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Modern Guitars Magazine - February
29, 2008
Feature Story by Brian D. Holland
"...smokin’ good and a genuine hot item on the
blues scene currently is Laurie Morvan. After listening
to this lady for a while now, I can honestly say that I
believe Stevie Ray Vaughan and even Freddie King would be
smiling from one ear to the other upon hearing her play.
They’d probably become huge fans."
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entire Modern Guitars feature story on Laurie Morvan
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Guitar
Player Magazine - October 2007
Feature Article
"Riffs - Blues"
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"Morvan singes the strings...reaches lyrical ecstasy
through liquid bends...struts her own stuff in improvised
solos with pugnacious double-stops and tightly coiled serpentine
runs..."
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the entire Guitar Player feature article on Laurie Morvan |
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Vintage
Guitar Magazine - October 2007
Feature Article
"Girl With Guitar"
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"Laurie Morvan writes from personal experience...new
CD chock full of great songs and lead guitar..."
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the Vintage Guitar feature article on Laurie Morvan |
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Modern Guitars Magazine - Feb. 13, 2008
"I caught Laurie and the band during the semi-finals
after the Venue Coordinator for the Blues Foundation advised
they were the band that truly impressed him from the first
night of semi-finals. Laurie has been feature in issues
of Guitar Player and Vintage Guitar and was on the cover
of Southland Blues in July of 2007. Laurie and the band
represented the Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society. Laurie’s
self-penned lyrics were exceptional. Her guitar playing
and intensity propelled the entire set along. This is a
band to catch if you are ever in California and they are
playing anywhere near."
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Modern Guitars article on the International Blues Challenge. |
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The San Diego Union Tribune - Jan. 7, 2008
"A gifted singer-songwriter and a fleet guitarist
who rarely overplays, this Long Beach-based dynamo heads
a spunky, no-nonsense band."
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San Diego Union Tribune article on the Laurie Morvan Band. |
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Music City Blues - Dec. 14, 2007
CD Review by Don Crow
"... forged a style all her own...Her lines are distinct
and fluid, with no wasted notes. This CD is full of good-rockin'
blues, too...smokin' guitar and a honey-sweet voice, is
just what the doctor ordered"
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Music City Blues review of Cures What Ails Ya. |
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Los Angeles City Beat- Dec. 13, 2007
Critics Choice by Kirk Silsbee
"...a visit to Cozy’s on Friday would do a body
– and a soul – good. Guitarist and singer Laurie
Morvan has quietly built an impressive local blues profile...This
woman has something special."
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LA City Beat article on Laurie Morvan. |
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Elmore
Magazine - Nov/Dec 2007
CD Review
Cures What Ails Ya by the Laurie Morvan Band
"...it's about time (the labels) took notice of this
blazing singing/songwriting guitarist who penned all 12
cuts on the disc. This is one hard-working, passionate woman
giving her all on every track." |
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DownBeat Magazine - Sept. 2007
CD Review
Cures What Ails Ya by the Laurie Morvan Band
"... superior pop-blues... favors content over effect
in her music. Morvan's band and guests, including George
Duke, share her vigorous charm."
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the DownBeat review of Cures What Ails Ya |
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Vintage Guitar Magazine - Sept. 2007
CD Review
Cures What Ails Ya by the Laurie Morvan Band
"Fearless and Fresh...Morvan plays with plenty of
imagination..."
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Big
City BluesMagazine - Aug/Sept. 2007
CD Review
Cures What Ails Ya by the Laurie Morvan Band
"Laurie Morvan's "Cures What Ails Ya" is
the triumph of one
young lady's years of work and dedication to the blues."
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the Big City Blues review of Cures What Ails Ya
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Blues
Revue Magazine - Aug/Sept. 2007
CD Review
Cures What Ails Ya by the Laurie Morvan Band
"...wiry, fiery solos...sweet, soaring voice...lyrics
deserve scutiny..."
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the Blues Revue review of Cures What Ails Ya |
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JSI
Top 21 – August 2007
The John Shelton Ivany Top Twenty-One is published in over
200 national newspapers.
"This band is a ballsy, banging, top-class, blues
act. Laurie’s honey-thick, sultry voice is framed
by the sweet whine of her guitar..."
Read John Shelton's
review of Cures What Ails Ya |
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San
Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group
July 27, 2007
Morvan sets blues on
fire... "A tall, blue-eyed blonde walks
up to the microphone, guitar in hand and confidence in her
soul. Skillfully she launches into a set of hot modern blues
that brings to mind a cross between Stevie Ray Vaughan and
Bonnie Raitt." Read
the full article |
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OC Weekly - July 13, 2007
"Lean Woman Blues"
"...real, honest-to-goodness blues that
informs the passionate blues rock of singer/songwriter/guitarist
Laurie Morvan... In addition to her feeling-filled vocals
and versatile guitar work—sometimes it’s burning
power chords, sometimes intricate single notes—what
makes this inspiring woman so special is her undeniable
self-confidence and perseverance." Read
the full article
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Southland Blues Magazine
July 2007 Cover
Laurie on the cover and the subject of a feature article.
"This talented blues musician from the
Southland possesses the triple talents of singing, songwriting
and lead guitar playing. Pete Sardon coaxed some fresh quotations
from Laurie Morvan for our cover story on a day where she
had already been interviewed by Guitar Player and Vintage
Guitar magazines." Read
the full article |
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Big City Blues,
June/July 2007 issue
Blues, Guitars & Baseball...Question & Answer
Q: Favorite Team?
A: The Cubs, because I grew up in Illinois and the Cubs
are about as Blues as baseball can get! When I was a kid
I used to run home from elementary school as quick as I
could to watch the Cubs games...
Q: Favorite Guitar?
A: My '56 Reissue Strat from the Fender Custom Shop. I must
have played over a hundred different guitars all over southern
California shopping for just the right guitar to record
my new CD....Read
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Excerpts
from "Cures What Ails Ya" CD reviews
Full articles will be posted soon |
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original tunes, Morvan singes the strings with fast, clean
chicken pickin,’ reaches heights of lyrical ecstasy
through liquid bends, and kicks the rhythm in the pocket with
propulsive comping.” – Guitar Player Magazine
“Move over Bonnie Raitt, there’s a new blues
singin’ guitar picker in town – Laurie Morvan.”
- Campus Circle Magazine
“Whether she’s throwing down fluid runs with
a crystal clear tone as on ‘One Little Thing,’
ripping things up on the rocking instrumental, ‘Wiggle
Room,’ where she mixes rock and big doses of funk,
or works her way through a slow grinder, ‘Keep On
Believin’,’ Morvan demonstrates a feel for the
guitar that puts her toe to toe with the majority of her
male counterparts. But that’s only part of the story.
While she has undeniable talent on guitar she’s also
adept as a singer/songwriter. With a voice that sometime
recalls Marcia Ball, while other times evoking a harder
rocking version of Deborah Coleman (another lady who knows
her way around the guitar!), Morvan captivates your attention
just as much on vocals as on guitar… Morvan has crafted
a fine disc of rock oriented blues.” – Jazz
& Blues Report
“…you just gotta love this gal that puts her
heart & soul into every lyric and lick on every song.
She’s played with some of the best artists out there,
and it shows on this CD—a fiery, hell-burnin’
set of great tunes that solidly grounds Morvan as a new
talent to be reckoned with…We definitely look forward
to seeing her live act. Meanwhile, be sure and pick this
one up for your collection.” – BluesSource.com
“There’s a lot of talk in guitar circles about
how women just don’t seem to cut it... But Morvan
plays with plenty of imagination and doesn’t rely
on licks or tricks heard a million times.” - Vintage
Guitar Magazine
“…damn, this pretty woman sure can make that
blues guitar wail in this tight, crowd-pleasing album of
all originals.” – The Pulse (Chattanooga, TN)
“… Morvan is a flashy, fast-fingered picker
that recalls Stevie Ray Vaughan to my ears. ‘Wiggle
Room’ is a cousin to SRV’s ‘Scuttle Buttin’.’
I kid you not. Testosterone-dripping blues fans will riff
off Morvan big time. Dig her solos on the slow blueser,
‘Keep On Believin’.’ Fitting is ‘Where
Are The Girls With Guitars,’ a hit-worthy roadhouse
stomper all those country-rock wannabe women wish they’d
written. She says, ‘You need a real live woman to
play that guitar, yeah’.” – Bluescritic.com
“Morvan knows how to wail the blues like a sharecropper’s
daughter with a bad case of sunburn. A red hot blues rocker,
it’s going to take more than a bottle of aloe to put
her fire out. Zesty, rollicking stuff that you would expect
from a red hot mamma, Morvan knows how to carry on and you
can’t help but to get caught up in her firestorm if
you’re any self respecting roadhouse blues fan.”
– Midwest Record Recap
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San Diego Indie
Music Fest, March 2007
"Smokin', sexy, screamin' rock &
roll blues like you've never seen a woman, or a man, play."
Radio Direct X , July 2006
"Ms. Morvan is a dynamite vocalist, and forget about
the comparisons to Bonnie Raitt or Susan Tedeschi -- her
guitar playing stands with some of the best blues work anyone
is playing these days." Read
more...
 Southland
Blues Magazine, Live Review, June 2006
"Few blues guitarists pour as much energy into their
performance...she maintained a balance of sizzling guitar
work and deeply felt lyric tales."
Read more...
 Blues
Revue Magazine, Dec/Jan 2005
"The Laurie Morvan Band...on Find My Way Home...with
a connection to Stevie Ray Vaughan...Morvan handles all
guitar parts... aggressive fretwork..." Read
more...
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Blue Onion, May 2005
"This band is hotter than a sailor on shore leave...lord
have mercy this lady can not only play guitar, she can belt
out a tune!!! 'Big Love' has growling vocals and big guitar,
but it also has a smokin band backing it all up.
'Hold On To You' is a funky tune with some Robin Trower
inspired guitar playing. I found myself on the 3rd listen
concentrating on the bass guitar and being blown out of
the water...Pat Morvan plays amazing bass guitar and when
you buy this cd focus on his bass playing after you have
listened to the songs a couple of times. Incredible!" Read
more...
Southland
Blues Magazine, CD Review, February 2006
"Stevie Ray Vaughan’s muscular
“Tightrope” serves as a vehicle for her blazing
technique. Several originals, as well, demonstrate the powerful
drive that makes Morvan stand out. She lights up the room,
and then blows out the windows and doors. " Read
more...
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Enterprise, July 7, 2004
"...a blend of blues, rock and pop...Stevie
Ray Vaughan meets Bonnie Raitt. Read
more...
Southland
Blues Magazine, Local Spotlight, April 2006
"Described as "red - hot, blues rock," the
Laurie Morvan Band bridges the gap between the two styles
following in the footsteps of blues/rock innovators Bonnie
Raitt and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Pat Kramer talked with Laurie
recently about her music. " Read
more...
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Herald News, July 11, 2004
"Morvan writes the songs that her band
performs, and...they all contribute to their own musical
parts and the backup vocals...'I usually write about what’s
going on in my life or things I’m thinking about.'
The most gratifying part of being in the band is receiving
feedback from her fans, telling her what a particular song
meant to them. 'That, to me, is a cool thing, to make that
connection, when they say, ‘That song helped me through
a bad time in my life'.” Read
more...
OC
Weekly, May 8, 1998
"...fronted by a woman who painfully wailed on guitar
and tonsils...their rubber-band-handed bass plucker impressed
us with his six-string technique ...imagine the Indigo Girls
having an orgy with the Allman Brothers Band with Stevie
Ray Vaughan snapping pictures..." Read
more... |
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