Michael Morrow has remained a sought after touring guitarist and vocalist, performing across the US for over a decade. A road hard, respected musician, teacher and producer, he has worked with touring acts like Mystic Rebel (Riverwest), Living Earth (Relix), Ihi Yahn Ihi Arkestra (Inity) and Slide (Ikon). Michael has enjoyed a career loaded with accomplishments including recently being voted winner of the 2009 RELIX magazine Jam Off contest.
MM is a consistent, dynamic and hardworking singer, musician and entertainer who has performed with many top acts including Bob Weir, Govt Mule, Derek Trucks, Ben Harper, Joan Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band, Jeff Buckley, David Grisman, David Nelson, Merle Saunders, Leo Kotke, Bruce Cockburn, Cowboy Junkies, Kingfish, Junior Marvin, Stevie Culture, The Itals, The Meditations, John Brown's Body, Jah Works, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Fully Fullwood Band, John Jorgenson, Eric Johnson, Afromotive, Lucy Vincent, Spiritual Rez, See Peoples, Kid Creole, Three the Hard Way, Tony Trishka, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Marshall Tucker Band, Jimmy Buffet, Big Sugar, Truth and Rights, Henry Turner, The Toadies, Goldfinger, Yellow Man, Zen Tricksters, Juggling Suns, Toni Brown and many more.
Michael has performed many festivals like the Kalamazoo Island Fest, Gratefulfest at Nelson Ledges, Hookah on the Hill, Clearwater Revival, Pocono Gathering, Wiggins Park Garcia tribute, Wilmer's Park Concert Series, West Virginia Mountain Festival, Ithaca NY's Musefest, Bethlehem Musikfest and large venues like the Mann Music Center, Camden's Tweeter Center and Wilmington's Blue Rock Stadium. Michael has also played at many larger club venues like House of Blues, BB Kings NYC, Woodstock's Bearsville Theater, Revolution Hall, Sullivan Hall and the World Cafe Live, where he appeared four times since 2004, including shows with Leon Russell, Black Uhuru's Junior Reid, Mystic Rebel and Ihi Yahn Ihi Arkestra. Michael has done live sessions with Dark Star Orchestra, Earl "Chinna" Smith, BB King drummer Tony Coleman, Peter Himmelman, Robert Hazard, Mike Tyler (G-Love, LL Cool J), and Dub chatters Niyorah, Jah Menelek and Sista Fiyah.
MM was twice featured performer for the Prism cable series "Live at the Middle East", also performing live on MTV at the 1993 US Snowboard Championships. Beside performing everywhere from coffee houses to playing for crowds of over twenty thousand, Michael recorded two records in the nineties with Grammy winning producer David Ivory (Roots, Eryka Badu) including 1994 Slide CD "Focus" which won Best Funk Award at the Delaware Valley NARAS Awards the same year. Michael has also appeared on the WHYY radio folk show with Phila Folk Fest Host Gene Shay and was featured on the 1995 Cyndi Drue WMMR Christmas show.
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