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“...one of the most multifaceted artists to watch.”
NEWS
Compassion Abounds in Lisa Morales' She Ought to Be King (The Austin Chronicle)
Lisa Morales’ 'She Ought To Be King' LP To Be Released August 26
5 Latin music shows to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Austin (Austin American-Statesman)
Lisa Morales Gives Everything to Her Music and the Craft: SXSW Interview (Austin Woman Magazine)
WATCH: Lisa Morales, “Flyin’ and Cryin'” (The Bluegrass Situation)
Musician Lisa Morales wants new album to call on people to come together (Albuquerque Journal)
Tucson native Lisa Morales returns home for Congress show (Tucson Daily Star)
Premiere: Lisa Morales Proclaims Love Over Hate in Soulful “Freedom” (Pop Matters)
Still Austin Whiskey Co. Music Monday with a new single from Lisa Morales (CBS Austin)
“Lisa Morales is a storyteller.”
BIOGRAPHY
On her new five song EP Rain in the Desert, Lisa Morales once again affirms her stature as a world-class singer-songwriter, with a distinctive perspective and a remarkable capacity for looking both inward and outward. The Texas-based artist draws deeply resonant insights from her own experiences navigating the storms of life and making sense of the complex landscape of relationships.
“I just write about what’s going on with me,” she says, “so I can purge that feeling and move forward.”
Rain in the Desert maintains the high standard of emotional forthrightness that Morales established on her prior solo efforts Beautiful Mistake and Luna Negra and the Daughter of the Sun. Prior to going solo, she recorded four acclaimed albums with Sisters Morales, the beloved sibling duo in which she partnered with her sister Roberta, who passed away from cancer in August 2021.
Such new Morales compositions as ““Freedom,” “Reach Out,” “Desperately,” “Rain in the Desert” and “Flyin’ and Cryin’,” consistently cut to the heart of her experiences as a woman, mother and daughter.
Rain in the Desert was produced by noted singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Davíd Garza, and features bassist Tim Lefebvre, keyboardist Rachel Eckroth and drummer Beth Goodfellow. The EP also features key contributions from such notable guests as Rodney Crowell, who co-wrote and sings co-lead vocal on the heart-tugging “Flyin’ and Cryin,” which also features Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo on accordion; and Santana co-founder Gregg Rolie, who plays organ and provides backing vocals on the rousing, and the timely topical “Freedom.”
Lisa Morales has been pursuing creative fulfillment and emotional illumination for most of her life. Like her cousin Linda Ronstadt, Lisa and her sister Roberta grew up in a musical family in Tucson, Arizona, learning to perform traditional Mexican music while developing broad-ranging musical tastes. . .
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“The depth in Morales’ agile vocals resounds especially clear on the Spanish-sung ‘Suéltame’... Altogether, [‘She Ought To Be King’ is] a varied collection of Southwestern Americana, rich with emotion and motivated with a lot to say.”
“Lisa Morales is an absolute enchantress on the stage... When she sings, the crowd feels each emotion. She breathes, we breathe. ”
“With an ultra-subtle production of sighing strings, gently brushed drums and acoustic strumming, the duet achingly delineates a lost relationship. Rodney’s seasoned tones match Lisa’s resonant delivery exquisitely.”