Carla Morrison
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| Birth name | Carla Patricia Morrison Flores | |||
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July 19, 1986 Tecate, Baja California |
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 Mexico
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Singer-songwriter Guitarist |
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| Years active | 2008-present | |||
| Labels | Intolerancia Records(Mexico) Cosmica Records(USA) Honey Bunny |
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| Associated acts |
Julieta Venegas Natalia Lafourcade |
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| Website | Carla Morrison Official Website | |||
Carla Patricia Morrison Flores (Tecate, Baja California, July 19, 1986), better known as Carla Morrison, is a Mexican indie-pop singer and composer. She has won two Latin Grammys for her album, Déjenme Llorar, which has also been certified Gold in Mexico.
Carla Morrison was born in Tecate, Baja California, to Mexican parents, Porfiria Flores and Hilario Morrison. Her father, previously surnamed Viera, obtained his last name when he was adopted by William Guy Morrison, born in California to an English migrant named Laura Morrison.
Morrison lived in Tecate during her early years. Since childhood, she was taught in the art of drawing, dancing and singing, expressing a special inclination for the latter. Encouraged by her conviction to dedicate herself to music, she decided to move to Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 17. In this city, she began her musical studies in the Mesa Community College, but she soon dropped out of school because her approach to music was more spiritual, emotional and self taught, than academic.
Inspired by her teacher David Barrios, Mexican lyric baritone, she started to play her first musical compositions by the name of Babaluca. This project was consolidated as a band with the addition of Nick Kizer and Nichole Petta and soon positioned itself as one of the most important projects of the local music scene.
During this stage of her artistic life, the singer collaborated with Mark Erickson –a multi- instrumentalist musician and member of Colorstone, a band from Phoenix, Arizona–, producer of Babaluca’s first album, which never came out. Morrison and Mark Erickson also worked together to perform the song “Tragos de Amargo Licor” by Ramón Ayala at a country music festival. This song was later included in her first EP, Aprendiendo a Aprender. Furthermore, Marck Erickson invited her to record vocals for the album Go Away Closer that he produced for Lonna Kelley. Following a short, but productive career with Babaluca, Morrison decided to abandon the project and return to Mexico to pursue her solo career.
In 2009, Morrison released her first EP, entitled Aprendiendo a Aprender, produced independently in the home studio of Jordan Beriault (http://sdarrstudios.com) in Tempe, Arizona. Soon after, this album caught the attention of the public and media, positioning Morrison among the most interesting projects of the new Mexican scene and taking her to perform in most of the country. The record contains 6 songs composed and produced by herself, plus an additional theme in which she covered Ramón Ayala’s song “Tragos de Amargo Licor”. The singles “Esta Soledad” and “Lágrimas” were used in the television show “Soy tu Fan”. Later, the mexican singer and composer, Natalia Lafourcade offered to produce Morrison’s new EP and invited her to be the opening act on the presentation of her album Hu Hu Hu at Teatro Fru Fru. This was Morrison’s first official performance in Mexico City and it helped her to conquer the public of this city.
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