Amos lee who is he

Then I rewrote the song with a lyric more appropriate for where the song was now musically. I learned a lot and grew a lot, but it took a lot of slow-motion movement to ease into it.

Just a beginning, a simple place to start. Amos Lee has announced Dreamland, a new studio album coming February 11 via Dualtone Records which finds the Billboard chart-topping artist returning with "pensive beauty" NPR and "his greatest asset:…. Watch the performances. Download Hi-Res Version. Amos Lee www. Apr 08 State Theatre, Portland, Maine. Apr 09 Lynn Memorial Auditorium. Apr 12 Zeiterion Performing Arts Center.

In March and April of Lee opened for the tour that Merle Haggard and Bob Dylan were both embarking on, all 3 performers were extremely well received by critics as the tour went by, with Dylan receiving some of his strongest reviews in years. At the age of only 27, Amos Lee has enjoyed notable success with his debut album and looks to have a promising future in the music business. Read more on Last. This artist doesn't have any upcoming events at The Vogue. Artists Amos Lee. Included on Spirit was the single "Vaporize.

AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Born in , Lee attended the University of South Carolina in and earned an English degree before moving to Philadelphia where he was an elementary school teacher for a number of years.

He did some songwriting on the side and played open mic nights when he could. Eventually, he decided to give music a shot full-time, taking his soul-folk style to the masses. So, what I said to myself was, 'I'm gonna give this a couple years and try to put myself out at gigs and open mics and see where it goes.

If at the end of two years, nothing happens, I'll go back to teaching and continue to write songs and play as much as possible. He says he learned a lot from those open mic nights, as many who participate in them do.

Playing small coffeehouses, musicians offer feel like part of a small community with a common goal. Everybody was on the same idea of showing up to open mics every night and playing our songs.

It was a real communal kind of thing. Lee's first two albums have sold roughly half-a-million copies and his third disc, Last Days at the Lodge , was released in June of this year.

Lee used a handful of well-known musicians to help out on the album -- Doyle Bramhall Jr. We kind of take twists and turns with the songs. My live band knows me really well and they know when to follow when a song is gonna take on a different personality. They're just a solid group of guys who enjoy playing the music, so it's great to be with them.

Lee says his goal when recording the album was to make songs that would be enjoyable to perform live. He also thinks his singing is better on this record than on past efforts.

Another thing that has changed is his writing. Lee has become less inclined to write autobiographical songs, instead playing the part of a storyteller and focusing on characters.