Mark Arthur Miller, actor/singer/songwriter and son of the late Motown hit songwriter, Ron Miller, brings his show, Soul Searching to New York City for the first time on Thursday, October 17, at 8 PM at The Cutting Room. The show is an homage to an era of classic pop and soul. Soul Searching has played multiple times in Los Angeles and includes original music by Mark Arthur Miller, along with familiar soul favorites, many penned by Ron Miller, who composed “For Once in My Life,” “Touch Me In The Morning,” “Heaven Help Us All” and more. Miller’s octet includes his co-producer and co-arranger, keyboard player/vocalist Peter Smith, leading of the band.
Growing up in Chicago with his sister, mother and grandparents and estranged from his dad, Miller had a visceral connection to soul music he couldn’t explain—until he heard Stevie Wonder’s 1968 single “For Once in My Life” one day and realized it was Ron Miller’s song. Less than three hundred miles away in Detroit, the elder Miller was the sole white songwriter at Motown, writing the kind of music Mark describes as “my DNA.” In the 1970s, the Miller teenagers re-connected with their father and moved with him to Los Angeles when Motown relocated their headquarters there. Miller has been singing since 1994, performing in local L.A. clubs. Ron Miller, who passed away in 2007, was often in Mark’s audiences.
Purchase your tickets for Soul Searching here.
The Cutting Romis located at 44 E 32nd St, New York, NY; 212-691-1900
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