"Vocalist Solitaire Miles comes out of the Patsy Cline tradition. She sings Western swing material with warm highs and holds her lows neatly. There's a jazziness about Miles's phrasing, but she holds fast to a sound reminiscent of roadside bars where just three people are left near closing at the pinball machine. Solid accompaniment by jazz-influenced sax, fiddle, guitar, slide guitar, piano, bass and drums.  I'm a Fool to Care says it all.  Same goes for I'll Never Be Free."  Wall Street Journal
 
"Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas includes some of Chicago's best Jazz and Country players.  The group is pure Cowboy Jazz, and Miles adds a lively vocal style that brings to mind a winning blend of Patsy Cline and Billie Holiday. " - Downbeat Magazine
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"Savvy souls know there's a big difference between Country music and Western music. Western Swing band Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas were rightfully  honored in Fort Worth at the Academy of Western Artists' 20th annual Will Rogers Awards for 'Best Western Swing Song'" - Billboard Magazine
 
"Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas is a new album of Western Swing which  is popular with many folks,  and I do think this group does it very well,  it's a lovely album." -Marie Crichton BBC Radio
 

"You can't listen to western swing and not smile, it's impossible not to smile, it's feel good music.  Her voice is wonderful, what an instrument." - Michael Feldman, NPR

 

"Solitaire Miles may be best known for jazz, but the vocalist is on a new adventure involving Western Swing leading Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas.  The Academy of Western Artists awarded the band with Western swing song of the year. " 

- Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune

 

"In her home base of Chicago Solitaire Miles boasts an avid following as a singer equally at home with jazz and swing. Given that combination of styles, it’s no surprise—but an unexpected delight—to hear what she can do with western swing, which is not all that far removed from what she has been doing for years now. In her guise as Susie Blue, with her band (many of them her regular bandmates) billed as The Lonesome Fellas, she deploys her warm, sultry voice on choice material, strictly top drawer fare, from some of the most important songwriters in western swing history..."  David McGee, Deep Roots Magazine

I am a musician, singer and songwriter originally from Edinburgh but now based in South-West France. I'm also one half of the Americana duo "Mount Juliet", with my wife and fellow singer-songwriter Hannah. Influenced by every genre from the Beatles to Tom Petty and beyond, I've released 7 full solo albums and a couple of EP's and use Soundcloud to let people hear some of what is on those, plus other demos and bits and pieces. Some autobiographical, some my world-view and little bits of imaginary travel based on the random things I see and hear and some are simply "what if..." kind of songs. Thanks for checking out my music, please feel free to comment and share.

Professional songwriter with plays on BBC Radio and Independent stations in UK and  USA. 

Music producer/mixer, arranger and sound engineer. 

Owner of KStudio Records, an independent label, (part of Muse4media Ltd) Recording, mixing and mastering services. Please contact me for details at: info@muse4media.com

Due to Soundcloud now partnering with AI companies and the copyright implications for my publishing and all future sync licences I have taken the decision to remove my unreleased tracks and demos from the platform. Only private links will be used to share unreleased songs.

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11-2-18 Seaside Caves w/ Dead Swords. San Tropez, The Wilds The Saint
11-9-19 Seaside Caves w/ Den-Mate, Beauty, Prim Jax Garage Seaside Heights
1-18-18 Seaside Caves, Heaven, gods, Tide Bends The Saint Asbury Pk, NJ
3-10-18 Seaside Caves, Tiers, Microfossils  Asbury Pk Brewery
Seaside Caves support Modern English 11/11/17 Asbury Park Wonder Bar
Seaside Caves/ Deal Casino 10-15-17Asbury Brewery
Seaside Caves 6-1-17 Porta Park/Asbury Park, NJ
Seaside Caves, Mitylion, Holiday 4/15/17
@Asbury Park Music Foundation
Seaside Caves, Brick + Mortar, dollys Feb 28, 2017 House Of Independents/ Asbury Park, NJ
Seaside Caves, Turnover, Krust, Westpoint/January 29, 2017 Brick EMS
Seaside Caves at Indian Summer 9-24-2016
Convention Hall/Asbury Park, NJ with Dean Ween Group, Gods, Cold Seas,
Wreaths and more
Seaside Caves 1/6/16 The Saint/Asbury Park, NJ
1/14/16 Mr. Roboto/Pittsburgh, PA
1/15/16 Smiling Buddha/Toronto
1/16/16 Dreamland/Buffalo, NY
1/17/16 St Vitus/Brooklyn, NY
Seaside Caves 11/22/15 The Meatlocker/Montclair, NJ
Seaside Caves 1/17/16 St. Vitus/Brooklyn, NJ
Seaside Caves/Overlake Friday Nov 13 APYC>
Seaside Caves/The Meatlocker
 Nov 22 NJ
August 20 Seaside Caves, The Sidekicks, All Dogs, Year Of Glad/ Asbury Lanes/Asbury Park, NJ 7 p.m. All Ages/Vegan Takeover at Snackworld $10
Seaside Caves/Chunksaah Records Presents Seaside Caves Record Release Party
7/16 Asbury Lanes w/ Roger Harvey & Goth/New Wave Dance Party + Vegan takeover at Snack World  All ages $10
Seaside Caves 7/17
Starland Ballroom/Sayreville, NJ
 w/ Bouncing Souls, Andrew Jackson Jihad and
Screaming Females
2015 Spring Tour
May 6 The Watermark Asbury Park, NJ
with Microfossils and Dead Overhead
May 7 Boot & Saddle Philly
May 8 TBD Cleveland, OH
May 9 The Burlington Chicago, IL
May 10 Mac's Bar Lansing, MI
May 11 Be Here Now Muncie, IN
May 12 TBD Louisville, KY
May 13 The Milestone Charlotte, NC
May 14 Slims Raleigh, NC
May 15 TBD Richmond, VA
May 16 Pianos LES, NYC

Feb 13 2015
Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, NJ
with SmallTalk, Dentist, Trans Charger Metropolis


Seaside Caves w/ Bouncing Souls, Jesse Malin, Frankiero & The Cellabration
Bouncing Souls "Home For The Holidays"
Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ
December 28 2014
Doors 7 p.m.

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