Jess Morgan

{{distinguish|Jessica Morgan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} '''Jess Morgan''' is a singer-songwriter born in [[Norwich]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/jess-morgan/|title=Jess Morgan|work=Norwich Arts Centre|access-date=2015-04-18|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418204030/http://norwichartscentre.co.uk/events/jess-morgan/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://audioboom.com/boos/1582833-interview-with-jess-morgan-english-folk-and-trance-singer-ahead-of-the-gig-at-leamington-lamp-this-coming-thursday|title=Interview with Jess Morgan English Folk and Trance Singer|publisher=Audioboom|access-date=2015-04-18|archive-date=18 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418204741/https://audioboom.com/boos/1582833-interview-with-jess-morgan-english-folk-and-trance-singer-ahead-of-the-gig-at-leamington-lamp-this-coming-thursday|url-status=dead}}</ref> She attended university in [[York]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2007/06/18/jess_morgan_more_raw_feature.shtml|title=Jess Morgan|publisher=BBC|access-date=2015-04-18}}</ref> and she regularly tours in the UK, Europe and the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songkick.com/artists/600982-jess-morgan/gigography|title=Jess Morgan|publisher=Songkick|access-date=2015-04-18}}</ref>

Having first produced a number of home-recorded EPs and demos, Morgan was championed by BBC Radio DJs [[Steve Lamacq]] and [[Tom Robinson]], which instigated the recording and independent release of her first album ''All Swell'' in 2010. The record was co-produced with Norwegian producer-engineers Hans Petter (HP) Gundersen and Daniel Birkeland. Through her own indie label, Amateur Boxer Records, Morgan released a number of subsequent albums and EPs.

She released her second album ''Aye Me'' in 2012. It was co-produced with Tom Hartley-Booth and funded via a [[Pledge Music]] campaign.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/mar/21/now-listening-readers-playlist |title=Now listening: reader playlist | Music | guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date= 21 March 2012|access-date=2013-06-24 |location=London}}</ref> In the same year, she toured alongside the Welsh band [[Paper Aeroplanes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cleanslatemusic.org/2012/06/06/live-review-paper-aeroplanes-jess-morgan-miss-peapods-cafe-penryn-030612/ |title=Live Review: Paper Aeroplanes & Jess Morgan – Miss Peapod's Cafe, Penryn 03/06/12 | |publisher=Cleanslatemusic.org |date=2012-06-06 |access-date=2013-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071021/http://cleanslatemusic.org/2012/06/06/live-review-paper-aeroplanes-jess-morgan-miss-peapods-cafe-penryn-030612/ |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Morgan launched her 2014 album ''Langa Langa,'' co-produced with Stephen MacLachlan, with a sold-out April launch show at [[Norwich Arts Centre]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://norwichartscentre.co.uk/jess-morgan/ |title=Jess Morgan |publisher=Norwich Arts Centre |date=2013-03-04 |access-date=2013-06-24 |archive-date=8 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208112137/http://norwichartscentre.co.uk/jess-morgan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and an extensive tour of the UK and Europe. Tracks from ''Langa Langa'' have been played by a number of British DJs who specialise in the genres of folk, roots and Americana including the BBC Folk Show hosted by [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/8f87e253-9d6f-47d6-bd47-11be96865564|title=BBC - Music - Jess Morgan|work=BBC Music}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' has called Morgan's music "gorgeous country folk".<ref name="guardian1" />

''The Bournemouth EP'' (2015) was conceived as a limited run record, packaged in a unique folding paper case with postcard inserts, with each edition signed and numbered. The first run sold out in a few hours. A second 'touring' edition was later released in the UK and Germany.

Morgan also makes her own 7" vinyl records at home,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/jess-morgan-homemade-vinyl-records-147|title=Record making with Jess Morgan|work=The 405|access-date=2017-03-16|language=en}}</ref> including the single ''Natalie,'' released in spring 2016. The song and the unusual format attracted attention from the BBC Folk Show and BBC 6 Music, as well as paving the way for her 2016 album ''Edison Gloriette,'' which was released by the Norwegian record label Drabant Music. A song from this album, ''Still In Fashion'', came out on home-made 7" vinyl in time for [[Record Store Day]] the same year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bornmusiconline.com/jess-morgan/|title=Jess Morgan|date=2017-03-14|work=Born Music|access-date=2017-03-16|language=en}}</ref>

Morgan is also a featured vocalist and co-writer of a number of dance music and [[Trance music|trance]] songs featuring on albums from [[Armin van Buuren|Armin Van Buuren]] and Beat Service, plus records which have featured in Beatport top 10 and the UK albums chart.

==Discography==

===Albums=== * ''All Swell'' (2010) * ''Aye Me'' (2012) * ''Langa Langa'' (2014) * ''Edison Gloriette'' (2016) ===EPs=== * ''Crosses/Pamela'' (2009) * ''Roaming Records Session Vol. 2'' (2011) * ''Richer, Thinner, Smarter'' (2013) * ''The Bournemouth EP'' (2015)

===Singles=== * "Natalie" (2016)

==External links== * [http://www.jessmorgan.co.uk Official website] * [https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8f87e253-9d6f-47d6-bd47-11be96865564 Jess Morgan] on [[MusicBrainz]]

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