Lee Bains III
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Lee Bains is a songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama, who, since 2012, has released four studio albums of what Rolling Stone once called “Southern gospel punk."
His music has received acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Uncut and the Guardian. His most recent album, Old-Time Folks, was released by Don Giovanni Records in 2022, and explored stories of People’s movements in the Deep South. He will release a live solo album on Don Giovanni in 2026.
After first having his poems published by The New Yorker in 2021, Lee will see his debut poetry collection, WORK LUNCH, published in October 2026. In addition to touring around the U.S. And Europe, Lee has lent his music to support striking coal miners, immigrants’ rights groups, abortion funds, and anti-racism organizations. He has performed and read at Emory University, the University of Mississippi, Tulane University, Auburn University, and The Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden).
Lee Bains + The Glory Fires
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An alabama songwriter whose records have drawn praise from rolling stone, mojo, npr and the guardian, and whose poetry has run in the new yorker. He writes loud, wordy southern rock with a gospel roll and an anti-capitalist streak, playing the american south as both subject and argument. A debut poetry collection is due from hub city press in october 2026.
“the latest from alabama singer-songwriter lee bains is a roots-punk masterpiece.”
“for a decade now, lee bains has been the irate poet of the modern american south.”
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