Canadian artist profile
SourcedLynn Miles
Artist · Ottawa, ON
Lynn Miles is an Ottawa singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer whose folk and Americana writing pairs poetic detail, emotional clarity, and dry humour.
- Active since
- 1991
- Catalog
- 17 releases
- Last checked
- July 16, 2026
About
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Lynn Miles is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer based in Ottawa, Ontario. Apple Music documents her early Ottawa music training and her first album, Chalk This One Up to the Moon, in 1991, while True North Records identifies her as a current label artist and describes a career spanning more than 900 songs. Her writing moves through contemporary folk, Americana, country, and acoustic roots music, often using precise observation and understated humour to explore loss, uncertainty, connection, and resilience. The exact Spotify identity currently contains 17 principal album and single containers from January 1999 through February 2026. Under Spotify's provider classifications, that total comprises 14 albums and three singles. Representative releases include Night In A Strange Town, the JUNO-recognized Unravel, TumbleWeedyWorld, and the 2026 remaster A Bouquet of Black Flowers. The exact provider count begins in 1999 and therefore does not include her documented 1991 debut. Production is a supported professional role, not an inferred category: True North Records identifies Miles as a producer, current presenter material notes multiple production credits, and published album credits name Lynn Miles and Dave Draves as co-producers of TumbleWeedyWorld. Billboard Canada also reports that Miles produced two earlier Lynne Hanson albums. Her documented achievements include the 2003 JUNO Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Solo for Unravel and six Canadian Folk Music Awards, including three Songwriter of the Year honours. A current Calgary Folk Club season program identifies her as Ottawa-based, active, touring steadily, and continuing to add to a sixteen-album career. Her 2026 remaster and Ontario performances independently confirm current activity. The historical artist domains found in older records were excluded because they no longer resolve to a safe artist-controlled site. Professional messages are instead routed through the current artist-operated Bandcamp contact link, without copying a direct address. The exact English and French payload was reviewed for identity, Ottawa residence, active status, catalog scope, producer classification, achievements, current relationships, contact safety, provider-attributed media, and translation quality.
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