Sarah Morris
Sarah is the third blog that I have done of 4 amazing ladies from the Minneapolis area. My friend Vicky Emerson introduced me to Sarah. Sarah is a tremendous songwriter, also has a beautiful voice. Sarah is one of those singer that you really can put into a certain genre. The closest I can come up with is Singer-Songwriter. Sarah’s vocals are so clean and pure, when Sarah sings it just puts you in such a warm safe place. Her songwriting abilities are outstanding, Sarah can be given a single word and come up with a song. Couple of my favorite songs are “Sway Me” this song has a Country vibe to it. That is old style Country music. Another song of Sarah with that Country vibe is “Used To Be Mine”. Sarah also does a great rendition of “I Just Want To Dance With You” by the late great John Prine. Sarah is always busy with several different projects. Her personal one is “Toilet Tunes with Sarah Morris” & one she does with four other very Talented Ladies Is “Thanks For Being A Friend” stream. The first one you can find at Sarah’s YouTube page which I put a link below. The Second one they do once a month which should be starting back again in the near future. So here are some links to check out Sarah Morris’s music. https://sarahmorrismusic.com/ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sarah+morris+music
2.How many bands have you been in? Let’s see! 1 a Capella group. I’ve been the official background singer in 2 bands and sung harmonies for a whole lot of people in less official contexts. I have my own project, and I am half of The Home Fires - a duo with Vicky Emerson.
4. Are you self-taught? Nope! I’ve had so many wonderful teachers in my life! From piano to individual voice study, 4 years in a music conservatory for college, I’ve had two guitar teachers (since stumbling my way through it on my own, initially). 5. Who are your biggest influences? As humans - my kids, my husband, my parents. Musically - Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Alison Krauss, Patty Griffin, Lori McKenna, and back at my start: Bette Midler, Mariah Carey, Barbra Streisand. 6. What style of music do you consider yours? I usually say singer-songwriter, because those are two of my favorite words, brought together by a hyphen :) Then I offer up ‘Americana-ish’ and ‘Country-influenced’. 7. What was your first gig? How old were you? My first ‘gig’ was probably in college, I played at my second cousins’ high school open house, with my brother on bass, and his best friend on guitar. I held the mandolin, and occasionally tried to make it sort of percussive while I was singing - Haha! 8. What advice do you have for someone starting out in the music business? Oof, that’s hard, but I think I’d offer something along the lines of ‘stay in your own lane/be true to your school/don’t let comparison be the thief of your joy’. Because I think one of the harder things to figure out *for me anyways* was how to just honor my voice/who I am, rather than trying to be what other people wanted me to be. I would also say “Heck yeah! That’s awesome! I’m certain the world needs to hear your songs!” 9. Do you write your own songs? I do! 10. What would people be surprised to hear that you have in your personal record collection? I don’t know that anything is that surprising about my record collection (which is really now my library on Apple, but…), but my deep early love for Mariah Carey is notable! And she really was the first artist that I knew that was a ‘singer-songwriter’ in a sense. Even though I was into her music years before I considered songwriting, interviews where she described her writing process really stuck with me. 11. What would you be doing if playing music was not an option? If playing music was not an option, right now, I’d go work in a restaurant or a bakery, or a wine shop. I love food - making it, talking about it, the way people come together around it. I’m a passionate sourdough baker, so getting to work somewhere where I could deepen those skills would be really wonderful. 12. Besides your own songs, what is your favorite song to perform? In the right space, singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ while Thomas Nordlund plays guitar - that’s always a deeply special experience for me. “You Never Even Call Me By My Name” (David Allan Coe, via John Prine and Steve Goodman) is always a favorite - I don’t often write anything that sassy, so it’s fun to get to dive into someone else's tunes! Also, I love singing harmony on my friends’ tunes - Vicky Emerson, Annie Fitzgerald, Matthew French - that’ll get me every time! 13. If you were strictly a songwriter, who would you like to see sing your songs? Just about anyone would be thrilling! But dream artists would include: LeeAnn Womack, Alison Krauss, Kelly Willis!
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I recently discovered Rachel Crowe on the internet. When I first heard her sing with that Bluesy/Growly voice I was hooked. Rachel has got the perfect voice for the Blues; her vocals are so full of emotions. The control Rachel has of her vocals is outstanding, even when she is belting out a song her voice is in perfect pitch. I have heard a few original songs from Rachel, I have to say that they are very strong songs. Her songs really dwell in the deep blues and are something that the everyday person can relate too. Rachel's voice is nothing I have heard before, you get a little bit of Janis Joplin and maybe some Susan Tedeschi. But pretty much I would have to say is Rachel Crowe has her on sound and it's awesome.
I would have to say for me Rachel Crowe is definitely someone to watch. She has a lot of talent and great stage presences. She is working hard to become the next generation member of the Woman of Blues. You can really see in Rachel that she cares about the music she plays and puts a 100% effort into her performances to make sure the crowd is enjoy themselves. Here are some places you can find Rachel Crowe’s music and information. https://rachelcroweband.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_NwvPo8aaa0v21RI9Z5Ow https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IHMPeRYZ9wEMWtFgi4Cas 1. How long have you been playing music? I’ve been playing the guitar since I was 23. I taught myself how to play so I could write better songs and not rely on other people. I’ve been singing since I was about 8. I told my father I wanted to be a singer so he brought home, Janis Joplin, Joe Cooker and Otis Redding tapes. We spent hours together learning how to project feeling not just the notes. 2. How many bands have you been in? A lot 3. Where were you born? I was raised in the Red River George 4. Are you self-taught? Yes 5. Who are your biggest influences? Tina Turner, R.L. Burnside, B.B King, The Allman Brothers, Odetta, Buddy Guy, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Betty Davis…. not the one with the eyes the one with the voice, legs and attitude, Candi Stanton, Ruby Starr, Yvonne Fair, Eddie Floyd, Suggie Otis, Joe Cocker, Otis Redding and of course Janis Joplin 6. What style of music do you consider yours? Holler Blues I guess? It’s heavily influenced by the blues but I like to tell stories and has a hard driving beat. 7. What was your first gig? How old were you? Shew that was a long time ago lol paying gigs didn’t come till later maybe my early 20’s when I could get into bars and aggravate my buddies to let me sing. 8. What advice do you have for someone starting out in the music business? Learn an instrument, write your own stuff, log in stage time wherever you can get it, be better than you were yesterday and never stop being true to yourself. 9. Do you write your own songs? Yes and they are all mostly true events 10. What would people be surprised to hear that you have in your personal record collection? Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre 11. What would you be doing if playing music was not an option? I don’t know if I could imagine not doing something pertaining to music it’s all I’ve ever wanted to do but probably something that would help other people like a therapist or a shaman 12. Besides your own songs, what is your favorite song to perform? Feels like Rain - Buddy Guy, long Train Running - Doobie Brother, Whiter Shade of Pale- Procol Harum 13. If you were strictly a songwriter, who would you like to see sing your songs? Elle King or maybe Grace Potter. I write from a very strong female prospect, but I think that it translates to all human emotions. We’ve all loved, lost, begged, hurt, triumph and lost again. Those two ladies could definitely get those emotions across to everyone. |
AuthorHello, My name is Michael. I am into music, have been for over 48yrs. Big fan of all kinds of music, right now it has been the Blues for the last 10yrs. I do not play any instruments, But I very interested in the recording aspect of the industry. Have messed around with it a little and always learning new things about it. I have met many wonderful people because of Music.. Hope you enjoy my Blogs... In the last two years I have been producing House Concerts. I also in the past 2 years got to produce and engineer an album for a very good friend of mine from Sweden "Magpie". Archives
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