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
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