One day last week on the road: Breakfast in Nashville. Ran into Jason Boland at the airport, flying back to Austin. Landed, drove west into the Hill Country at sunset, a long golden glow that lasted for almost an hour, as my car was winding through hills and dales to see Brian Langlinais at the Waring General Store for Steaknite. Drove back under cover of the night through San Antonio, which shimmered ahead like the proverbial Emerald City. Then up through Austin to the Continental Club for a bit of Susan Cowsill's performance, before I surrendered to the weight of the tired. But I have to say, I find traveling enriching. Logging those miles, seeing people and places. It keeps you on your toes. And I think it resonates the universe when you are out there, it rattles the cage. No emotional baggage, just keep moving.
Lynn Miles stands as one of Canada’s most accomplished singer/songwriters with five albums under her belt. Her CD Unravel, won a 2003 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional solo album of the year, and 2005's Love Sweet Love found favor with two Canadian Folk Music awards: Best English Songwriter, and Best Contemporary Singer. She has a brand new album that just released in Canada and Europe, called Fall for Beauty, which is her first studio album since 2005. It comes out in the states on January 8th, 2011, and you can pre-order it directly from True North Records. You can also stream the album on that page, while you're waiting for your copy to arrive!
Lynn is a woman of the world, a true observer of life's tribulations. Her music presents a startling sincerity, a gritty realism; and that coupled with the command of her delivery, brings grace to the subject matter notwithstanding the hardship. The cliff awaits. "Save Me" renders it as a fait accompli. It is a song with a brooding sexual tension that contemplates that relationship that just isn't such a smart idea. Lynn Miles performed it for the Music Fog cameras during our 2010 SXSW showcases at Threadgill's in Austin, Texas.
- Jessie Scott
