Owl Morrison, a versatile and talented performer is comfortable on the concert stage and the theatre stage as well as at a Rennaisance Faire.  Her strong voice and Gypsy influenced viola playing have brought a rich texture to the surface of folk-rock music.  Her avant folk approach to songwriting and eclectic performance style create a show that's entertaining and thought inspiring.

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A songwriter and song stylist, her newly released Spooky Girl with the Helen Keller Shoes features original songs and noteworthy guest artists. 

She has toured the United States with songwriters Ky Hote and Monk Wilson.  Also a regular at the Kerrville Folk Festival, she performed with  Steve Gillette, Cindy Mangsen,  Brian Cutean, Jim Hancock and Anne Feeney, to name a few.   She has appeared in productions of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy), Guys & Dolls, and Austin's 1996 production of Guitar Boy

Owl has recorded 3 of her own albums and been a guest artist on many others.
She has released 3 albums of instrumental music and one of her original songs. She is almost finished with her most ambitious album to date - an album of instrumentals duos, trios and quartets with some of her favorite fiddlers, mentors and compadres, such as Michi Reiger, Neti Vaan, Mark Caudhill, Michelle Levy , Frank O'Gara and additional appearances by accopmanists such as Ky Hote and Jim Hancock.
Untitled as of yet, its current working title is "Let the Violas Throb!" a reference to a Groucho Marx' line in the movie Duck Soup.
Here is the songlist from the upcoming album:
  • The Crested Hen
  • Washington Post Rag
  • Marxist Medley
  • The Swedish Jig
  • Number 13
  • Milk in the Batter
  • Love You To
  • Gloriosa
  • Mouse Dance
  • Villanciquo de Santiago
  • Romanesca
  • Anderson's Fantasie
  • Tarentella
  • Fire Song
  • Arran Boat Song
  • Banish Misfortune


some artwork being considered for the cover



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Spooky girl with the Helen Keller Shoes

Owl's first original CD!

Movin'
Somedays
Gumball
Capital T
Indiana Jones
Charlie Brown's Lament
Sorely Pine
Angry Young Man
School
Blah Blah Song
The Muse
Buffalo Boy/Buffalo Girl
Yon Yohnsons's Jig

There's 9 originals, 1 and a half by Monk Wilson, 1 and a half by traditional and 1 by Ky. Her solo act is augmented here by the likes of Chris Chandler, John Hagen, Jim Hancock, Terri Lord, Meaux Jeaux White, Jenny Mansfield, Mary Fly Schaap (of New Orleans), Kris & Adam and Peter Wilde.

Ky Hote produced it and plays on it as well. The recordings took place at Barnstormers Music, jimusic mobile Studio and Binky Music in New Orleans.


 
SISTER VIOLA
Solo Works
2000
Hungarian Dance No. 1
Horse's Brawl
Cantiga 281
Sellenger's Round
Scottish Triathalon:
   Campbell's Farewell
   Road to Lisdoonvarna
   Scotland the Brave
Sunspots Fantasie
The Butterfly
Bedlam Boys
Q/Gypsoid Medley:
   Yon Yohnson's Waltz
   Morrison's Jig
Charlie Browns's Lament
Coming Home

     Sister Viola was recorded, mixed and mastered at Barnstormers Studios by Ky Hote and Dave Horton. All the songs are solos viola songs with the exception of Charlie Brown's Lament (featuring Ky, Jim Hancock and Thomas Nuendel), Yon Yohnson's Waltz and Morrison's Jig (which feature Ky). The only songs not claimed by Anonymous are Sunspots Fantasie inspired by Emily Kaitz' Sunspots, Gypsoid by Owl, Charlie Brown's Lament by Owl based on music by Clark Gesner from You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Hungarian Dance by Brahms/Joachim/Smith/Hancock and Yon Yohnson's Waltz by Ky Hote. Moses Guadalupe Morrison is the little voice. The cover photo is by Mark Carboni.


out of print albums released only on cassette
Melange
Opus Won
(1994)
  • Movin'
  • Snowbird
  • Dominic´s Blues
  • Angry Young Man
  • Grassfire
  • The Muse
  • Hidden Spectacles
  • Nightime in
  • Kandor
  • Not Just Yet
  • Can Of Nots
  • Telepathy is Better
  • Hobo On A Heart Train
  • Yon Yohnson's Jig
  • Danger Ranger
  • Zassafras Cover
        (music by Shel Silverstein, words by Ky Hote)
  • Can Of Nots
  • Indiana Jones
  • A Different Road
  • Good Friends
  • Amgry Young Man
  • The Muse
  • Pick Up Yer Butt
  • Shining Star
  • Danger Ranger
  • Gypsoid
Viola, Mandola & Vibraslap ­ Owl Morrison
Conga (on Pick Up yer Butt ) ­ Alec Trical
All songs written by Owl Morrison
Long­distance spirito ­ Ky Hote
Cover art by Leonid Filimonov III
Recorded at Flashpoint Studios 3/94
Engineered by Eastside Flash
Melange
Ky Hote & Owl
BS912 Barnstormers Records (1995)
Owl - vocals, viola, mandola; Ky Hote - guitar, vocals
songs by Owl Morrison, Ky Hote, Monk Wilson
additional musicians: Jim Hancock, Bruce Newman, Emily Kaitz, Thomas Hart,
Raquel Dahud, Robin Lowell, David, Jimmy Lee Suarage, Robin Lowell
Original artwork by Leonic Filimonov III
some songs previously previously released on Opus Won and Live & Unfettered (Ky Hote)

All new material recorded at Barnstormers Next Step Studio
Engineered by Bruce Newman & Ky Hote
Arranged and orchestrated by Ky Hote & Owl Morrison
Mixed by Ky Hote


Pixy's Pleasure
(1998)
  • O Dat Nonesuch
  • Boule Rouler
  • the Cutty Wren
  • The Mouse Dance
  • Gentle People
  • Wild Rose of the Mountain
  • Rum Diddle Tiddle
  • Kerubushka/Morrison's Jig
  • Little Beggarman
  • Green Grow the Rushes
     Pixy's Pleasure was recorded, mixed and mastered at
Barnstormers Studios for Owl's Renaissance experience.
It is a fine blend of traditional songs
reflecting her Burly character at the faires.
The only songs on the album not claimed by Anonymous are
Gentle People by Biff Rose and Rum Diddle Tiddle by Ky Hote.
The only musicians on the album other than Owl
are Ky Hote playing guitar and Jay Sea playing percussion.

Other Albums Owl is on...

Greenbriar Forever
Owl performs "Sorely Pine"
and plays with Jason Eklund and Shakey Bean Cobb
viola & vox
Turning Towards Home
Fund raiser for Nancy Lee Kennedy
Owl performs "Sorely Pine"
Blaze Foley
In Tribute and Loving Memory
Owl sings on "Our LIttle Town"
Heading Up To The Light
The songs of Peter Wilde
Owl performs "I Love The Way"
and plays with Ky Hote
viola & vox
Sing We Enchanted
Jim Hancock
viola & vox
Mantras & Diatribe
Ky Hote
viola & vox
Rough Edges
Thomas Hart
vox
Heading Up To The Light
The songs of Peter Wilde
Owl performs "I Love The Way"
and plays with Ky Hote
viola & vox
Barnstormers' Unclassified Christmas
Owl plays with Ky Hote
viola
Fantasy at the Faire
Featherstone
viola
Laughing Like a Banshee
Summer Droit
viola & vox
Heading Up To The Light
The songs of Peter Wilde
Owl performs "I Love The Way"
and plays with Ky Hote
viola & vox
Rough Edges
Thomas Hart
vox
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