Lynn Miles
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Lynn Miles is a Canadian singer-songwriter
and winner of the 2003 Juno Award
.
in the town of Sweetsburg, Quebec. Her father was a harmonica player and jazz fan while her mother listened to both opera and country music. Miles learned to play the violin, guitar, piano and flute during her school years. She began writing songs at the age of ten and began to perform at the age of sixteen. While in her twenties Miles studied voice with a private teacher and classical music history and theory at Carleton University in Ottawa.
In the early 1990's Miles released a self-titled album plus an additional recording called Chalk This One Up to the Moon. Her composition "Remembrance Day" became part of a nationally televised video created by the Canadian Armed Forces.
Miles' 1996 album, Slightly Haunted received favorable reviews in the New York Times and was a Billboard Top Ten Pick of the Year.
In 1997 she released the album Night in a Strange Town.
Miles' reunited with collaborator and guitarist Ian LeFeuvre for her 2001 album, Unravel, which won the 2003 Juno award for Best Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo.
In 2006 Miles recorded the album Love Sweet Love which was released on Red House Records characterized as a "road album". It was recorded with guitarist Ian LeFeuvre and Keith Glass, drummer Peter Von Althen, John Geggiem on bass, James Stephens on violin and was nominated for a 2006 Juno Award.
In 2008 and 2009 Miles re-recorded her earlier work in a two volume, songbook called Black Flowers.
Her 2010 album Fall for Beauty was nominated for the 2011 Juno Award in the Roots & Traditional Album of the year category.
Miles' songcraft was praised by New York Times critic, John Pareles.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and winner of the 2003 Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
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Early life and education
Miles was born outside MontrealMontreal
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in the town of Sweetsburg, Quebec. Her father was a harmonica player and jazz fan while her mother listened to both opera and country music. Miles learned to play the violin, guitar, piano and flute during her school years. She began writing songs at the age of ten and began to perform at the age of sixteen. While in her twenties Miles studied voice with a private teacher and classical music history and theory at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Career
Miles became a voice teacher herself and taught at the Ottawa Folklore Center. Her first recording of original material was a nine song demo which she created in 1987.In the early 1990's Miles released a self-titled album plus an additional recording called Chalk This One Up to the Moon. Her composition "Remembrance Day" became part of a nationally televised video created by the Canadian Armed Forces.
Miles' 1996 album, Slightly Haunted received favorable reviews in the New York Times and was a Billboard Top Ten Pick of the Year.
In 1997 she released the album Night in a Strange Town.
Miles' reunited with collaborator and guitarist Ian LeFeuvre for her 2001 album, Unravel, which won the 2003 Juno award for Best Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo.
In 2006 Miles recorded the album Love Sweet Love which was released on Red House Records characterized as a "road album". It was recorded with guitarist Ian LeFeuvre and Keith Glass, drummer Peter Von Althen, John Geggiem on bass, James Stephens on violin and was nominated for a 2006 Juno Award.
In 2008 and 2009 Miles re-recorded her earlier work in a two volume, songbook called Black Flowers.
Her 2010 album Fall for Beauty was nominated for the 2011 Juno Award in the Roots & Traditional Album of the year category.
Miles' songcraft was praised by New York Times critic, John Pareles.
Discography
- Lynn Miles, (cassette demo) 1987
- Chalk This One Up to the Moon, 1991
- Slightly Haunted, 1996
- Night in a Strange Town, 1997
- Unravel, 2001
- Love Sweet Love, 2006
- Black Flowers, Volume 1, 2008
- Black Flowers, Volume 2, 2009
- Fall for Beauty, 2010