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He is joined by a regiment of talent: drummer Nick Kinsey and Sam Cohen, as well as regulars Alecia Chakour (vocals, tambourine), Cochemea Gastelum (saxophone), Jared Samuel (organ), and Eric Johnson (banjo). Morby's album 'This Is a Photograph,' released in May, is his seventh.

Kat Bouza for Rolling Stone writes, 'The album hits its strongest points when Morby opens himself up to reckless abandon, stripping himself of the introspective pretenses of soul-searching and instead embracing the unpredictable chaos of life and all its imperfection.' Things like that stay with a songwriter, and his nod to mortality and memories is obvious. Not only was his father sick, but Morby, too, had his own scare. One reason for his immediate finales stem from a frightening incident Morby witnessed. Literally starting in stables and moving to a. For almost 100 years Theatre Memphis has been entertaining the community. Our mission is to provide outstanding live theatrical productionsto endrich the lives of our audiences, participants and community.

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More: John Mellencamp to play 8 Indiana shows, reissue 'Scarecrow'ĭeath can come suddenly, like some of his songs' endings. Specialties: Theatre Memphis is a community theatre with professional standards and productions. We've been there Morby makes us remember. They form his internal monolog about grief and uncertainty. Morby plays guitar and sings, his oft-repeated sets of lyrics reflecting his pensiveness.

Music doesn't need words to be music, but words need music to be a song. I don't know / I don't know / Just where I'm going / 'Cause I've never been The song ends with repetitions of 'I ride for you,' and we sense that Morby, as the song states, really has, in this number, lost his faith in the world. In Morby's 'Harlem River,' however, the repetition serves a different purpose, and we feel as though we can hear New York's 8-mile tidal strait churn and undulate:Īnd Harlem River swallow me / Put your hands around my neck / And Harlem River I can't breathe / They've got the lights down now Downtown Memphis modern theater-style venue, connected to the new Renasant Convention Center, hosts some of the best live music and entertainment events in.

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