OUR Pick: Derek Miller

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CD:

Music is the Medicine

Song: Corn Cob Soup

Label: Arbor Records

Producer: Brandon Friesen

There are too many good tracks on Derek Miller's Music is the Medicine CD to recommend just one. How's that for a compliment?

The Wheels of Fire track has been a frequent request line favorite on the three Aboriginal radio stations that compile the National Aboriginal Top 30 hit list, but Windspeaker is cozying up to Lovesick Blues #49 and Heaven. And we're wild about Corn Cob Soup. Give us a second helping of that, please.

But don't just take our word for it. We're not the only ones singing Miller's praises and suggesting that Music is the Medicine should be added to your CD collection.

"Derek's guitar playing and vocals really get under your skin," says legendary rocker Robbie Robertson.

"Derek is like Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Kris Kristofferson... but better...he's got a Mohawk heart," concludes music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie.

His label, Arbor Records, describes Miller's work as blues-based rock inspired by the likes of Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and Hank Williams Sr. All we can tell you is this guy rocks.