{"title":"Sally Anne Morgan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSally Anne Morgan is a talented musician and artist who has made a name for herself in the music industry. With her unique blend of folk, bluegrass, and experimental sounds, she captivates audiences with her soulful vocals and skillful instrumentals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving started her musical journey at a young age, Sally Anne honed her skills on various instruments including the fiddle, banjo, and guitar. Her passion for traditional Appalachian music shines through in her compositions, which are both heartfelt and thought-provoking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an accomplished solo artist as well as a member of several renowned bands [band names], Sally Anne's talent knows no bounds. She has performed at prestigious venues around the world and collaborated with acclaimed musicians from different genres.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carrying","title":"Carrying","description":"\u003cp\u003eMulti-instrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan, known for her work as part of The Black Twig Pickers, and half of House and Land (with Sarah Louise), cultivates seeds sown by folk musics and psychedelia. Carrying tills the rich soil of Appalachian traditions and her rural North Carolina surroundings into warm, reflective songs about the weight people carry with them, as well as Morgan’s own pregnancy and the birth of her first child. Bridging the more freeform, expansive leanings of 2021’s \u003ci\u003eCups\u003c\/i\u003e and the lucid beauty of her acclaimed 2020 debut \u003ci\u003eThread, Carrying\u003c\/i\u003e finds Morgan imbuing her masterfully crafted songs with more subtle and intricate arrangements. The album’s exploratory nature is anchored by a full band comprised of some of the most thoughtful players in the psychedelic folk and “cosmic country” spheres, including a guest appearance by Ripley Johnson (Rose City Band, Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo), and the foundational rhythm section of fellow The Black Twig Pickers collaborators: drummer Nathan Bowles (Steve Gunn Band, Pelt), guitarist Andrew Zinn, and bassist\/engineer Joe Dejarnette. Morgan finds unity in the burdens and joys, tensions, and releases of modern living as a common thread that people bear in their day-to-day lives. “So much of what we accumulate and carry around with us burdens us, but we also can’t or don’t know how to let go,” says Morgan. The profoundness and mundanity of that weight ran parallel for Morgan as she literally carried her child to term: the utter commonality of enduring what billions of parents before her had, and the awesome power of the human body and spirit, the complicated and unpredictable wash of emotions that come with nurturing and nourishing another life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thrill Jockey","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50485773795659,"sku":"2028706","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red LP","offer_id":50485776744779,"sku":"2028708","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50485774516555,"sku":"2028707","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/39cc06e2-202f-bfda-2b36-b54094f2fe33_ee2ae6d1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727602933"},{"product_id":"thread","title":"Thread","description":"\u003cp\u003eSally Anne Morgan is an artist and multi-instrumentalist whose mastery of traditional folk forms is matched only by her ability to push the bounds of those forms into fresh, imaginative pastures. 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