Valorie Miller
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© 2001 Valorie Miller
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"Pure Carolina from Whisper to Wail" - No Depression Magazine
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Valorie Miller is a powerful songwriter who creates musical paintings of a dark beauty and intense depth. A self-taught musician and naturally gifted lyricist, Valorie has developed a unique finger-picking style on the guitar and delivers strong and melodic upright bass. In a 2003 article featuring her in No Depression, Jerry Withrow describes Valorie's voice as "pure Caorlina, from whisper to wail". Valorie began her professional career in 1996 with an Emerging Artist Grant from the N.C. Arts alliance that allowed her to produce her first recording.
After a few years developing a fan base as a solo act and two more independent recordings, Valorie then spent two years as an accompanist (on bass and vocals) and opening act for the nationally touring singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe. During this time the two shared the stage with such acts as Mrele Haggard, Wilco, Leon Russel and grammy award winner Shelby Lynne. After finishing her latest recording, with the help of Holcombe and a stellar cast of Nashville musicians, she resumed her career as a solo artist and currently tours in the southeast.
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author: VictoriaI was sitting in a bar in Asheville, NC, when Miller's Dracula came on the juke box. My friend and I, at the same moment, said, "my god, who is that?" Back in Portland, I checked and, bang, Valorie Miller is in my life. It's her voice, as much as anything else, but she also uses these great chords, the combos of which remind me a little of the later Paul Simon. I've been refering to the album as grundy folk, which probably isn't a catagory, but there's a nice hybrid sound going on between down and dirty and melodious folk. Whatever it is, it works for me.