Maren Morris

How She Wrote 'how It's Done

... to convince her producer to let her keep working on the "Hero" track. He admitted she was right. March 30, 2017 9:17 PM. Filed Under: Maren Morris. By Heather Stas and Brian Ives. Maren Morris has already won one ACM Award this year: it was announced that she is the winner of Best New Female Vocalist. She’s also up for Best Female Vocalist, Single Record of the Year (for “ My Church “) and Album of the Year (for Hero ). Hero has yielded a pair of hit singles—”My Church” and “’80 s Mercedes”—but the album is filled with great songs, including “How It’s Done.” And, as she recently told __link__, to get the song done, she had to press her producer to let her finish it. Happily, her intuition won the day. “I had this line, ‘Let me show you how it’s done.’ And I wanted it to be sort of a love song, but a sexy love song and not take itself too seriously. But my friend and ...

Maren Morris Brought The Spirit Of Texas Country To Pop Music At House Of Blues And Gruene Hall

... already won the award). Still, her sound is too pop, too R&B to pass the smell test for some country puritans, of which there are many. But one thing is beyond dispute: Morris is a Texas country girl, through and through. Her drinkin', cussin', shit-talkin' demeanor on Hero has a distinctive Texas swagger to it, and the fact that she bypassed a stop in Austin to go to Gruene Hall reinforces the point. She works for Sony now, which means she's supposed to play places like House of Blues (which she also did in Houston on Friday), not a 140-year-old bar with half the capacity in some sleepy hamlet. Maren Morris performs at the House of Blues Dallas. Mike Brooks. Playing in Dallas (where, ironically, there were considerably more cowboy hats to be seen), her first hometown gig as a headliner after opening for Keith Urban at American Airlines Center last fall, was still a special occasion. ...

Chris Stapleton And Maren Morris May Change Your Mind About Country Music

... notions about current-day country music. These two tunesmiths may be just what it takes to change your tune about what Nashville has been offering of late. Chris Stapleton. Chris Stapleton both embodies and supersedes country music: He’s a distillation of the music’s heritage, its mixed genealogy, his repertoire a product of all that DNA swapping between blues and soul. Take “Tennessee Whiskey,” from Stapleton’s celebrated 2015 solo debut “Traveller,” which was named the country album of the year at both the Grammys and the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2016. Stapleton sings the thing as if he was unloading a heart as heavy as a freight liner, channeling Marvin Gaye more than Merle Haggard, his voice bracketed by dollops of reverbed guitar and a palpable gratitude for love’s salvation. It’s followed by the afterburner guitars of “Parachute,” a total pulse-quickener underscored by foot-stompin’ banjo, which in turn gives way to the plaintive acoustic strum of “Whiskey and You,” a song where Stapleton’s voice creaks like an old wooden floor ...

Maren Morris On Her First Headlining Tour & Returning To Texas After Winning A Grammy

... something traumatic, trying to chip their way through to the other side and not be so cynical. But the Grammys, that performance - I feel like the Grammys are the one show that you don’t have to go on and promote your single. You can do whatever song you want that feels artistically sound to you. And for me, performing a song like "Once" - which I don’t think will be a single, it just doesn’t have that feel to it - I was like, if I’m ever going to perform this on a major stage… when I wrote this song even, I was like “I could picture singing this at the Grammys.” So, I was kind of making that dream come true. You’re wrapping up your Hero Tour with some home state shows this weekend - has it lived up to your hopes and expectations. That’s certainly putting it lightly. I don’t think I knew what to expect at the ...

From Grammy Camp To Grammy Winner

... called "Grammy Camp". Image copyright AP. Image caption Maren recorded her first album at the age of 14. As a teenager, you failed auditions for The Voice and American Idol - but now contestants are singing your songs on those shows. Do you feel vindicated. Oh yeah, it's very gratifying! It means someone loves my song enough to work it up for their audition. That's very cool. But I'm honestly so thankful that I didn't make it onto any of those shows. There's just so many of them now. I think The Voice is on season 40 already. And now you have a Grammy! What do you remember of that night. Oh, it's still weird. I'm still reeling. It just felt like such a triumph because it was my first try - my first album on a major label. No-one can describe it, your first Grammy. It's something you practice in the mirror when you're seven years old but when you get to that day, there's so many emotions, so many people around you. It's hard to articulate but it's just the most amazing feeling. You won for My Church, which is about music being a ...

Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, More Featured In Off-stage Acm Awards Gallery

... Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Nicole Kidman, Faith Hill and Hillary Scott are featured in an off-stage ACM Awards gallery. The 52 nd Academy Of Country Music Awards ceremony is underway. Numerous country stars will be taking the stage as performers or presenters, but their fun will not be restricted to the stage. Many will also spend time enjoying the show from their seats or from the backstage and off-stage areas. CBS recently shared some off-stage photos. Those featured include Kelsea Ballerini, Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris, Faith Hill and Hillary Scott. The photos follow. Hillary Scott and Chris Tyrrell on the red carpet at THE 52 ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS®, broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 2 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Francis Specker/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Kelsea Ballerini and Kacey Musgraves during THE 52 ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS®, broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 2 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Francis Specker/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights ...

Maren Morris, Lady Antebellum, Brothers Osborne, Jon Pardi Walk Acm Awards Red Carpet

... ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Francis Specker/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Jon Pardi on the red carpet for THE 52 ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS®, scheduled to air LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 2 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Michele Crowe/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Big & Rich on the red carpet at THE 52 ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS®, broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 2 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Francis Specker/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cam on the red carpet for THE 52 ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS®, scheduled to air LIVE from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 2 (live 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Michele Crowe/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Easton Corbin on the red carpet at THE 52 ND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS®, broadcast LIVE from T-Mobile Arena ...