Lynn Miles may not yet be among your ‘top ten Canadian songwriters’, but A Bouquet of Black Flowers may be about to change that. With three Canadian Folk Music English Songwriter of the Year Awards and a JUNO Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Solo under her belt, Miles’ music, whilst not unsung, is deserving of wider recognition. In 2008, she began re-recording selected songs from her back catalogue with voice and guitar, or piano accompaniment. The resulting four volumes of Black Flowers albums were released over the next six years. Fifteen of the forty songs from that series were picked and remastered for A Bouquet of Black Flowers. This summation of a recording career approaching its 40th anniversary is a fitting introduction for anyone…
