A sensational wraith-like artist, the vocalist known simply as Morley will launch her ethereally beautiful album – all over the world. Follow the Sound which drops May 2nd, will feature a stellar cast including Morley’s husband and Grammy-winning producer Chris Bruce (guitar, bass, vocals).
She will play her release show in New York on June 1st at Joe’s Pub.
Her new album Follow the Sound is an expansive, globally minded, jazz-influenced offering that marks the start of a new chapter in the artist’s career. The 12 evocative original compositions live and breathe with contributions from Toumani Diabaté (kora), Meshell Ndegeocello (bass, percussion, vocals), Shara Nova a.k.a. My Brightest Diamond (vocals), Jon Cowherd (piano, vocals), Arun and Trina Ramamurthy (violins), Cole Kamen (trumpet), Jason Charles Walker, Alex Koi, Justin Hicks, Kenita Miller (supporting vocals) and Jack DeBoe, Jay Bellerose, and Abe Rounds (drums, percussion).
Morley weaves the threads of jazz, soul, and folk traditions into a singular tapestry of vocal and acoustic splendor — the sound wave of a life lived with uncommon devotion to human rights and environmental justice.
She has graced a wide range of stages, including L’Olympia in Paris, the Nice Jazz Festival, The Barbican Center in London, Melkweg in Amsterdam, New York City’s Carnegie Hall, and The Nomad Women’s Festival in the M’Hamid Desert.
Her new album Follow the Sound is an expansive, globally minded, jazz-influenced offering that marks the start of a new chapter in the artist’s career.
Follow the Sound carries a singular healing in its warmth and clarity of intention and is right on time for Morley’s long overdue return to playing live in Europe.
Praise for Morley comes from The New York Times: “Morley embodies modern-day NY femininity in all its multicultural finesse.” Meanwhile, NPR notes that :“Morley pushes for peace in her music” and Time Magazine, where it has been suggester thatMorley is “Somewhere between Sade and Beth Gibbons, there’s Morley.”
Thanks to Stefany Calembert-Washington proprietor of Jamin’colorS, the premier European Artists Management, Production and Promotion, with is based at Heiligenborre 108, Watermael-Boitsfort 1170, Belgium.