Lee Bains

Lee Bains is a songwriter and poet from Birmingham, Alabama, who, with his band The Glory Fires, has released four studio albums of what Rolling Stone calls “Southern gospel punk” since 2012. His most recent album, Old-Time Folks, released by Don Giovanni Records in 2022, explored stories of People’s movements in the Deep South to acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, and the Guardian. He has collaborated in live performance and on recordings with artists including Lonnie Holley, Moor Mother, Pussy Riot, Algiers, and Mourning [A] BLKstar. In addition to playing shows around the U.S. and Europe, Lee has published poetry in The New Yorker, and lent his music to support striking coalminers, immigrants’ rights groups, abortion funds, and anti-racism organizations.