New Jersey Stage 2016: Issue 5 | Page 9

hit the road. He got in his van with his dog, and began traveling around the country, playing city to city, street corner to street corner, selling CDs out of his van. He did this for a few years until eventually ending up in Brooklyn where he met his future wife in a music venue in the city. A Jersey native, she brought him to the suburbs where he’s put out a series of brilliant releases. In fact, a pair of them ended up in the book Are You Listening? The Top 100 Albums By New Jersey Artists Released Between 20012010 (Razing A Nation at #7, and Come Sunday Morning at #33) with another, Weeds Kill The Wild Flowers, released just after the book’s time period in 2012. On July 2, Feiles will record his next album live at the Strand Theatre in Lakewood, NJ. Since his last release he’s composed some of his best work to date, including a beautiful song called “Wake (Don’t Back Down)” which was used in the official trailer for the Matthew McCo- Watch the video for “Jersey Coast Line” by Arlan Feiles NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 5 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 9