Artist:Amos Lee
Song:No More Darkness, No More Light
Album:My New Moon
Fans of folksingers are going to want to check out singer songwriter Amos Lee who has been successful as an album and touring act since 2005. He will never be mainstream but he doesn't need it. He was born Ryan Massaro June 20, 1977 in Philadelphia. His family moved to Cherry Hill, NJ and he attended high school there. Lee earned a degree in English at University of South Carolina. It was there that he developed an interest in music by listening to John Prine. Lee returned to Philadelphia and worked as a second grade teacher while moonlighting as a bartender in clubs so he could work open mic nights. His manager Bill Eib got him to open for Mose Allison and B.B. King. Then Eib shopped a demo to record labels. Norah Jones heard it and that got Lee a record deal with Blue Note. Norah and her band worked on Lee's albums and Lee opened for Bob Dylan in 2005. Lee's songs appeared on Grey's Anatomy and he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This kind of exposure gave Lee a pretty good run. His 2011 album Mission Bell topped the Billboard 200. After five albums on Blue Note, for the 2016 album Spirit, Lee signed with a vanity label owned by menswear designer John Varvatos and distributed by Republic. For the 2018 album My New Moon, Lee signed with the indie label Dualtone which is probably a better label for Lee's music. This album and especially No More Darkness, No More Light was greatly affected by the high school shooting in Parkland, FL. The music may have a darker tone than usual. Lee's latest album Dreamland was released in February. Folk music fans should check him out. Here's the video for No More Darkness, No More Light by Amos Lee.
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