Lee Fields & The Expressions
Truth & Soul
Bio
There aren’t too many artists making soul music today who had a release in 1969, back when R&B was first beginning to give the drummer some. Lee Fields, however, is one such artist—or maybe he’s better labeled a phenomenon. Since the late sixties, the North Carolina native has amassed a prolific catalog of albums and has toured and played with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, O.V Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal. With a career spanning 43 years, releases on twelve different record labels, and having toured the world over with his raucous-yet-tender voice, it’s mind-blowing that the music he’s making today with Brooklyn’s own Truth & Soul Records is the best of his career. Read More...
Career Highlights
- Lee Fields & the Expressions' "Faithful Man" named #1 Soul Album of 2012 by CBC Music
- Lee Fields & the Expressions' "Faithful Man" on Amazon's Best Albums of 2012
- Lee Fields' video for "Faithful Man" on Vice
- Lee Fields' 2012 ACL performance reviewed by the Austin Chronicle
- Lee Fields performs live on NPR's Field Recordings
- Lee Fields' "You're the Kind of Girl" featured in Esquire
- Lee Fields & the Expressions perform live on Last Call with Carson Daly
- Lee Fields' new album Faithful Man streaming at Rolling Stone
- Lee Fields interviewed in Spinner Mag video
- Lee Fields live review from the Wall Street Journal
Current Tours
| Date | Venue | City | State | With |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 05/18/13 | Great GoogaMooga | Brooklyn | NY | Matt & Kim, Jovanotti, Father John Misty, Sharon Van Etten |
| Sun 05/19/13 | 9:30 Club | Washington | DC | Sound bites: DC Central Kitchen’s Festival of Music, Food, and Change , Deathfix, Will Eastman, The Razz, Rich Morel's Hot Sauce, Batala, Kid Congo Power Hour |
| Thu 06/06/13 | Brighton Music Hall | Boston | MA | Van Martin |
| Fri 06/07/13 | Signal Kitchen | Burlington | VT | |
| Sat 06/15/13 | Bonnaroo Music Festival | Manchester | TN | |
| Sun 06/16/13 | Bonnaroo Music Festival | Manchester | TN | |
| Thu 06/20/13 | Pyramid Cabaret | Winnipeg | MB | 2013 TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival |
| Fri 06/21/13 | Amigos Cantina | Saskatoon | SK | DJ Charly Hustle |
| Sat 06/22/13 | Amigos Cantina | Saskatoon | SK | Kaitlin Heather Laurén and The Strength |
| Sun 06/23/13 | TD Victoria International JazzFest | Victoria | BC | |
| Mon 06/24/13 | Vogue Theatre | Vancouver | BC | TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Nick Waterhouse |
| Wed 06/26/13 | Harro East Ballroom | Rochester | NY | Rochester International Jazz Festival |
| Thu 06/27/13 | Starlight Lounge | Waterloo | ON | |
| Mon 07/01/13 | Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park | Chicago | IL | |
| Tue 07/02/13 | Evanston SPACE | Evanston | IL | The Congregation |
| Sat 07/06/13 | High Sierra Music Festival | Quincy | CA | |
| Thu 07/11/13 | Halifax Jazz Festival | Halifax | NS | The Chronos Band |