Meghan Morrison

~It's like Alanis in Wonderland having tea with Charles Dickens and The Cranberries~ Being born during The Week of The Unconventional has its advantages in the artist's life. Lovingly referred to as being “weird” and an “odd duck”, Meghan Morrison (LeBlanc)'s journey to music has been just as backward as the series of happy accidents that brought her to the scene. After completing a Master's degree in Applied Health Sciences at Brock University, which coincided with her former band (Purl of Surf) parting ways, she decided to put any further academic endeavours on hold in order to initiate her solo project in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the fall of 2008. The following spring Meghan took her maternal family name and organized a busking tour that enabled her to travel home to Nova Scotia for her cousin's wedding in the summer of 2009. While most artists tour to promote a CD, it is befitting that Meghan's debut solo album was the opposite; Dara's Wedding Tour Souvenir CD, as the name suggests, was created to support the tour. “Purl of Surf had just received the final masters for Batteryless But Filmfull when I started planning Dara's Wedding Tour and I didn't have the resources to fund a second full length album in one year, so the DTour CD came to be a compilation of the six tracks I wrote on BBF and two home recordings (Jack and Jill and Waiting For Ben) that I recorded at the studio space I was living in at the time.” Awarded “Best Female Vocals in Alternative Pop” on GarageBand (week of January 25th, 2010) for her part on Fly With The Angelz (from the BBF album), critics describe Meghan's music as “ambitious song-writing” and say her voice “reaches from powerful, sorrowful, and everywhere in between”. Often compared to Alanis Morissette in sound and physical appearance, Meghan's style is still her own; a dynamic and emotive blend of dark and light sounds, with ethereal qualities that are textured by her East Coast/Celtic roots. “Though most of my lyrics are written in the second person, they are actually very introverted. And though I am an incessant giggler, my songs are often quite serious and dark. I've been told that I'm a walking contradiction. I like that. It feels human.” Though the Canadian songwriter's music has yet to hit air waves in her home and native land, the album has recently been picked up by a number of radio stations across the US (for complete listings please visit www.meghanmorrison.com). Despite this opportunity, she has decided to keep the physical album as a limited edition in order to maintain the integrity of its 'souvenir' status. “Souvenir means 'to remember'. So, I don't feel that manufacturing another run of the CD would be true to the nature of the album. It will always be available digitally, but the physical copy ... that is something you got from being there, when I could shake your hand and thank you for helping me make it to my cousin's wedding”. With the recent collaboration of new band members (Kelly Lefaive -violin, Brad Gulka -drums, and Terrell Jervis -guitar) Meghan plans to stay local and limit show dates this summer in order to write new material for her next album “Statue Woman” which will be recorded this coming fall and is expected to be released during the spring of 2011. Both existing albums are available on CD Baby, as well as Meghan's official website: www.meghanmorrison.com THE SERIOUS BUSINESS “If you like a rock-pop sound, with good chorus hooks and a nice sound from good musicians, by all means check her out." PARTY IN KINGSTON “I have heard many lead vocals in my time ... Meghan has vocals in which I admire... from a soft rock to a high pitched female rock attitude... I would advise picking up your copy as soon as possible"

Band Members

Vox, Bass, Keys - Meghan Morrison
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