CAHALEN MORRISON (Western Centuries / Cahalen Morrison and Eli West) Releases Solo Album

On Friday, August 12, 2 years after Morrison leaked his solo masterpiece via Bandcamp, Wealth Of Sorrow finally gets a proper physical and digital release via Portland's Fluff and Gravy Records. Recorded in just a day and a half in an abandoned adobe chapel in the remote village of Jaroso, New Mexico, the record is "raw and poignant", according to No Depression. "These are songs that could have come from a Smithsonian vault".

When I think of Cahalen Morrison, I immediately think of old American masters like John Hartford and Norman Blake along with younger contemporaries like Tim O'Brien. But that would be selling Cahalen Morrison, who splits his time between Scotland and the US, short. While he, indeed, brings these legendary voices and players to mind, Cahalen's take on Americana and it's Celtic roots is singular. These songs feel at once as old as the dirt that fed them, and somehow completely fresh.

Originally hailing from the high desert of Northern New Mexico, Cahalen has become a fixture in the traditional folk scene. Over the past decade touring solo, as a duo with Eli West, or with his band Western Centuries, Cahalen has played shows and festivals all over the world and performed on stage with the likes of Tim O’Brien, Kelly Joe Phelps, Hot Rize, Crooked Still and Kris Drever. Equally at home on guitar, banjo, mandolin, singing three part harmony or unaccompanied, he has carved out a place for himself as a unique voice in American music.

Wealth of Sorrow is available on August 12 on LP/CD and all digital platforms.