Kris Morris – I Think We Both Know (Album Review)
“It is hard to believe that Kris Morris, who hails from the same coastal part of Australia as Jack Johnson, is as young as he is. His anguished lyricism and musical competence are from another era, by a significantly older performer. Although he has been variously described as being influenced by the occasionally vapid Ray Lamontagne, the US folksy Ryan Adams and even fellow Antipodean Neil Finn, what emerges is the distinctive and comprehensive confidence of a guitar player and songwriter, whose vocal dexterity can more than stand-up on its own choral intensity.
Okay. So there is a bit of over-dubbing and layered-tracking used to build his unique sound but, when you hear his voice accompanied only by his capable guitar plucking, then you also realise that you are listening to a solo performer of considerable substance, whose past seven years spent as a troubadour around the pubs, clubs and university circuits in the UK have been a time well spent in formulating his debut album, I Think We Both Know. That’s right. This is the man’s debut. He did make a small mark with an EP launched in early 2007 (‘Little Light’) but, as we all know, it is only air-play that will guarantee commercial success and I believe that Kris Morris more than deserves that recognition.
Dabbling on the peripheries is both a luxury and a detraction from where he should be. His sound is personified by the occasional pain of his experiences, although it is not as tragic as the archetypal, beard-growing ‘mountain man’, of a type that seems to have grown commercial fruit for some artists through the TV commercials scene. Morris displays a genuine honesty and as much musicality as Jeff Buckley, despite the occasional melancholy of some of the tracks on this album (release date: 13th April 2009).
There is some truly wondrous music on this CD, which ranges from potent electric rock to soft and naked poetry from the heart. We are informed that he has returned to Oz. Somehow, I think he will come back to Blighty, because Kris Morris is one artist of whom you will be hearing more in years to come.”
Review by: Iain Robertson
Read the original article at: Reviewed Online
Websites / Contacts
Website: krismorris.com
Myspace: myspace.com/krismorrismusic
Facebook: facebook.com/krismorris
Twitter: twitter.com/krismorris
PR: info@manillapr.com
Management: dan@weeksweeksweeks.com
Harp Guitar Album
In March ’09 Jason moved to the South of France. After 6 glorious years in Finland it was time to move on. Read more
Kris on the Wireless
Thanks to Frank Hennesy (BBC Radio Wales) for being first in to play some tracks from I Think We Both Know on his program
He played the tracks The Sun and the new improved album version of Other Side – sandwiched between all sorts of lilting Celtic type stuff. God bless Wales!
What they say
“He’s got a style all of his own”
Frank Hennesy
BBC Radio Wales
Frank was the first to get behind Little Light and Someone Sometimes, and BBC Radio Wales were the first too to have Kris in for a live radio session after the release of Little Light.
Websites / Contacts
Website: krismorris.com
Myspace: myspace.com/krismorrismusic
Facebook: facebook.com/krismorris
Twitter: twitter.com/krismorris
PR: info@manillapr.com
Management: dan@weeksweeksweeks.com
Carter on Ice
Harp Guitarist Jason Carter’s latest video offering. Shot on a frozen lake at the bottom of the garden in Finland with bits thrown in from all his recent travels. After this..you gonna need a sauna!!!
Enjoy!
New Harp Guitar track ‘Rubber Planet’ by Jason Carter. All filming, including location filming in North Korea, Afghanistan, Dubai and Singapore, by Jason Carter, on a Nokia N95 Mobile Phone. Editing by Jason Carter.
Website / Contacts
Website: jasoncarter.net
Myspace: myspace.com/jasoncarterguitar
Facebook: Jason on facebook
Management: weeksweeksweeks
J.Carter in North Korea
Jason is currently piecing together his first book. The collection of stories and journals describe not only his extensive travels around the world and memorable concerts tours, but also the incredible situations Jason found his music bridging the cultural divide.
Get a sneak peek at his time in North Korea:
“Jason’s North Korea blog”
WHAT THEY say
‘A Cross Cultural Triumph’ -
HMV Music Magazine‘Jason helps to build much-needed relationships across borders, that the technological forces driving globalisation, could never achieve’ -
Neville McBain, British Council Iran‘Jason Carter builds extraordinary bridges between cultures, we are proud to have Jason with us’ -
Sir Sherard Cowper Coles, British Ambassador, Afghanista
WEBSITE / CONTACTS
Website: jasoncarter.net
Myspace: myspace.com/jasoncarterguitar
Facebook: Jason on facebook
Management: weeksweeksweeks
weeksweeksweeks @ YourSpace
FX Rentals has announced a new type of recording facility, YourSpace. weeksweeksweeks™ was one of the first clients at YourSpace. “The FX space is perfect,” says Dan Weeks.