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What some reviewers have said about Lynn Miles ...


GAVIN
... if there is any justice left in the music business, Miles will be a star. Lynn is a talent writer and singer whose songs are filled with emotion and filled with rootsy, pop-edged stories that are radio-ready.

WASHINGTON POST
The evening's main revelation was canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles. She sang half a dozen songs, and every one boasted a glorious pop melody that rose and fell over surprising chord changes ...

THE TORONTO SUN - Paul Cantin
It has always been a puzzle that Lynn Miles hasn't managed to translate critical raves and peer esteem into broader good fortune. But a world that makes room for say, Lucinda Williams, ought to be able to spare some well-deserved success for Miles...

USA TODAY
Unravel: Few singer/songwriters can sound exquisitely diconsolate as Canadian Lynn Miles. Miles sings of stark, desolate loneliness and the instruments accompanying her echo in the expanse of the solitude.

THE OTTAWA SUN - Ian Nathanson
Unravel: Nary a weak track in sight-to make this a heartachingly brilliant listening experience.

THE BEACON HERALD Stratford Ont - Ken Mavor
Unravel: That Lynn Miles isn't already a household name in this country is more a crime than a mystery. If there was a better Canadian album this year, I didn't hear about it.

USA TODAY
Night in a Strange Town: ... Miles' starteling insights about bad choices and desperate needs in songs like Wrong and Rust maker a captivating performer...

CHRISTCHURCH PRESS New Zealand
Night in a Strange Town: If Joni Mitchell had made this album last year instead of trying to take her tiger she would have had a hit on her hands. Instead it is Lynn Miles' turn for well-deserved recognition....

THE TENNESSEAN - Tom Roland
This is one poetic effort. Lynn Miles has a way of looking at the unevenness of love and life, and where many would see the difficulty of the journey as a disappointment, she seems to revel in the romantic battlefields and the gray areas...Miles delivers it all with an every-woman experessiveness...Her poetic, insightful portrait of the human spirit, upbeat despite it's difficult honesty, is truly inviting.


© Lynn Miles 2008

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