Morley - rhythm guitar and lead vocals Daniel Sadownick - percussion Fred Cash - bass Robin Macatangay and John Andrews - guitars Rocky Bryant - drums Audrey Martells and Keith Fluitt - vocals
Influences
Paul Farmer, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Wangari Maathai, Shirin Ebadi, Hafiz, Rigoberta Menchu, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Betty Williams, Richard Pryor, Margaret Cho, Jane Goodall, Dominique Brown, Rumi, wind, sky, water, trees, children, elders, you....
Sounds Like
MORLEY is the voice for RALPH LAUREN'S commercial, 'MY ROMANCE'
Morley is the 2009 voice for Ralph Lauren's fragrance commercial "My Romance"
"Morley creates modern soul music - cerebral lyrics, sultry grooves and vocal sophistication." -Elle
"This jazz minded pop chanteuse, soul sister, cosmopolitan home girl from Jamaica Queens embodies modern-day NY femininity in all its multicultural finess." -New York Times
"Somewhere between Sade and Portishead, there's Morley." -Time Magazine
"Morley's brooding; harmonically interesting low-key vibe is one that combines Nina Simone's coy wisdom with Joan Armatrading's vulnerable expressions of emotion." -Philadelphia Inquirer
"The music of Morley... love, kindness and hope at every bend." -Daniel Lanois
"Universal and spiritual conscious music for the 21st century." -Raul Midon
"Morley is one of the outstanding voices of her generation, as a singer, songwriter and bandleader she's in a class of her own, transcends all categories and is making a major contribution to contemporary music." -David Amram
"Morley expertly combines an earthiness, sensuality, etherealness, intelligence and social consciousness, and melds it into sophisticated, globally-minded pop that would easily fit into your playlist amidst Sade, Joni Mitchell, Amadou & Mariam, Annie Lennox and Marvin Gaye" -Bill Bragin
"With no religious connotation, there's a mix of the spiritual and the sensual in my music", muses Morley, "I join them together because I believe them to be from the same source: love".
Thank you very much! Yup, I met you with Amos that night. I'll try to make it out to the Joe's Pub show! If you're interested, my tap company, CPD Plus (Cats Paying Dues), is debuting our new work Echoes in Time on October 10th at the Laguardia Performing Arts Center. You can check out our website for more information: http://www.23prime.com/cpdplus/
Ciao,MORLEY Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, Band, and stupendous voice. compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis, I feel great admiration for you, be really one whom is worth rather a lot! I hope to listen soon to you, in italy .. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music all the best.. from italy.. and good life.. every day neal
for morley - teacher, wise person, singer/songwriter from new york
morley elevates a stand of pines roots to the the highest tips and the people who sit beneath lifted by sheer love roots tremble hearts open
fearless and free of self radiant clear eyes morley sings to reach in under the gnarled shudder and the cresting fear to find the ease and glide the quiet place bowered by deeper colored flowers by words and tunes meant to uncover the heat in the soil meant to say the truth of the trees and people gathered in concert
So excited to see you at World Music Festival. Just a warning, right now its 100 degrees at least. Still getting a little chilly at night but I thought you might want heads up! Anyway have a safe trip........Twig n margo
