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Lee DeWyze launched the pivotal stage of wha

t was already a high-profile musical career with his Vanguard Records debut “Frames”, in the summer of 2013.  What followed was a high-caliber list of praise from the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo Music, Rolling Stone, among others.

“I hunkered down and wrote an album….going back to the kind of music I’ve always loved. I grew up listening to Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel—folk-based acoustic music. Don’t get me wrong—my experience on the show was great. But …. It feels really good to get back to the grass roots of what I’m about. The way I see it, everything that’s happened throughout my career has happened so that I can make this record.”

The show DeWyze is referring to is AMERICAN IDOL, which he won in 2010.  DeWyze played guitar, piano, mandolin, banjo and drums during the recording sessions, during which he collaborated with renowned producer/songwriters Toby Gad, Drew Pearson, Matthew Wilder and Phil Allen, as well as mixer extraordinaire Jim Scott. “I’ve never felt a connection with my music, more than I do right now,” DeWyze says, making no effort to hide his excitement. “It’s a very real thing, and it feels right.”

“Frames” garnered broad industry attention and proved DeWyze was not only a great singer, but an extremely talented song-writer. Television programs Nashville, Reign, and Hart of Dixie used his music, as did ESPN, and several independent films. Blue Cross Blue Shield recently used the song ‘Don’t Be Afraid” as part of their national 2014/2015 campaign.

When Lee penned the ‘Blackbird Song’ for AMC’s The Walking Dead in March of 2014, he wrote specifically for the show itself.  ‘Blackbird Song’ accumulated over 50k single unit sales, 2M collective YouTube views, and has over 1.1M Spotify streams, and considered one of the top 10 syncs of the 2014 by the Music Guild Association.