Morley — Thousand Miles (October 5, 2018) |
Morley — Thousand Miles (October 5, 2018) Hometown: Jamaica Plains, NY
Location: New York, New York
Genre: Alternative Folk
Album release: October 5, 2018
Record Label: MorleyMusic
Duration: 63:50
Tracks:
01. Golden Sparrow 3:19
02. What Are Stars? (Rwanda) 6:06
03. Love and Understanding 5:13
04. A Life Fully Realized 5:41
05. Sweeping Stars 5:13
06. Bright Light 2:26
07. Fragrant Leaves of Spring 6:29
08. Friendship and Love 4:21
09. Thousand Miles 4:52
10. Power Justice and Love 4:29
11. You Are the One the World Becomes 5:06
12. Baldwin’s Wing 4:56
13. As Long as There Is Life 5:39
℗ 2018 MorleyMusic
PRESS
✹ „Morley pushes for peace building through music.“ — NPR
✹ „Morley’s poetic and large~hearted lyrics reverence the unsung heroes and heroisms of which our noblest nature is woven, reminding us that art may be humanity’s mightiest tool of empathy and reconciliation.“ — Maria Popova
✹ „Morley embodies modern~day NY femininity in all its multicultural finesse.“ — New York Times, Emerging Artist of the Year
✹ „Morley creates modern soul music – cerebral lyrics, sultry grooves and vocal sophistication.“ — Elle
✹ „The music of Morley… love, kindness and hope at every bend.“ — Daniel Lanois
✹ „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
Credits:
✹ Produced by Morley
✹ Co~produced with Ken Rich and Toshi Reagon
✹ Executive Producer: Chandra Jesse
✹ Recorded and mixed by Ken Rich and Morley at Grand Street Recording, Brooklyn, NY
✹ Assistant Engineer: Jake Lummus
✹ Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Details:
✹ Music and Lyrics by Morley (Oneism Music/ASCAP) unless otherwise noted
What Are Stars (Rwanda)
✹ Music by Morley, Ken Rich, and John Andrews (Oneism Music/ASCAP, Bassomatic/ASCAP, John T Andrews/ASCAP 1706081)
Power Justice and Love
✹ Music by Morley and Jon Cowherd (Oneism Music/ASCAP, The Colonels Music/BMI)
Love and Understanding
✹ Music by Tomek Miernowski and Morley (Mr. Tomek Miernowski/ASCAP, Oneism Music/ASCAP)
You Are the One the World Becomes
✹ Music by Will Lee and Morley (Ketchup Moon & Strs/BMI, Oneism Music/ASCAP)
Friendship and Love
✹ Music by Toshi Reagon & Morley (Black Elephant Music/BMI, Oneism Music/ASCAP)
A Life Fully Realized
✹ Lyrics by Morley and Richard Bona (Oneism Music/ASCAP, Bonayuma Publishing)
GOLDEN SPARROW (Featuring Brian Blade and James Genus)
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Jon Cowherd Juno synthesizer
✹ Ken Rich marimba, Zim’mbira
✹ Dave Eggar cello
✹ Morley backing vocals
WHAT ARE STARS (RWANDA)
✹ Intro Field recording in Muramdi, Rwanda
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, shaker
✹ Richard Bona shekere, tabla, udu, rainstick
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes
✹ Liberty Ellman acoustic guitar
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Will Lee bass
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, pump organ
✹ Liberty Ellman acoustic guitar
Backing Vocals:
✹ Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Coby Koehl
Children’s Choir:
✹ Harlow & Roscoe Rich, India Jaynes, Simone Donado, Ella Yemini, Sadie & Zane Sloyan, Cecily & Julius Pregerson, Maddy Wright, Zoe, Isadora, Mia, Dahlia, Tamara, Sofie Melledy
A LIFE FULLY REALIZED (Featuring Richard Bona)
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, shaker
✹ Richard Bona shekere, udu, agogo, acoustic guitar, vocals & backing vocals
✹ Kofo “The Wonderman” talking drum
✹ Morley acoustic guitar, backing vocals
SWEEPING STARS
✹ Brian Blade drums, backing vocals
✹ Will Lee bass, backing vocals
✹ Jon Cowherd synthesizer, backing vocals
✹ Gil Goldstein Fender Rhodes, accordion
✹ Morley electric guitar
✹ Ken Rich shaker
BRIGHT LIGHT (Duet with Brian Blade)
✹ James Genus bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, vocals
✹ Joan Wasser Fender Rhodes, backing vocals
✹ Morley acoustic guitar, backing vocals
FRAGRANT LEAVES OF SPRING (Featuring Jon Cowherd)
✹ Richard Hammond bass
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Jon Cowherd piano
✹ Morley Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
✹ Dave Eggar cello
FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE (Featuring Toshi Reagon)
✹ Toshi Reagon electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals, additional arrangement
✹ Brian Blade drums, vocals
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes, Roland Juno
✹ Daniel Sadownick percussion
✹ Backing Vocals: Jon Cowherd, Brian Blade, Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Coby Koehl, Damani Baker, Martha Redbone, Jeff Jones, Leslie Salmon Jones
THOUSAND MILES
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Jon Cowherd Wurlitzer electric piano
✹ Will Lee electric bass
✹ John Andrews electric guitar
✹ Daniel Sadownick shaker, wood block
✹ Ken Rich tambourine
✹ Etienne Charles trumpet
POWER JUSTICE AND LOVE
✹ Will Lee bass
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Daniel Sadownick congas
✹ John Andrews acoustic and electric guitars
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, pump organ
✹ Etienne Charles trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, horn arrangement
✹ Markus Howell alto sax
✹ Diego Rivera tenor sax
✹ Morley shaker
Backing Vocals:
✹ Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Will Lee, Jon Cowherd, Brian Blade, Martha Redbone, Coby Koehl
✹ Supporting Vocals: Leslie & Jeff Jones, Damani Baker, Harlow & Roscoe Rich, India Jaynes, Simone Donado, Ella Yemini, Sadie & Zane Sloyan, Cecily & Julius Pregerson, Maddy Wright, Zoe, Isadora, Mia, Dahlia, Tamara, Sofie Melledy
YOU ARE THE ONE THE WORLD BECOMES
✹ Brian Blade drums, triangle
✹ Will Lee bass
✹ Daniel Sadownick shaker
✹ John Andrews electric guitar
✹ Graham Haynes trumpet
Backing Vocals:
✹ Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd, Anne Elizabeth Cowherd, Will Lee, Ken & Harlow Rich, Coby Koehl, Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Leslie & Jeff Jones,
BALDWIN’S WING (Featuring Marc Cary)
✹ Brian Blade drums, backing vocals
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Marc Cary piano, Fender Rhodes, additional production
✹ Liberty Ellman acoustic guitar
AS LONG AS THERE IS LIFE (Featuring Tiokasin Ghosthorse and Martha Redbone)
✹ Tiokasin Ghosthorse spoken word, Lakota flute
✹ Ken Rich Moog bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, Cochiti drum, shaker
✹ Jon Cowherd Juno synthesizer
✹ Martha Redbone shaker, bells, backing vocals
✹ Morley acoustic guitar, backing vocals
✹ Produced by Morley
✹ Co~produced with Ken Rich and Toshi Reagon
✹ Executive Producer: Chandra Jesse
✹ Recorded and mixed by Ken Rich and Morley at Grand Street Recording, Brooklyn, NY
✹ Assistant Engineer: Jake Lummus
✹ Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
✹ Music and Lyrics by Morley (Oneism Music/ASCAP) unless otherwise noted
Bandcamp: https://morley.bandcamp.com/album/thousand-miles
Website: http://www.morleymusic.org/
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Morley — Thousand Miles (October 5, 2018) |
Morley — Thousand Miles (October 5, 2018) Hometown: Jamaica Plains, NY
Location: New York, New York
Genre: Alternative Folk
Album release: October 5, 2018
Record Label: MorleyMusic
Duration: 63:50
Tracks:
01. Golden Sparrow 3:19
02. What Are Stars? (Rwanda) 6:06
03. Love and Understanding 5:13
04. A Life Fully Realized 5:41
05. Sweeping Stars 5:13
06. Bright Light 2:26
07. Fragrant Leaves of Spring 6:29
08. Friendship and Love 4:21
09. Thousand Miles 4:52
10. Power Justice and Love 4:29
11. You Are the One the World Becomes 5:06
12. Baldwin’s Wing 4:56
13. As Long as There Is Life 5:39
℗ 2018 MorleyMusic
PRESS
✹ „Morley pushes for peace building through music.“ — NPR
✹ „Morley’s poetic and large~hearted lyrics reverence the unsung heroes and heroisms of which our noblest nature is woven, reminding us that art may be humanity’s mightiest tool of empathy and reconciliation.“ — Maria Popova
✹ „Morley embodies modern~day NY femininity in all its multicultural finesse.“ — New York Times, Emerging Artist of the Year
✹ „Morley creates modern soul music – cerebral lyrics, sultry grooves and vocal sophistication.“ — Elle
✹ „The music of Morley… love, kindness and hope at every bend.“ — Daniel Lanois
✹ „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
Credits:
✹ Produced by Morley
✹ Co~produced with Ken Rich and Toshi Reagon
✹ Executive Producer: Chandra Jesse
✹ Recorded and mixed by Ken Rich and Morley at Grand Street Recording, Brooklyn, NY
✹ Assistant Engineer: Jake Lummus
✹ Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
Details:
✹ Music and Lyrics by Morley (Oneism Music/ASCAP) unless otherwise noted
What Are Stars (Rwanda)
✹ Music by Morley, Ken Rich, and John Andrews (Oneism Music/ASCAP, Bassomatic/ASCAP, John T Andrews/ASCAP 1706081)
Power Justice and Love
✹ Music by Morley and Jon Cowherd (Oneism Music/ASCAP, The Colonels Music/BMI)
Love and Understanding
✹ Music by Tomek Miernowski and Morley (Mr. Tomek Miernowski/ASCAP, Oneism Music/ASCAP)
You Are the One the World Becomes
✹ Music by Will Lee and Morley (Ketchup Moon & Strs/BMI, Oneism Music/ASCAP)
Friendship and Love
✹ Music by Toshi Reagon & Morley (Black Elephant Music/BMI, Oneism Music/ASCAP)
A Life Fully Realized
✹ Lyrics by Morley and Richard Bona (Oneism Music/ASCAP, Bonayuma Publishing)
GOLDEN SPARROW (Featuring Brian Blade and James Genus)
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Jon Cowherd Juno synthesizer
✹ Ken Rich marimba, Zim’mbira
✹ Dave Eggar cello
✹ Morley backing vocals
WHAT ARE STARS (RWANDA)
✹ Intro Field recording in Muramdi, Rwanda
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, shaker
✹ Richard Bona shekere, tabla, udu, rainstick
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes
✹ Liberty Ellman acoustic guitar
LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Will Lee bass
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, pump organ
✹ Liberty Ellman acoustic guitar
Backing Vocals:
✹ Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Coby Koehl
Children’s Choir:
✹ Harlow & Roscoe Rich, India Jaynes, Simone Donado, Ella Yemini, Sadie & Zane Sloyan, Cecily & Julius Pregerson, Maddy Wright, Zoe, Isadora, Mia, Dahlia, Tamara, Sofie Melledy
A LIFE FULLY REALIZED (Featuring Richard Bona)
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, shaker
✹ Richard Bona shekere, udu, agogo, acoustic guitar, vocals & backing vocals
✹ Kofo “The Wonderman” talking drum
✹ Morley acoustic guitar, backing vocals
SWEEPING STARS
✹ Brian Blade drums, backing vocals
✹ Will Lee bass, backing vocals
✹ Jon Cowherd synthesizer, backing vocals
✹ Gil Goldstein Fender Rhodes, accordion
✹ Morley electric guitar
✹ Ken Rich shaker
BRIGHT LIGHT (Duet with Brian Blade)
✹ James Genus bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, vocals
✹ Joan Wasser Fender Rhodes, backing vocals
✹ Morley acoustic guitar, backing vocals
FRAGRANT LEAVES OF SPRING (Featuring Jon Cowherd)
✹ Richard Hammond bass
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Jon Cowherd piano
✹ Morley Wurlitzer electric piano, backing vocals
✹ Dave Eggar cello
FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE (Featuring Toshi Reagon)
✹ Toshi Reagon electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals, additional arrangement
✹ Brian Blade drums, vocals
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes, Roland Juno
✹ Daniel Sadownick percussion
✹ Backing Vocals: Jon Cowherd, Brian Blade, Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Coby Koehl, Damani Baker, Martha Redbone, Jeff Jones, Leslie Salmon Jones
THOUSAND MILES
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Jon Cowherd Wurlitzer electric piano
✹ Will Lee electric bass
✹ John Andrews electric guitar
✹ Daniel Sadownick shaker, wood block
✹ Ken Rich tambourine
✹ Etienne Charles trumpet
POWER JUSTICE AND LOVE
✹ Will Lee bass
✹ Brian Blade drums
✹ Daniel Sadownick congas
✹ John Andrews acoustic and electric guitars
✹ Jon Cowherd Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, pump organ
✹ Etienne Charles trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, horn arrangement
✹ Markus Howell alto sax
✹ Diego Rivera tenor sax
✹ Morley shaker
Backing Vocals:
✹ Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Will Lee, Jon Cowherd, Brian Blade, Martha Redbone, Coby Koehl
✹ Supporting Vocals: Leslie & Jeff Jones, Damani Baker, Harlow & Roscoe Rich, India Jaynes, Simone Donado, Ella Yemini, Sadie & Zane Sloyan, Cecily & Julius Pregerson, Maddy Wright, Zoe, Isadora, Mia, Dahlia, Tamara, Sofie Melledy
YOU ARE THE ONE THE WORLD BECOMES
✹ Brian Blade drums, triangle
✹ Will Lee bass
✹ Daniel Sadownick shaker
✹ John Andrews electric guitar
✹ Graham Haynes trumpet
Backing Vocals:
✹ Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd, Anne Elizabeth Cowherd, Will Lee, Ken & Harlow Rich, Coby Koehl, Audrey Martells, Keith Anthony Fluitt, Leslie & Jeff Jones,
BALDWIN’S WING (Featuring Marc Cary)
✹ Brian Blade drums, backing vocals
✹ James Genus acoustic bass
✹ Marc Cary piano, Fender Rhodes, additional production
✹ Liberty Ellman acoustic guitar
AS LONG AS THERE IS LIFE (Featuring Tiokasin Ghosthorse and Martha Redbone)
✹ Tiokasin Ghosthorse spoken word, Lakota flute
✹ Ken Rich Moog bass
✹ Brian Blade drums, Cochiti drum, shaker
✹ Jon Cowherd Juno synthesizer
✹ Martha Redbone shaker, bells, backing vocals
✹ Morley acoustic guitar, backing vocals
✹ Produced by Morley
✹ Co~produced with Ken Rich and Toshi Reagon
✹ Executive Producer: Chandra Jesse
✹ Recorded and mixed by Ken Rich and Morley at Grand Street Recording, Brooklyn, NY
✹ Assistant Engineer: Jake Lummus
✹ Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
✹ Music and Lyrics by Morley (Oneism Music/ASCAP) unless otherwise noted
Bandcamp: https://morley.bandcamp.com/album/thousand-miles
Website: http://www.morleymusic.org/
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