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GRAMMY®️-nominated songwriter and Minneapolis-based musician Scottie Miller releases his highly anticipated orchestral album, Hello Pain! A collaboration with orchestrator Cierra Alise Hill and the 52-piece Budapest Scoring Orchestra, the record pairs Miller’s blunt, confessional songwriting with a sweeping orchestral backdrop. The concert will feature his quartet, along with an 11-piece orchestral ensemble led by Hill.
It’s been nearly two decades since Scottie Miller — a veteran of 13 albums, two books, and years on the road as Ruthie Foster’s longtime keyboardist — reached a turning point. His marriage was ending, he found sobriety, and he moved into a new home in Minneapolis. He’s still there today, amidst a tangle of memories of a life in music, and relationships that left him at once deeply inspired and quietly self-questioning. That tension sits at the center of Hello Pain as the album traces an emotional arc that mirrors Miller’s recent years
.The seed of Hello Pain was planted while Miller was recovering from a fractured vertebrae and a difficult break-up. One freezing January morning, on steroids and almost immobilized, he recalled something his spiritual advisor once told him. When Miller approached him about his condition, looking for sympathy, he replied simply: “Hello, pain.”
“He was greeting that pain with open arms,” Miller recalls. “It’s not meant to be a dark sentiment, but a touchstone to change, growth, and acceptance. Without pain we can’t see joy, and gratitude is everything. Through all those years of ripping and running, drugs and alcohol, I’m amazed I made it this far and am alive to tell the tale,” he says “I’m a lucky man to find such grace.”
"A remarkable body of work—Scottie's finest work yet. Emotional, uplifting, and deeply stirring from start to finish. I had to pull the car over just to listen. A truly beautiful record.”-- Ruthie Foster
Along with his collaborations with Ruthie Foster, Scottie Miller is also a 2024 Blues Music Award Winner and was inducted into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame for three distinct honors.
The Scottie Miller Band
Scottie Miller - Vocal, Piano
Greg Schutte - Drums
Dan Carpel - Acoustic Bass
Tom Brooks - Guitar
Along with an orchestra featuring some of the twin-cities most prolific string, wind and brass players:
Cierra Alise Hill - Violin
Mary Alice Hutton - Violin
Lisi Wright - Violin
Lindsey Bordner - Violin
Jesse Kellerman - Viola
Joshua Dieringer - Viola
Rosa Thompson - Cello
Stephanie Knapper - Cello
David Foley - Trumpet, flute
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