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Pamela Morgan, former lead singer for and one of the founding
members of folk/rock innovators Figgy Duff, has been a leading
performer in the Celtic music scene for the past twenty five years.
For seventeen years Pamela and Figgy Duff grew famous for their
strikingly original and beautiful arrangements of traditional
Newfoundland/Celtic material as well as their equally impressive
and powerful original material. At the forefront was Morgan's
haunting and mesmerizing voice,
"...powerful, shimmering..."
"...a voice that lifts you up and lays you down on a bed of thoughts
and dreams"
"...gorgeous, dusky singing"
Pamela
and the other core Figgy Duff member, founder Noel Dinn, led the
band through the production of six albums, several videos and
countless tours throughout North America and Europe; taking Figgy
Duff from local innovators to a powerful international presence
in the burgeoning worldwide folk/Celtic scene.
Before
Noel Dinn's untimely death in 1993, he worked with Pamela to produce
the exquisite "The Colour of Amber" (also featuring Anita Best).
With "Colour...", Pamela continued her musical journey, redefining
some of the most beautiful and haunting traditional material that
ultimately landed the album on several "Year's Best" lists throughout
the world.
With
the release of her first solo album, "On A Wing And A Prayer"(1995),
Pamela carried on the tradition of Figgy Duff in her own equally
innovative way with tales of romance, longing, a wounded heart,
and various jewels of traditional Newfoundland/Celtic culture.
Many of these songs found their way onto compilations throughout
North America and Europe. (see discography)
Pamela
has worked tirelessly to gather back all of her former recordings,
including the complete works of Figgy Duff, and organize them
under her own record label, Amber Music. With this impressive
body of work and bolstered by releases from Anita Best and the
late Emile Benoit, Pamela is using Amber Music to shape and direct
her continuing musical journey, bringing the past together with
the present and passing it on to her ever growing worldwide audience.
Most recently Pamela has been recognized for her production skills
on several Amber recordings, and has over the past few years produced
three albums for other artists; the Conne River Mi'qmac, singer
Vicky Hynes, and singer/songwriter Mark Bragg.
2002 finds Pamela with a brand new album of her own, entitled
'Seven Years". Fueled with energy and mystic, supported by intricate
and dramatic acoustic instrumentation, this is entrancing music,
often inspired by nature and the ocean, a product of a unique
time and place. Pamela is preparing to tour throughout the summer
and fall, beginning with a tour of England in June.
Innovative,
beautiful, powerful, and highly original, Pamela Morgan continues
to set the standard of integrity, perseverance, and artistic vision
for artists of all musical genres.
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