New Century Suite

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"Sparkling, passionate, and often brilliant playing, beautiful banjo tone, complex rhythms and textures." KEN PERLMAN, author & critic 'New Century Suite is a fabulous CD- great compositions, beautifully performed and recorded. Wonderful vocals. It's a milestone in banjo music.' CATHY FINK (Grammy Award Winner) 'I really enjoyed your CD-- I hate to say it but especially your voice! I had to go look at the liner notes and nearly wreck the rental car to find out who was singing. You are a great singer as well as a hell of a banjo player and composer.' HARVEY REID, musician extraordinaire.

REVIEW
Great! Beautiful to hear such cool tones and sweet grooves. I look forward to meeting you. --Mike Marshall, mandolinist

I love your new cd. I play it almost everyday. I am not lying, It is a masterpiece. --Sue Demel, Sons of the Never Wrong

ABOUT THE ARTIST
BIOGRAPHY Musician, composer, musical playwright, actor--Michael J. Miles is a rare artist who combines talents from numerous artistic disciplines. He is a creative force who has produced a remarkable catalog of musical works--recordings, books, and stage productions. He is an educator who works in university settings as well as in the Chicago public schools. As a musician, Miles groundbreaking work on the banjo has put him in a category all his own. The Chicago Tribune's Howard Reich said, "Miles has dared to take on some of the most dramatic and profound music ever written, and succeeded." What Miles has accomplished musically, has rarely, if ever, been attempted by others--his instrumental compositions, his interpretations of JS Bach, and his lyrical tone set him apart from other banjoists. It is no surprise that other banjoists of great renown, notably Pete Seeger and Bela Fleck, have chosen to collaborate with him on original works of music. And he’s a fine singer, who just earned an MA Music degree in classical and jazz guitar. Miles' father played the player piano and sang showtunes to wind down after working his blue-collar job. The house was filled with music, and the sense that music-making was for everyone. Miles brings that same unbridled, inclusive sense to his work on stage and in the classroom. As a playwright and actor, Miles has created numerous musical works for the stage including Propaganda & Political Song (2003) Chicago Rhythm & Rhymes (2002) America 1941 (2001), How Africa Met Ireland In American Song (2000), and his ongoing one-man shows, American Songbag and The Magic Banjo. In November 2004, The Magic Banjo finished an exhilarating 10-week run at the renowned Milwaukee Repertory Theater. “Captivating…entertaining… thoughtful,” said the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Other select venues include the Kennedy Center and Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC; the Royal Opera Theatre in Marrakech, Morocco; Ravinia Festival and the Chicago Humanities Festival in Chicago and numerous other cultural organizations and festivals.

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