EricLeeMusic

Raised in rural upstate New York, Eric Lee's earliest
introductions to music were the sounds of his mother's piano and the
songs of John Gorka, Bob Dylan, and Jackson Browne. He began studying
classical violin and traditional Irish fiddle at the age of nine, and
was soon performing and recording with local artists. After moving to
Western Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley, he continued playing live and in
studios, branching into psychedellic rock and bluegrass, playing in the
pit orchestras of musicals, and writing his own songs and compositions.

 
In 2007, Lee attended the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, where the
newly-formedsupergroup, The Strangelings (featuring musical legends Pete
& Maura Kennedy, Christina Thompson, Rebecca Hall, Ken Anderson,
and Cheryl Prashker,) spotted Eric and his fiddle and invited him to
join them on an informal campground performance. That Saturday night,
after two days into his first music festival, Eric Lee, (then eighteen),
was playing on the main stage as the band's newest member.

  
With the conclusion of the Strangelings' two-year run, Eric became a
member of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's House Band, a position
formerly held by virtuosic violinists Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth) and
Jake Armerding, playing alongside some of the most respected and gifted
professionals in the folk community, and has since accompanied such
iconic artists as John Gorka, Peter Rowan, Vance Gilbert, Ellis Paul,
The Kennedy's, Eileen Ivers, Lucy Kaplansky, The Neilds, Tracy Grammar,
the Grand Slambovians, Tom Rush, Dan Navarro, and Eliza Gilkyson, among
others. It is these landmark artists along with the works of the revered
late song smith Dave Carter that have inspired Lee's own songwriting.

 The
music of Eric Lee is a chimera of genres and influences; an
ever-evolving world of sonic exploration with stand-alone melodies
always at it's core. His new EP traverses a range of experiences, from
the unbridled joy of love in"Miles Above the Ground" to the wrenching
pain of Eros in "To Write you a Song"; the unflattering honesty of
heartbreak "Life Without You" to the cosmic petition to the ancient
powers"Hands of Fortune."