Love Kingston Marketplace Presents: Chris Morris  

Love Kingston Marketplace Presents: Live musical performances in Springer Market Square!!. Showcasing a variety of local solos, duos and trios, this diverse live music program will offer a wide selection of performance styles and genres from Kingston musicians. Today featuring the music of Chris Morris! For over 25 years, his music and high-energy performances have been heard all over Southeastern Ontario, encompassing folk and other traditional genres from the Delta to Dylan, the plantations to the Appalachians, the Mississippi to the Great Lakes. Folk, blues, roots, alt-country, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, spirituals – it’s all blended together and performed with a captivating intensity, and a healthy dash of humour, that will take you along through songs happy and sad, upbeat foot-tappers and singalongs, murder ballads, love songs, blues and who knows what else! His debut solo album, I Know This All Too Well, was produced by Tom Savage and was released in April 2018. Chris began performing live at the age of 14. He recorded two albums of original material in the mid-90s as school projects, and several copies (of each!) were sold, and they have sadly fallen out of circulation, largely due to disinterest from both Chris and the general public. Chris was a member of several rock bands throughout high school and college, but always maintained a strong repertoire of solo material rooted in folk and other acoustic-based styles. Always a champion of local and unknown artists, Chris started a concert promotion business in 2002: Rock Crew Productions. Rock Crew Productions produced over 250 concerts in 4 years, including Arcade Fire, Tegan & Sara, The Weakerthans, Serena Ryder, k-os and many more. Much of his focus throughout this time was on the business and his family, and it wasn’t until 2008 when the opportunity came to host an open stage, the Kingston Folk Club, that Chris returned to regular performing and writing. Chris listens to a wide variety of music and pulls influences from everything he hears: traditional folk and mountain music, blues, spirituals and field hollers, bluegrass, classic rock, classic country, jam bands, soul, jazz, reggae, alternative and indie rock, blues, and more. His diverse repertoire of over 200 songs mixes originals, traditionals, and covers of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Stompin’ Tom Connors, The Beatles, Phish, Paul Simon, Bruce Cockburn, Woody Guthrie, Elmore James, The Rolling Stones, Hank Williams, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, The Velvet Underground, and many more.   All public health guidelines will be closely followed including physical distancing requirements to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for audiences and artists.

Event details

When

September 28, 2021 • 6 pm

Where

Springer Market Square

Language

English

Organizer:

City of Kingston Special Events Office