Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Muna Chikumi 2008, National Music Publishers Association yakapa Lee yavo 2008 Songwriter Icon Award, iyo "inoziva vanyori vemimhanzi vakatanhamara nekuda kwekubudirira kwavo". Iyo album ine zvinyorwa zvitsva uye mapepa enziyo kubva kune yekutanga Nightmare Pamberi peKisimusi soundtrack. Lee akaita mhenyu renditions pamusoro "Sally rwiyo" panguva October 17 Nightmare Before Christmas re-kusunungurwa kuratidzwa muHollywood, uye nokuda October 13 pakuonekwa pamusoro The Tonight Show pamwe Jay Leno. Munguva October 2008 bvunzurudzo nokuda Spin.com, Lee akataura kuti akanga achinyora nziyo itsva, zvichida kuti Solo Album chirongwa. Achidudza pesvedzero mumimhanzi yevanhu uye yeCeltic, anoti zvinyorwa zvake zvazvino zvinoita sokuti ari kudzokera kumidzi yake "yekare kare". Haana kupa zuva rekuburitswa, asi akataura nezvechikonzero chake cheiyi nzira nyowani, "Ndinofanira kuratidza kuti ini ndiri kupfuura rimwe zano pony". Lee akataura panguva yehurukuro yaGumiguru 2008 neThe Gauntlet kuti aisaziva kana aizotanga basa rake roga, achiti aive "panzvimbo yandisingazive kuti chii chinotevera". Akataura kuti Evanescence yakanga ichiri pamwe chete seboka asi kuti akawana kushanya kuti kuve kwakafanana. Akadzokorora kuti akanga achiramba achinyora nziyo, kunyange zvazvo akanga asati aziva kuti chinangwa chavanenge vachishumira chii. Mune imwe hurukuro yeSpin muna March 2010, Lee akataura kuti akanga "ari munzvimbo yakasiyana zvikuru yekusika" pamusoro pebasa rake rekare pane zvinyorwa zvitsva, uye kuti paakanyora dzimwe nziyo dzaive dzakanaka, hapana chimwe chezvinhu izvi zvaizobatanidzwa mubhuku rebhendi Evanescence, rakabudiswa musi waOctober 7, 2011. Muna 2011, Lee akafukidza "Halfway Down the Stairs" yeMuppets: The Green Album uye "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" yebhuku rekuremekedza We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash muna 2012.  Mubvunzo: Dudza rudzi rwomumhanzi rwakapesvedzera muimbi Lee.
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