DT: OCTOBER 18, 2022

FM: KELLY WALSH, MITCH SCHNEIDER/SRO PR

AMERICANA/ALT-COUNTRY ARTIST
DEB MORRISON
SHARES INTIMATE VIDEO FOR
“JADED-LIVE”
IN ADVANCE OF LOS ANGELES RECORD RELEASE SHOW
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ HOTEL CAFÉ

DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘THE NORTH FORK’
OUT NOW
VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

Credit: Anna Azarov

Americana/alt-country singer-songwriter and bassist DEB MORRISON will celebrate the September 9 release of her debut solo album THE NORTH FORK (Blackbird Record Label) with a special release show in Los Angeles at Hotel Café this Saturday, October 22. In advance of the concert, MORRISON has revealed an intimate video clip for the album’s track “Jaded – Live” which was premiered yesterday via AntiMusic. Watch it streaming below or directly HERE.

The “Jaded – Live” music video was recorded during lockdown and filmed by Nic Capelle of Rockton Road Studios who previously filmed and co-directed recent singles (“The North Fork,” “Blackbird,” “Salton Sea”) and produced THE NORTH FORK. The clip shows a stripped down performance featuring MORRISON on bass, Matt Littell on guitar and Natalie Capelle on harmony vocals.

“Jaded is about remembering when you were a dreamer,” shares MORRISON. “It’s about figuring out a way to rekindle feelings of hope and endless possibility in a complicated world.”

Further explaining the track, she states: “The story takes place at my friend’s mother’s house where we used to hang and talk about all of the things we dreamed of doing one day. It’s tough getting up over and over again when life knocks you down. It’s about to getting back to where you started, when you had big dreams, and empty pockets.”

On THE NORTH FORK, MORRISON blurs the boundaries between alt-country, Americana, and roadhouse rock & roll with cinematic storytelling. Notes Andy Kaufmann in his October 2022 album review in Music Connection: “You know the way music can elicit tears of joy? The feature-length debut from singer-songwriter Deb Morrison is loaded with such misty-eyed moments. Inhabiting the space between a left-coast country aesthetic and modern Americana, her tunes are as personal as they are delectable.

Stream/download THE NORTH FORK now at:
https://smithmusic.ffm.to/662582838527_debmorrison_thenorthfork

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DT: SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

FM: KELLY WALSH, MITCH SCHNEIDER/SRO PR

DEB MORRISON
UNVEILS HAUNTING AND MYSTERIOUS VIDEO
FOR THIRD SINGLE
“SALTON SEA”

WATCH IT HERE

THE AMERICANA/ALT-COUNTRY ARTIST
ANNOUNCES UPCOMING NASHVILLE SHOWS &
RECORD RELEASE SHOW
10/22 @ HOTEL CAFÉ IN LOS ANGELES

FOLLOWING RELEASE OF DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘THE NORTH FORK’
OUT NOW
VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

For the third single/video from her debut solo album THE NORTH FORK which came out this past Friday, September 9, Americana/alt-country singer-songwriter, bassist and Blackbird Record Label artist DEB MORRISON today (September 14) takes listeners and viewers to the “Salton Sea.” The haunting and mysterious video was shot at the deserted ghost town of the Salton Sea in California which was once was a popular 1950s vacation spot for celebrities. Watch the video HERE or streaming below and listen to the song/album HERE. DEB will perform two shows this weekend in Nashville: The Buzz show on September 15 at Acme Feed & Seed and American Roots Saturday on 9/17 at Dee’s Lounge before returning to California for a record release show in Los Angeles at Hotel Café on October 22.

The “Salton Sea” video was premiered yesterday by Glide Magazine which wrote: “If there was ever a video that so rightfully placed the aura, meaning, and soul of a composition into video form, it has to be that of Deb Morrison’s solicitous and majestic new tune ‘Salton Sea.’ Morrison’s vibrant Americana rustic-tinged vocals carry the tune with a valiant cinematographic flair reminiscent of Lydia Loveless and Lilly Hiatt.”

“Salton Sea” stars MORRISON’s daughter, Cameron Littell, and was co-directed by MORRISON and cinematographer Nic Capelle of Rockton Road studios who also produced THE NORTH FORK.

“I’ve always been fascinated by the surreal, cinematic pull of the Salton Sea and had to shoot there,” reveals the Los Angeles-based MORRISON. “It was a three-hour drive to get to what looks like an ocean in the middle of the desert. The visuals were stunning, and eerily apocalyptic in a beautiful way. It’s a real-life Twilight Zone.”

“We had beer for lunch at the once infamous, (now very empty) Ski Inn. I still have the ripped guest check the bartender ‘Scheherazade Jones’ gave me with her phone number on it. The only other person in the bar was a weathered looking gentleman seated on a corner barstool. He reluctantly let me snap a few portraits of him. I can still picture his face perfectly. We didn’t see many people there, but the few we did had faces like his. Faces you can’t forget. We left wanting more time to peer into the mystery of the whole place, but something was telling us to move along before dark.”

Discussing the song’s meaning, MORRISON shares, “The song is about having a broken heart. The Salton Sea visually looks like a broken heart to me. You can actually feel it when you’re there. The former magical, vibrant lake resort in the middle of the desert is now a ghost town sprinkled with haunting remnants of what used to be. What appears to be inviting sandy white beaches are actually shorelines made up of crushed fish bones. It has all the physical elements of shattered hopes and dreams.”

The first two singles/videos from THE NORTH FORK were the title track “The North Fork,” premiered in July at Americana UK, and the subsequent “Blackbird” which starred actor Todd Lowe (“True Blood,” “Gilmore Girls”), premiered in August via The Bluegrass Situation.

THE NORTH FORK contains the same mix of cinematic storytelling and smoky, sultry delivery and is a melting-pot of American roots music that blurs the boundaries between alt-country, Americana, and roadhouse rock & roll. The album highlights MORRISON’s time spent traveling during childhood as the daughter of an Air Force Colonel emphasizing her fondness for California’s vivid scenery and ghost-town landscapes. Its title is a nod to the nostalgic town located at the convergence of the North and South Forks of the American River which she considers her home base and was the setting for the music video for its first single “The North Fork.”

A longtime bass player and singer/songwriter, MORRISON cut her teeth in alt-rock bands like Daisychain and Swing before forming her own Americana band, Morrison & Company, in 2015. She also plays in The Wild West, an all-female supergroup featuring modern-day icons of Southern California’s roots community. THE NORTH FORK makes room for all of those influences, while also highlighting the evocative lyrics of a visually-minded songwriter. Read a Q&A with MORRISON at Vents Magazine which hailed THE NORTH FORK as “Lovely and spellbinding album…an incredible cocktail of different music genres–Americana, rock and roll and alt-country.”

Credit: Anna Azarov

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DT: AUGUST 18, 2022

FM: KELLY WALSH, MITCH SCHNEIDER/SRO PR

DEB MORRISON
REVEALS CINEMATIC MUSIC VIDEO
STARRING ACTOR TODD LOWE (“TRUE BLOOD”)
FOR SECOND SINGLE
“BLACKBIRD”
OUT FRIDAY, AUGUST 19

WATCH HERE

THE AMERICANA/ALT-COUNTRY ARTIST’S
DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘THE NORTH FORK’
IS DUE SEPTEMBER 9
VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

“Blackbird” Single Artwork (DOWNLOAD HERE)

Americana/alt-country singer-songwriter and bassist DEB MORRISON will release her debut solo album THE NORTH FORK on September 9 via Blackbird Record Label. Following the reveal of its lead single–title track “The North Fork” in July–MORRISON is now sharing a second sampling of new material with the musically twisting-and-turning single “Blackbird,” available to stream and/or download across all digital platforms this Friday, August 19. The track is accompanied by a cinematic, short film-style music video which premiered yesterday (August 17) via The Bluegrass Situation. Watch the “Blackbird” music video streaming via YouTube HERE or streaming below. Pre-save the track here: <need link>

The “Blackbird” video keeps viewers on the edge of their seats with its haunting, ethereal visuals and stars actor Todd Lowe (“True Blood,” “Gilmore Girls”) alongside an eclectic cast of characters including a friend of MORRISON’s whose near-death experience inspired the song’s lyrics. It was directed by MORRISON and Nic Capelle of Rockton Road Studios, who also co-directed “The North Fork” and produced MORRISON’s upcoming album.

“It’s about looking death in the face and giving it a big ‘ole middle finger,” explains MORRISON. “The main character, played by actor Todd Lowe, sets the story in motion with an emotional opening scene before embarking on his quest to fight the powers that be. ‘Blackbird’ is about the unrelenting strength it takes to fight for your life. It’s about being a warrior.”

MORRISON recalls that “I met Todd at a house party jam session years ago and our bands have played bills together ever since. He’s a true artist both as a musician and an actor and we knew he would kill the part.  We gave him a little background on the role we envisioned, stuck him in an empty room, blasted the music and he proceeded to blow our minds.”

THE NORTH FORK contains the same mix of cinematic storytelling and smoky, sultry delivery and is a melting-pot of American roots music that blurs the boundaries between alt-country, Americana, and roadhouse rock & roll. The album highlights MORRISON’s time spent traveling during childhood as the daughter of an Air Force Colonel emphasizing her fondness for California’s vivid scenery and ghost-town landscapes. Its title is a nod to the nostalgic town located at the convergence of the North and South Forks of the American River which she considers her home base and was the setting for the music video for its first single, title track, “The North Fork.”

Read the press release HERE.

A longtime bass player and singer/songwriter, MORRISON cut her teeth in alt-rock bands like Daisychain and Swing before forming her own Americana band, Morrison & Company, in 2015. She also plays in The Wild West, an all-female supergroup featuring modern-day icons of Southern California’s roots community. THE NORTH FORK makes room for all of those influences, while also highlighting the evocative lyrics of a visually-minded songwriter.

Credit: Anna Azarov

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DT: JULY 7, 2022

FM: KELLY WALSH, MITCH SCHNEIDER/SRO PR

AMERICANA ARTIST
DEB MORRISON
ANNOUNCES SOLO DEBUT ALBUM
‘THE NORTH FORK’
DUE SEPTEMBER 9 VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

SHARES FIRST SINGLE,
THE TITLE TRACK, “THE NORTH FORK”
WITH NOSTALGIC MUSIC VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING HER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ROOTS
WATCH HERE

Credit: Anna Azarov

Distinctive singer-songwriter and bassist DEB MORRISON—a member of the all-female Southern California roots supergroup The Wild West and also known for her Americana band, Morrison & Company—will release her debut solo album THE NORTH FORK on September 9 via Blackbird Record Label. The album brings California to vivid life, filtering MORRISON‘s songwriting through a prism of woozy West Coast sunshine, rolling hillsides and ghost-town desert landscapes which influenced its creation. It is a melting-pot of American roots music, stocked with songs that blur the boundaries between alt-country, Americana, and roadhouse rock & roll. MORRISON, whose smoky, sultry vocal delivery that has already earned comparisons to Neko Case, has revealed a first listen with the title track, “The North Fork,” scheduled for digital release on July 8.

Following an exclusive premiere yesterday (July 6) via Americana UK, the single’s music video is out now and captures the sentiments MORRISON has for the Northern California river town of Folsom with its nostalgic, vivid, imagery of the area. MORRISON co-directed the video with Nic Capelle of production company Rockton Road. A cinematographer and producer, he shot and edited the video and also recorded the album. Watch “The North Fork” streaming below or on YouTube HERE.

“‘The North Fork’ has an engaging rhythmic groove and melodic guitar, over which Morrison’s tuneful voice is delivered with wistful character,” declare Americana UK. “The song builds steadily until a fine, fuzzy guitar solo soars above us.” Editor Andrew Frolish continues to praise the music video by stating: “it’s full of striking, vibrant color and warm hues, with an emphasis on the quality of the light, especially when the setting sun streams through to the camera. The filtering helps to create a genuinely nostalgic feel, in keeping with the song’s themes of looking back over life, rediscovering who you are, so that when you get lost you can find your way back to happiness, fulfilment and security.”

“As an Air Force brat, from everywhere and nowhere at the same time, I never really had a hometown,” discloses MORRISON. “The years my family spent in Folsom left such a lasting impression on me that I decided to call it my hometown and I wanted to pay homage to it by capturing its essence. We shot in old historic Folsom, in and on beautiful Lake Natoma, Folsom Lake and all my old stomping grounds.”

“My brain works in pictures and imagery,” elaborates MORRISON, “so I see the visuals of songs as I write them, and sometimes even before. When the line ‘Her roots ran deep, in the oaks that line the river’ came my way, I saw the whole thing. I knew it was time for a road trip, and that shooting the journey would be the video. So, we packed up the car and headed north.”

MORRISON adds, “To me, ‘The North Fork’ represents finding a way to reconnect with yourself and the things in life that bring you joy. We live in a complicated, chaotic time and it’s easy to get lost. The North Fork is a roadmap I created for myself so when I’m off track and lose perspective, I know how to get back to what’s important, no matter where I am.”

MORRISON will support THE NORTH FORK’s release by returning to the road, traveling from place to place the way she once did as a child. This time, she’ll be joined by her Morrison & Company bandmates: guitarists Matt Littell and Spencer Kelly, pedal steel player Charlie Peterson and drummer Joel Domantay. Upcoming shows are as follows:
8/4-6 Truckee, CA @ Moody’s Bistro Bar & Beats
8/7 Folsom, CA @ Out Of Bounds

THE NORTH FORK Track list:
1. Blackbird
2. Great Mother
3. The North Fork
4. Sinners
5. Chippin’ Away
6. Salton Sea
7. Convention
8. One More Thing
9. Jaded-Live

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