ARIA MORGAN– BIOGRAPHY
ARIA (born Aria Morgan) was a name given by her father, Owen Morgan a very gifted traditional gospel musician who was discerning when he named his second daughter of three ‘an opera solo’. He was very passionate about music for his daughters and it was evidenced by long hours of classical piano and voice lessons given to them all. ARIA is a singer/songwriter/dancer.With her background being one of strong gospel influence, ARIA and her sisters entered national church talent competitions, with ARIA performing in the solo categories. There was always that pronounced energy and confidence that would emanate when seeing ARIA in performance.ARIA is from a family of teachers whose focus was on academics and establishing a stable career. She studied at the University of Technology in Jamaica, University of Reading in the U.K. and the University of New Orleans in the USA where she studied up to a Masters level.Although she worked with the government for most of her professional life, she always maintained her involvement in music and dance touring locally and internationally. She later got exposure to singing reggae and dancehall when she provided background vocals for artistes such as Ryan Mark, DJ Nicholas and Christopher Martin in studio.ARIA has used a combination of genres, dancehall, reggae as well as acoustic to communicate her warm and pleasant but energetic, strong, infectious and dramatic personality. She has released five singles which include “Goose Pimples”, "Fulltime Love”, a Christmas track "Come Back To Me" and “Trust Mi (Don’t Watch Mi)”. The songs have all been received with positive reviews and have been getting airplay locally and internationally. She has done collaborations with Gambian DJ ENC and upcoming Kenyan star ‘Ogwellah’ and has completed several tracks for some international producers from Kenya, Germany, Poland and the UK. It is said that ARIA will be the Jamaican female to explode on the international music scene, evidenced by the level of progress she has been making since the start of her musical journey.In February 2011, ARIA started work on her debut album ‘Fulltime Love’ under an independent record label to which she was signed. She worked closely with young producer, now husband, Jermaine ‘Songo’ Wilson to complete the project.
She has performed at various shows in Jamaica sharing stage with artistes such as I-Wayne, Chino, veterans such as Freddie McGregor, Ken Boothe, Errol Dunkley and international singer J-Holiday. She also performs at corporate functions and has been an active part of the live music scene in Jamaica and is known for her performances for charity. Her undeniable talent is confirmed with her live performances as ‘she was born for the stage’ and ‘she makes the stage come alive, the moment she steps onto it’.Her debut album ‘Fulltime Love’ was released in March 2012, followed by the release of ‘Goose Pimples’ in the USA and her promotional tour of New England, USA in August. The “FULLTIME LOVE” included performances at Sammy’s Patio, Revere, Massachusetts Boston Carnival, the 3rd largest Caribbean Carnival then Cambridge Carnival and along the way, she graced the stages at Catch22, CapeAnn Brewery, Gloucester, MA as well as McGanns in Boston. This tour in the USA gained love one city at a time. She also took performed at ‘Mingles’ night club in the Bronx, New York where she held her own sharing stage with the great duo of Richie Stephens and Gentleman. This preceded her outstanding performance at Sandy Daley’s celebrity birthday bash at the World Trump Bar in Manhattan, New York in October of 2012.
Aria continues to marvel her audiences even when she shares stage with the greats. She has done so with John Holt, Luciano, Konshens, Christopher Martin, Sanchez and Lady Saw at the Linkage Awards in Bronx NYC in March 2013. The audience was pleasantly surprised at the confidence and comfort with which she delivered what was described as an awesome performance. Aria then took the difficult decision to travel to the United States for some months to pursue her passion and went on a series of appearances and a promotional tour.
Now an independent artiste, she is focused on increasing her fan base one city at a time. Her aim is to conquer Massachussetts, Connecticut and New York first. She has been busy on the live music scene in Massachusetts where she has performed at Boston Community Leadership Academy (BCLA), Live Performance on Boston Community Network (BNN TV), Bull Macabes, The Haven, Salem, Roxbury Rocks Music Festival and the Marcus Garvey Birthday Celebrations for 2014 etc.
A new EP is now brewing which she descibes as different and deeply soulful pulling at emotions beyond just relationships. 'Lonely Place' is the first single of the upcoming EP and is a beautiful acoustic track released in May, 2014. She says the rest of the EP is a surprise and will not disappoint. Keep visiting her websitewww.artistecard.com/ariamorgan for every step of her journey.
ARIA MORGAN
‘Born for the Stage’
New Single: ‘LONELY PLACE’ by ARIA MORGAN
For Immediate Release: May 9, 2014.
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Aria Morgan is a Jamaican female recording artiste who came on the scene in September, 2010 with her single ‘Goose Pimples’ which was followed by her debut album ‘Fulltime Love’. This introduced her vocal dexterity to the world with an exciting variety of genres which included lover’s rock reggae, soft core dancehall and acoustic-soul; ‘something for everyone’ she called it.
In 2014, Aria Morgan has grown into expressing herself exposing more of her natural sounds with the confidence of increased vocal execution and less accompaniment. ‘LONELY PLACE’ is her first single to be released from her upcoming EP. Aria is excited about this new compilation which will display, the more mature artiste, pulling at deep emotions that are best expressed through music.
On this acoustic track, Aria uses her raspy, cool and pure vocals to express the universal feeling of loneliness whether it manifests through a depressing situation or a broken relationship. Her pristine sound in this song not only expresses deep hurt, but encourages moving away from that 'LONELY PLACE'.
On this project, songwriter and producer Jermaine ‘Songo’ Wilson teams up with guitarist Derek Wood and ‘Circadian Riddims’ based in Brockton, Massachusetts, which has added a unique, simply pure sound, characteristic of this track.
This single has been reviewed by test audience members as ‘a beautiful track’, ‘smooth’, ‘everyone will love this track’, ‘omg I love it’. ‘LONELY PLACE’ delivers and it's now time to share it with the world.
Official Online Release: May 17, 2014, available on most digital online stores including itunes, cd baby, amazon etc.
*** Free Downloads will be available on the Aria Morgan official website www.artistecard.com/ariamorgan for one week only.
Here are some links from which you may purchase my new single LONELY PLACE
CD BABY
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ariamorgan2
AMAZON
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=aria+morgan+lonely+place
DIVERSITY DAY is this week - Look out for Aria Morgan with new Acoustic Set ........If you are in the Boston area, you are invited to come by and enjoy.......See 'SHOWS' for details
Please buy the full album at this link http://www.amazon.com/Full-Time-Love-Aria/dp/B007G0QY7K/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_title_0
655 Metropolitan Ave, Hyde Park, Boston 02136 MA
Watch rescheduled ARIA's Live Band Performance on BNN - Boston Neighbourhood Network Television at 3025 Washington Street Roxbury
Reggae Show at Opus Underground, 87 Washington Street, Salem, Massachussetts
Roxbury Community College presents their first annual Music Festival 'Roxbury Rocks' with various bands performing including mine. Its an event open to the public. RCC is located on 1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury Crossing. No charge
COME AND ENJOY A FULL SET WITH ARIA AND LIVE BAND, AN EXPERIENCE YOU WONT FORGET AT BULL MCCABE'S 366 Somerville Ave, Somerville MA 02143
34 LINWOOD STREET, ROXBURY, MA ARIA MORGAN WILL BE PERFORMING ALONGSIDE OTHER ARTISTES, COME AND EXPERIENCE GREAT LIVE MUSIC WITH A PASSIONATE SINGER