James Vincent McMorrow in Concert
July 24, 8:30 pm
James Vincent McMorrow is a platinum-selling artist who has independently clocked up over 1 billion streams and reached #1 in his home of Ireland amongst other achievements.
Over the last decade, Dublin-born McMorrow has established himself as a multi-faceted songwriter with a vast spectrum of styles. He sings, produces, plays everything, and has a network of collaborators that stretches around the world. He’s crafted a home for himself in the worlds of hip-hop and textured R&B, and even worked on Drake’s 2016 album, Views. It’s fair to say his early days of being pigeon-holed as an ‘indie folk singer-songwriter’ are long dead.
He has toured the world extensively including sold out shows at the Sydney Opera House, London Barbican and the Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre. His first six albums , Early in the Morning, Post Tropical, We Move, True Care, Grapefruit Season (Columbia/RCA) have accumulated well in excess of 1 billion streams.
McMorrow’s organic, word-of-mouth rise to international acclaim, beginning with his platinum-selling 2010 debut, Early in the Morning, which reached #1 in his home country of Ireland, silver status in the UK, Gold status in Australia , and earned numerous award nods in the process.
The follow up, 2014’s Post Tropical, secured McMorrow’s place as a globally recognized musician, and led to sold out tours across the world, including multiple nights at The Sydney Opera House, London’s Barbican, The Roundhouse, Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre and a residency at Dublin’s National Concert Hall aswell as a host of high profile international festival slots at Coachella, Glastonbury, Roots Picnic and Electric Picnic.
We Move, released in September 2016, earned raves from Pitchfork, Pigeons & Planes, NPR Music and landed top spot in Ireland. The album found him working with some of today’s biggest producers, including Nineteen85 (Drake, dvsn), Two Inch Punch (Sam Smith, Years & Years) and Frank Dukes (Kanye West, Rihanna), as well as the legendary Jimmy Douglass (Donny Hathaway, Timbaland) and John O’Mahony (Metric, Coldplay).
Location
Myer Horowitz Theatre | (780) 492-4764
8900 114 StEdmonton, Alberta T6G 2J7 Canada Google Maps
Tickets
Cost: $44.95