Album Notes

Born and raised in the high desert of Northern New Mexico, Cahalen David Morrison manifests beauty -- of land, people, art, and love -- through music. Sweeping from raggy finger picking and twangy bluegrass ballads to traditional New Mexican rancheros, mellow, bluesy lap slide guitar and spirited jazz drumming, Cahalen\'s music taps into the entirety of true Americana music.

While living in southern India and studying sitar and tabla, Cahalen\'s songwriting grew closer to home in appreciation of the Americana roots his father brought him up on, while tastefully weaving in a subtle global quality and perspective, creating a pronounced musical signature.

From punchy political commentaries, to melodic, soul warming serenades, Cahalen\'s songwriting lies somewhere between ragged and beautiful, local and global, at home and out on the road. Take a listen. Enjoy yourself.

\"Lots of kids (of all ages) pick up an acoustic guitar, write a few songs, and call themselves folk artists. They rarely are. Folk music has much more to do with things than simply writing hackneyed clichéd lyrics about lost love, performed over simple strumming. Folk expresses something much different: A solid understanding of the role of the storyteller in relationship to the world, and the universe, around him/her…like that found on Subcontinent. A limited edition CD in enviro-friendly recycled brown packaging does nothing for the eyes, but it at least lets us know that Cahalen is concerned with the world around him. That, really, is the core of what this album is all about: Organic, natural, earthy, Americana-folk music played with considerable skill and sensitivity on wooden instruments, with heart.\"

Chris K. - The Colorado Sound (KRFC Fort Collins)


Cahalen David Morrison - subcontinent - folk, americana, blues ... finding this cd, released in mid-May, was a joy. Count it as not only one of my favorite folk/americana records of 2008, but as one of my favorite all around releases from Colorado in 2008. It\'s a limited release, with special enviro-friendly packaging - which I\'m not a huge fan of, but it works well within the overall context of the music, the vibe, the earthiness of what Cahalen presents. He plays multiple instruments brilliantly, the voice is steady and he tells a hellova mean story. -Chris K(The Colorado Sound, KRFC Fort Collins)