Lynn Miles (born 29 September 1958)[1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has won the Juno Award and three Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Miles was born on 29 September 1958 in the town of Cowansville, 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.[2] She began composing songs at the age of ten and began performing 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.[2][3]
Miles became a voice teacher at the Ottawa Folklore Centre. Her first recording of original material was a nine-song demo which she created in 1987.[2] In the early 1990s 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.[3] Miles’ 1996 album, Slightly Haunted received favorable reviews in the New York Times and was a Billboard Top Ten Pick of the Year.[2] In 1997 she released the album Night in a Strange Town.[3]
Miles reunited with collaborator and guitarist Ian LeFeuvre for her 2001 album, Unravel, which won the 2003 Juno award for Best Roots
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