Friday October 30
Valorie Miller
at Sprout Garden Cafe
6pm
Asheville N.C's Valorie Miller has plenty of accolades in the world of songwriting: top finalist in the 2007 Great American Song Contest, a recent invitation to play at New York City's renowned folk club, The Bitter End, and even fan mail from Lucinda Williams herself. 
But to Valorie, the hallmark of personal success is the intensity with which her fans become attached to her songs.
But to Valorie, the hallmark of personal success is the intensity with which her fans become attached to her songs. One fan recently had his favorite of her songs played at his mother's memorial service. Another sustained a life threatening injury while hiking in the wilderness alone, and later wrote her to say that playing her songs over and over in his head gave him the strength to get himself out alive. To her fans, Miller's songs are more than entertainment, they are vitally important
touchstones. This phenomenon inspires her to keep touring, writing and recording.Her current release, Autumn Eyes, masterfully delivers her newest material with the trademarks that everyone who loves her music has come to expect: beautiful guitar picking, a genuine and singular voice, and heart-wrenching lyrics.
This woman is a songwriter's songwriter, and she inhabits the Americana music scene like a true native.
http://valoriemiller.com/
www.myspace.com/valoriemiller
