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Michael Morrissey
Singer/Songwriter
Wednesday 16th October 2024
I bought the world a new home
The floors are sanded and the curtains hung....
Looking forward to playing in Freiburg's smallest concert hall Litfass, on Monday 21st of October. Not only have I played in Litfass many, many times, I,ve also been lucky enough to have been in the audience for some wonderful evenings. I,ve even (whisper it!)
left Litfass a couple of times when the sun was already up but maybe that's a story for another day!
https://litfass-freiburg.jimdofree.com/
Wednesday 31st January 2024
Guess I was looking for a place to fall
A little soft landing to call my own....
On Friday 2nd February I'll be returning to play in Gleis 1 Waldenburg. The few times I've played there I've had a lovely response
from the audience and I'm really looking forward to it.
https://www.gleis1.net/programm/februar/
Tuesday 9th January 2024
Easy to teach not so easy to learn....
On Saturday 13th of January I'll be playing my first gig of the new year in the lovely Schlosskeller in Emmendingen. As usual I try to have something new to perform as well as some older favourites. No matter how long you do this thing it's still always a wee bit nerve-wracking to play new songs, but that's all part of the process I guess. Keeps you on your toes....michael
https://www.schlosskeller-emmendingen.de/veranstaltung/michael-morrissey/
Wednesday 13th September 2023
Where do all the memories go when no-one wants them anymore....
On Saturday 16th of September I'll be playing in Restaurant Joris in Freiburg as part of the Mini Gipfel Festival.
This is a really cool idea. There are 8 locations all within walking distance of one another and each group or artist will be playing 3 sets each set starting and finishing at the same time so that punters can move around and catch sets from their favourites on the fly.
https://www.joris.bio/index.html
Wednesday 9th August 2023
Versuch nicht mich zu finden....
Not really a new song but a new single. At practically every show I've played these past few years someone has asked me where they
can listen to this song and when the opportunity came to record again it seemed like the logical choice. The recording was done at the home studio of the arranger Tobias Schwab. It was a joy to
record and working with Tobias was really lovely experience. Uncomplicated and I think, yielded a wonderful result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqf9iiBInzE
https://open.spotify.com/album/0AJvsuPkv0oyVh2OrXlB7v?si=14yWZ39fS1yxFOxIZeqKFA
Sunday 9th July 2023
The truth doesn't need to rhyme....
Gigs are sometimes like buses, you wait for ages for one to arrive and suddenly a bunch of them arrive all at once.
The lovely month of July brings with it not just electrical storms but 3 concerts!
First up is a brand new gig in Ruefetto Freiburg under the name Unicorn Sessions.
Named after the music shop here in town I'll be playing in that lovely old cellar on Tuesday 11th.
https://www.facebook.com/unicornmusicshop/?locale=de_DE
Next up is a gig in the city of Mainz where I've never actually been.
https://www.mayence-acoustique.de/
And later on in the month a gig I've played a few times at Mehrgenerationshaus Freiburg
Internationale Musikkneipe Weingarten
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Thursday 12 January 2023
Be still my troubled soul I say
My first new music of the new year filmed and recorded in the beautifu surroundings
of a school for Flameco music here in Freiburg.
I wrote this using very traditional gospel chords and lyrically it's more or less about the pleasures of a quiet mind.
You can probably guess that I play this a lot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guISbeZyE8Q
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Thursday 15th September 2022
Enjoy the handsome highs...
It's been a real treat this year to stand onstage again, play my songs and connect with an audience. The following two Saturdays the 17th and the 24th see me playing two venues I've already played and very much enjoyed. First up Gleis 1 in Waldenburg https://www.gleis1.net/programm/september/on this Saturday 17th at 20:30.
The following weekend at Marco's Heuboden
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100039987204916
at 19:30.
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Friday 15th July 2022
I hit my highest when I sing...
It feels really good to stand before people again in concert, playing songs, telling stories.
This weekend I'll be playing live twice. First of all on Saturday at the lovely Burgschenke in Landeck in full view of the ruins of an old Zähringer Castle. 7 o'clock in the evening.
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=schmidt%27s%20burgschenke%20landeck
Then on Monday I'm playing at the Actionbühne as part of the Zelt Musik festival.
10 o'clock in the evening.
https://zmf.de/shows/michael-morrissey/
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Wednesday 06th April 2022
Hold on to that one boy she´s powerful medicine...
My good friend Ben Meech filmed our set with The Tree Conspiracy at the Litfass Birthday bash.
Just click on the link below to get a taste of what it was like in the pub on that night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afyz_9DpRio&t=2s&ab_channel=U%26IMUSIC
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Thursday 24th March 2022
The sun came through the window and lay down on the floor...
It's been a very long time since I played live and the really lovely thing now is that when the opportunity arose to perform at the Litfass Birthday party on Monday 28th of March it was suggested that we reform The Tree Conspiracy with my good friends Beni and Friedemann. Indeed lots of other great musicians will be performing on the night but for us it'll be something a little special.
https://www.facebook.com/thetreeconspiracy/videos/1704819562878061
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Tuesday 25th January 2022
The history books won't wait...
I wrote the song Anne Boleyn after watching a documentary about her. However the song doesn't just contain historical facts but is interwoven with what I imagine could have been the real thoughts and feelings of her husband Henry, coupled with my own notions about circumstance and the nature of predestination.
To watch Anne Boleyn click here
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Thursday 7th October 2021
Do something foolish every day, together as the years slip by ...
Sunday 10.10.21
Delighted to be asked to play at the 3rd Songwriter Festival in Schopfheim. – From 14:00 Uhr.
https://redtheblue.wixsite.com/schwandfestival
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Wednesday 21st July 2021
Now I look as if I never really saw, I listen as if I've never really heard ...
The single Every Song Knows Your Name is now available on Spotify, Apple Music and all good Streaming Services everywhere.
To listen to Every Song Knows Your Name click here
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Sunday 4th July 2021
The old gets swept away to make way for the new, the centre and circumference are changing places too ...
Hey everyone. So pleased to have some new music to present - two brand new EPs "Slowing Up" and "Speeding Down". Just click on the links below and you´ll be taken straight to my youtube channel. They´ll also be available on all good streaming services soon. Please feel free to share them...michael
To watch Slowing Up click here
To watch Speeding Down click here
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Friday 25th June 2021
Every song’s a mixture of truth and fiction. White notes rubbing black notes, creating friction...
Of all of the different aspects of music the one closest to my heart is the writing. For me, writing is not simply about expression — it’s about craft and design. Attention to detail is much more
important to me than originality, or even honesty. What I mean by this is that it doesn’t matter if what I’m writing about actually happened, or whether I make it up. For me, what is key is that
a song must be good. And it must be sincere. As I write I am trying to create something that will move the listener through my choices of melody and wordplay, and at the same time I’m aiming to
understand myself and the world around me a little better.
Cole Porter is one songwriter (of very many!) whose work I admire and try to learn from. In both his words and his music he showed an enormous range of wit and creativity but I don’t think, for
instance, that he was greatly concerned if the things he was writing actually reflected his own life or not. Perhaps this was because Porter knew from the very start that he wouldn’t be singing
his own songs: he wrote music for others to bring to life, and even though I perform my music myself, my greatest desire has always been to have others sing my songs.
Could that be you?
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