Cahalen Morrison

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It Is Red, But It Is Not A Wooden

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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It Is Red, But It Is Not A Wooden
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Ode To Autumn
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Load of Pine
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I Get By
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Nobody's Fool
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General Info

Genre: Bluegrass / Folk / Roots Music
Location Seattle, Washington, US
Profile Views: 61060
Last Login: 10/20/2010
Member Since 10/28/2005
Website www.cahalen.com, www.supersolarsounds.com
Record Label Super Solar Records <www.supersolarsounds.com>
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Cahalen Morrison is not like many other 20-something musicians out there. He is genuinely old-time... His multi-instrumental and songwriting talents were developed in small circles, privately, over many years, far outside the mainstream. He shows definite influences of kindred old spirits like Norman Blake, Greg Brown, and Doc Watson that were obviously instilled at a young age and not picked up in a "back-to-acoustic" fad. But he is very much his own man, traveling and playing with a determined Western independence and an easy hospitality towards those he encounters along the way. His musical easy-goingness found some ground in which wonderful things grow. The roots are strong, the branches are shady, and the guitars, banjos, mandolins and voices carry you far off the beaten path to a Good Place out under open Western skies. -Kevin Brown (KPBX, Spokane Public Radio, 2010) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Sign up for Cahalen's Mailing List.... ......Name:...... (optional).... ....Email:...... (required).... .............. .... .. Buy Cahalen's brand new live release "Old-Timey & New-Fangled" .. ............ Buy Cahalen's 2008 solo release "Subcontinent" .. .......... ..
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.. ..www.cahalen.com.. .. .. .. ..FOR BOOKING, CONTACT:.. .. .. ..US & Canada Booking & Publicity:.. ..booking (at) cahalen (dot) com.. .. .. ..UK & Ireland Booking:.. www.brookfield-knights.com .. .. ..UK & Ireland Press & Publicity:.. www.bloodygreatpr.com .. .. ..Netherlands & Belgium Booking and Publicity:.. ..www.ldmbookings.nl.. .. .. ..........View Cahalen David Morrison's EPK.. .. ........ .... ........ .. .. .. .. .. ..Cahalen David Morrison - Subcontinent .. .. ..Folk, Americana, Blues.. .. .. Finding this CD, released in mid-May, was a joy. Count it as not only one of my favorite folk/americana records of 2008, but as one of my favorite all around releases from Colorado in 2008. It's a limited release, with special enviro-friendly packaging - which I'm not a huge fan of, but it works well within the overall context of the music, the vibe, the earthiness of what Cahalen presents. He plays multiple instruments brilliantly, the voice is steady and he tells a hellova mean story. .. ..-Chris (The Colorado Sound, KRFC Fort Collins).. .. .. .. Most of us players should be humbled by Cahalen Morrison, the 24 year-old Seattle-based guitarist, singer, blues and old-timey interpreter, and multi-instrumentalist (six-string fingerstyle, claw-hammer banjo, mandolin, and lap slide guitar for starters). If not humbled, we are curious; how did the former New Mexico resident attain this kind of musical maturity at twenty-four? His biography explains somewhat: Amongst red rocks, dry soil, and clear sky, Cahalen Morrison was reared on Hot Rize, Doc Watson, Norman Blake and Rory Block while running around in a diaper, trying (at times unsuccessfully) not to fall into patches of prickly pear. Now, he’s got the ears for roots music. Hopping effortlessly from fingerpicking to mandolin, clawhammer banjo to lap slide guitar, Cahalen’s writing encompasses everything from punchy political commentaries, to soul warming serenades, branching out into instrumental rags and fiddle tunes, yet still retaining his subtle musical signature. .. .. Though only 24, he is quite well traveled, having toured nonstop for 2 years after his debut 2008 release, Subcontinent. In November of 2009, Cahalen released his second record, a live 16-track album entitled Old-Timey & New-Fangled featuring his father Dave Morrison on guitar and fiddle, Santa Fe fiddler Andy Cameron, and Jenny Fisher on harmony vocals. OT&NF was recorded live on August 14th, at the historic Western Jubilee Warehouse Theater in downtown Colorado Springs. I hear a bit of early Jonathan Edwards in the Morrison's vocals. He sings confidently, with a warm and deliberate inflection that brings authenticity to his original traditional and old-timey styled ballads. The voice of Jenny Fisher doing harmonies is superb; never taking front stage, but adding beauty to the lyrics and filling the spaces with her soft, textured vocals. The acoustic instruments seem to be amplified at least partly by microphones, giving this live album truly superb traditional vibes. No twang here. The backup musicians do a stellar job of supporting the songs, complimenting the vocals melodies, and leaving them out front so we immerse ourselves in the Morrison's songwriting and delivery. There are few albums on the blog that I recommend more highly than Morrison's Old-Timey and New Fangled. Buy your copy now. .. ..February, 2010.. ..http://callitfolk.blogspot.com/.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Cahalen Morrison & Eli West at Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival (Medical Lake, WA - August, 2010).. .. .. ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Cahalen with Session Americana, Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA (Feb 3, 2009).. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..She's A Good Hand (Asheville, NC - Feb 16, 2009)..
Influences
Dave Morrison, Kelly Joe Phelps, Darrell Scott, Greg Brown, Tim O'Brien, Paul Simon, Dirk Powell, Dave Van Ronk, Bruce Molsky, John Fahey, Norman Blake, Doc Watson... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Cahalen Morrison & Eli West on Bricks & Mortar Media (San Francisco, CA - June, 2010).. ..
Sounds Like
..crunchy.. .. .. .. .. Now, if Andy Irvine is "Woody Guthrie's representative on earth" then certainly Cahalen David Morrison would, at the very least, be one of Woody's regional deputies. On his brand new album, Subcontinent, available for the first time this Friday, June 13, at his Kinfolks gig, the talented local troubadour sings earnest, heartfelt ballads of America's new dustbowl. Obviously frustrated with the current state of things, Cahalen's songs build a bridge between pre-war (WWII) folk blues and post-war (WWIraq) politics. In "Song of the Lark," with a bluesy stomp, he sings "Which came first, the chicken or the egg? / Which came first, the prophet (profit?) or the beggar? / Which came first, the oil or the war? / I guess it doesn't matter "round here any more," and on the tender ballad "Chip O' Silicon," he sings, lamenting, "(I'd) trade my children for a drop of gasoline." .. .. ..-Adam Leech, Colorado Springs Independent..