Lee Lindsey has written songs since childhood. Like most artists, her music tells the story of her life. However, unlike most people who grow up, Lee never abandoned her childhood vision.
Above The Madding Crowd features varying degrees of folk, country and roots rock with soulful, Celtic string arrangements. The title track, which references the famous Hardy novel, takes the audience on a journey, telling the universal tale of a small-town girl with big dreams and a determined, passionate will.
It was that drive that led her to start the London, UK division of Tall Poppy Records, an urban roots and folk rock label, with producer/engineer Jack Guy (INXS, All Saints, Sugababes). In the same year, she also began a weekly series of showcases to benefit the London independent music community called "Tall Poppy Presents... Lee Lindsey and Friends" that still runs in London and now Canada. Some of the acts Lee has showcased are KT Tunstall, Mary Lee's Corvette, Teddy Richards and Sumladfromcov, plus many more.
From the opening Celtic flute of "Brave," to the up-tempo strings of "Wild Child" and on to the gritty electric cry of the title track and deference to the famous Hardy novel, Above The Madding Crowd tells the universal tale of a small-town girl with big dreams and a permanent will. Soulful, Celtic string arrangements provide the right amount intimacy and emotion to tell the story just right.
It is indeed Lee's story that's being told in many ways on this record. Her life begins on the Ottawa River in Canada. She's traveled, modeled and performed around the world since leaving home at fifteen with a guitar on her back. At the time it was to escape a contentious relationship with her father and, like many before her, Lee didn't look back - until now Two kids and a failed marriage later, Above The Madding Crowd explores this diverse, emotional terrain. It searches for and discovers Lee's self-worth, her talents and her voice as a woman and an artist.
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