Charlotte Morris, who grew up just miles down the street from The Kelly Center, discovered her passion for music at a young age.
After starting violin lessons at age 4, Morris taught herself how to play the guitar, piano (and melodica), ukulele, banjo, acoustic bass guitar and mandolin. By age 12, she was taking her songwriting seriously.
Morris describes her unique style as ‘genuine, raw and emotional music with a purpose,’ for which she takes inspiration from female driven artists such as Delta Rae, Brandi Carlile, Sara Bareilles, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris and The Chicks.
She will perform as part of the Knights Gambit Sunset Series on October 12, 2024, at 5 p.m. at 218 Knole Farm Lane, Charlottesville. Admission is free and open to the public.
In January 2018, Morris joined Lonesome Traveler, a concert tour which performed the history of folk music, starting with Woody Guthrie and ending with songs by the likes of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. In June 2018, Morris released her debut EP “To New York, with Love”, another five-song EP (produced by Nashville-based Mitch Dane) entitled “Sputnik” and her first full-length album, “Songs For My Next Ex,” in December of 2020.
After she moved to Nashville in 2021, Morris released “Good Kind of Hurt”, a deeply personal song about addiction and PTSD, in June 2022, with the hope of spurring more conversation around the difficulties and misunderstandings of mental illness. She followed with her nostalgia-filled, folk-driven, single “Tennessee”, and then, “Your Number One”, a driving song of empowerment. The singles led to the release of “Wild Child,” Morris’s second studio album, which took the industry by storm in September 2023. The album is personal, vulnerable, and authentic and serves as an example of just how powerful music can be.
“There is not a weak track amidst the 10,” said Jim Hynes of Country Standard Time.
Of her video for the single “Love Ain’t Real,” Music Matters Magazine said: “Driving it all, of course, is the song itself, which combines a soaring, seeking melody and intensely emotional lyrics. Charlotte’s nuanced soprano creates magic as she bares her soul, sharing the hardships endured to find that healing can happen, hope does exist – and that love might be real after all.”
When the singer/songwriter is not writing or releasing music, she travels across the country in her converted van with her dog, Kiwi. Morris will release new music in spring 2025.
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Rebecca Barnabi
