Morley performing at Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit (January 2012, Columbia University)
MORLEY
Music Artist
The New York Times Emerging Artist of the Year
MORLEY, the multi-talented singer-songwriter breathes sensuality into activism with her unabashed love songs, humorous takes on life, and worldly lyrical stance couched in her warm and soulful sound that ranges wide with influences from rock, soul, and world music.
Morley has performed all over the world, and most recently had the distinct honor of presenting at TEDWomen. Her song “Women of Hope” (video by Damani Baker “Still Bill”) has been featured in several Nobel Women’s Initiative documentaries and has brought her before many world leaders and policy makers.
Morley has performed for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, Ban Ki-moon, Mary Robinson, and Ela Gandhi. She has also performed “Women of Hope” and joined panel discussions, including recent USIP with Pat Mitchell and Abbey Disney at the Women and War Symposium in Washington DC.
She has written, collaborated, and shared the stage with renowned artists such as Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi Reagon, Raul Midón, Amadou et Mariam, Joan Wasser, Antony Hegarty, Norah Jones, Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Queen Latifah, Angélique Kidjo, Sarah McLachlan, Wynton Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson.