Matt Morris, snapped after his gig at Drom in NYC's East Village, January 12th. He's a happy guy!
Matt Morris is getting ready to get big. Not in a gym/muscle-y way, or in a “Whoa—what happened to Kirstie Alley!” kind of way, but in the sense that he’s a very gifted singer-songwriter with allies in high places (his debut album, When Everything Breaks Open just came out this week on his friend Justin Timberlake’s label, Tennman Records) and he’s starting to get a lot of attention and play. You’re gonna be hearing more from him. Tomorrow night he’s on Letterman, and next Tuesday he does Ellen, if you get my drift.
And it’s deserved. Morris has been making music since was a tween on the Mickey Mouse Club (which is how he met Timberlake), and he’s written songs for Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson (“Miss Independent”) and Christina Aguilera. His sound is somewhere between John Mayer and Jason Mraz meets Rufus Wainwright. It’s soulful, smart and hard to pin down. Bluesy, yet also intricate and melodic.
Onstage this past Tuesday night for a showcase in NYC’s East Village, he charmed the hell out of the assembled crowd with songs about broken hearts, troubled men and women, obnoxious Americans... And just with his smiling charm and gift for melody.
Morris, who’s gay and out, has gotten press from gay publications (Out Magazine included him in their recent Out 100) and mainstream outlets (lots of newspapers), and when I chatted him up after his show I had to wait for a reporter from none other than Us Weekly to finish an interview. (Move over, Jon and Kate!)
All that said, here’s my little chat with Morris, post-show. He’s soooo nice!
Onstage at Drom in NYC.
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