Cahalen Morrison
“Cahalen’s voice, pen, guitar and banjo are all you need to survive the modern wilderness.”
– Tim O’Brien
“Country music’s woefully overlooked, tremendously humble, but highly regarded underground songwriter”
– Saving Country Music
“Stark yet brimming with intensity”
– No Depression
“Noticeable purity — this is quality songwriter’s fare”
– Americana Highways
Cahalen Morrison is a writer, singer and multi-instrumentalist from Northern New Mexico now living in Glasgow, Scotland. He has released four solo records, (Subcontinent, Old-Timey & New-Fangled independently, Wealth of Sorrow on Fluff & Gravy - Portland, OR and Broken Bell on Hudson Records – Sheffield, UK), three independent records as a duo with Eli West (The Holy Coming of The Storm, Our Lady of the Tall Trees, I’ll Swing my Hammer with Both my Hands) and three records with the acclaimed group Western Centuries (Weight of the World, Songs from the Deluge, Call the Captain all on Free Dirt Records - Washington, DC).
A true “musician’s musician”, Cahalen has garnered attention from luminaries such as Tim O’Brien, Kelly Joe Phelps, Matt Flinner, Chris Wood, Fergus McCreadie, Kris Drever, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham to name a few. His touring has led him to coffeehouses, roadhouses, concert halls, village halls, dive bars and music and arts festivals across the world.
Now, Cahalen brings his new record, Broken Bell to life alongside dear friends and masters of their craft – Tim O’Brien, Kris Drever, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Kim Oehme, Kathleen MacInnes, Norman Willmore, Euan Burton, Tom Gibbs, Fergus McCreadie, Su-a Lee, Donald Grant.
Cahalen proudly plays a custom Pisgah Banjo Co. , his dad’s old Martin guitar, and sings straight from his own lungs.