he is.

You can read the full article, which includes an interview, right here.

Listen to two tracks from the new album right here:

No You’re Not. You’re Disloyal - The Leaving

Ballad of Laura Belle - The Leaving

Chronicle of a Bad Year

from Lee Miles:

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Songwriter Lee Miles pays a lot of attention to words. There’s hardly a throw away line in his lyrics, no pat phrases chosen just to fit a rhyme scheme or fill a chorus, so it’s probably not surprising that when talking about his new album The Leaving, Miles seems a little… (Read More)

The Leaving - Lee Miles

Open Your Grievous Heart Review

Greg Locke of Ze Catalist has posted a review of Open Your Grievous Heart 

For now, we have Grievous Heart as a reminder of [Lee Miles’] rare ability to sometimes write perfect songs. Someday, I’ve no doubt, these songs will get out there to a larger audience; for now, he’s a regional treasure whose every release is worth getting to know. With this release Miles continues to keep the bar held high for his songwriter contemporaries. 

You can read the full review here.

Drew Allegre traveled for a few days with Chris Darby and Longsleeves around Illinois and Wisconsin and kept a photo journal of their travels and their shows. You can see a lot of great shots of the performances and the time spent in between at his gallery on Fahrenheit128.

Drew Allegre traveled for a few days with Chris Darby and Longsleeves around Illinois and Wisconsin and kept a photo journal of their travels and their shows. You can see a lot of great shots of the performances and the time spent in between at his gallery on Fahrenheit128.

LONGSLEEVES Tour Journal - Volume One

I had all those songs, and they made sense together, and I realized that these are the most personal songs I’ve ever written.
Lee Miles on Open Your Grievous Heart from The Fort Wayne Reader.