Name: Nine Lives
Brand: Kendra Morris

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KCR12020lp

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-18

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Secre­tly

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Sales:8.875

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Artist

Kendra Morris

Genre US

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label US

 Karma Chief Records/Colemine Records

American soul singer-songwriter Kendra Morris, born on April 10, 1981, is based in New York City. With a taste developed through a library heavy on late-60s and early-70s soul and funk, as well as a love for the cinema scores of the same period, Morris has carved out her own unique sound.
After touring with Motown Funk Brother Dennis Coffey and releasing a series of singles with collaborator and bandmate Jeremy Page, including "Concrete Waves" with the b-side remix by DJ Premier, Morris gained recognition. She released the albums Banshee and Mockingbird on Wax Poetics records. These albums received critical acclaim and garnered a cult following.
Not only did Banshee and Mockingbird receive praise from fans and critics alike, but they also found success in film + TV placements. The title track "Banshee" was prominently featured in the Showtime hit series Ray Donovan. Additionally, her cover of Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was included in the trailer for the major motion picture Dead Man Down starring Noomi Rapace and Colin Farrell.
In addition to her musical achievements, Kendra Morris was awarded the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 'Holly Prize'. She has collaborated with various artists throughout her career. Notably, she worked on a side project band with Scarlett Johansson, Julia Haltigan, Holly Miranda, Este Haim (

Kendra Morris’s Nine Lives, to be released on Karma Chief Records (a division of Colemine Records) in early 2022, marks not only the culmination of the decade since the release of her first LP Banshee, but also a turning point in Kendra’s life. Nine Lives heralds the beginning of a new chapter; label, and an evolution to the next level of adulthood. This collection of her original songs encapsulates moments from what could be nine lifetimes. Kendra, while very much a New Yorker and veteran of almost 2 decades on the NYC scene, hails from Florida and aesthetically embodies the broader sense of American culture, bringing to her contemporary sound influences found in music and cinema dating back to the mid 20th century. Her music conjures imagery evocative of road trips to weird and wonderful places. Concurrently a visual artist, filmmaker and animator, Kendra harnesses the feline nine lives metaphor repeatedly. In the context of the chapters of her musical trajectory alone, we see at least 9 lives. From discovering multi-tracking on a karaoke machine as a child, to playing in bands in Florida, moving to NYC and creating music alone on an 8 track, releasing her first 2 LPs on Wax Poetics, releasing her 2016 EP Babble and collaborating with DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, MF Doom, Czarface, Ghostface Killah, Dennis Coffey, and David Sitek, to name a few. The life of this multi-disciplinarian artist contains units of time and story lines through which we can all relate to universal themes of love, loss and overcoming one's fears. Kendra, never ceasing to heed her spiritual calling to continue creating music and art, no matter what, has no plans of slowing down but a belief in only evolving, eager to begin experiencing her next nine lives.

Nine Lives

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