Iain Morrison (musician)

Iain Morrison musician

Iain Morrison is a Scottish musician and singer/songwriter. He was born on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

Career

Iain Morrison is a musician, singer and songwriter from the Isle of Lewis.

In May 2018 he released two albums, 'Amusement Arcade' and '3 a.m.'

In 2018 he was commissioned by An Lanntair and 14-18 Now [1] to write new music to mark the centenary of the Iolaire. The piece is called Sàl (Saltwater)[1].

His 2015 album "Eas" was chosen as 'Album of the Year 2015' on BBC Radio Scotland's The Roddy Hart Show.[2] 'Eas' was nominated for the Scottish Album of the Year Award, SAY Awards 2016[3].

To record his 2012 album To the Horizon, Sir, Morrison traveled to Vermont and the home studio of producer & friend Michael Chorney (Hadestown Orchestra, Anais Mitchell, Dollar General, Justin Vernon, Ani Difranco).

He appeared on 3 programmes of the BBC’s TV series Transatlantic Sessions[4] in 2011, singing 3 of his own songs alongside Bela Fleck, Danny Thompson and Jerry Douglas. He sang the part of Orpheus for Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown show in Glasgow in 2011.[5]

He was commissioned in 2010 by the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow to write songs for a New Voices showcase. The show, titled 'Ceol Mor/Little Music', received a 5 Star review[6] from The Scotsman newspaper.

He won Composer of the Year at The Scots Trad Music Awards[7] in 2010.

He was a member of the Glasgow-based band Crash My Model Car. They were signed to V2 Records in 2005 and released an album Ghosts & Heights.

Discography

Solo

  • Empty Beer Bottles & Peat Fire Smoke (2004)
  • Skimming Stones... Sinking Boats (2008)
  • Trust the Sea to Guide Me (2010)
  • To the Horizon, Sir (2012)
  • Eas (2015)
  • Amusement Arcade (2018)
  • 3 A.M. (2018)

With poet Daibhidh Martin

  • Haunted Bird (2011)

With Crash My Model Car

  • Ghosts & Heights (2007)

With Poor Old Ben

  • Drawing Faces to Forget (2003)

References

  1. 1 2 "Iolaire - 14-18 NOW".
  2. ↑ "14/12/2015, Roddy Hart - BBC Radio Scotland". BBC.
  3. ↑ "History". www.sayaward.com.
  4. ↑ Transatlantic Sessions, Series 5. "BBC Transatlantic Sessions". Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Hadestown. "Hadestown show Glasgow. NME". Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Ceol Mor / little music review (19 January 2010). "The Scotsman Newspaper review". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  7. ↑ MG Alba. "Music Awards". Retrieved 10 March 2013.

Reviews

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