Cary Morin
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| name = Cary Morin
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| birth_name = Cary Lewis Morin
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| birth_place = Billings, Montana, U.S.
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician}}
| education = Charles M. Russell High School
| years_active = 1978–present
| spouse = Celeste Di Iorio{{cite web|url=https://americana-uk.com/track-premiere-cary-morin-come-the-rain|title=Track Premiere: Cary Morin "Come the Rain" by Jonathan Aird|publisher= Americana UK|date= August 5, 2020|accessdate=March 29, 2023}}
| children = 3
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| relatives = {{ubl|Robert Yellowtail (grandfather)}}
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- The Atoll
- Young Ancients
- Pura Fé Trio
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| website = {{URL|carymorin.com}}
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Cary Lewis Morin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician based in Fort Collins, Colorado.{{Cite web |title=Fort Collins singer-songwriter Cary Morin's new album brings the Old West to life |last1=In The NoCo|last2=O'Toole|first2=Erin|last3=Vincent|first3=Robyn|date=20 February 2024|url=https://www.kunc.org/podcast/inthenoco/2024-02-20/fort-collins-singer-songwriter-cary-morins-new-album-brings-the-old-west-to-life |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=In The NoCo|publisher=KUNC|language=en}} His album Dockside Saints, released in 2021, peaked at #7 on the Roots Music Report's Top 50 Colorado Album Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/charts/view/album/state/colorado/weekly/2021-06-12/2021-06-12|title=The Roots Music Report's Top 50 Colorado Album Chart for the Week of June 12, 2021|website=Roots Music Report|date=June 12, 2021|access-date=August 7, 2023}} His accolades include an Independent Music Award{{cite web|title=The 16th Independent Music Awards Winners Announced|date=3 April 2018|website=Independent Music Awards|url=https://independentmusicawards.com/blog/2018/04/02/16th-independent-music-awards-winners/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214221915/https://independentmusicawards.com/blog/2018/04/02/16th-independent-music-awards-winners/|archive-date=14 December 2018}} and two Indigenous Music Awards{{cite web|title=Cary Morin|website=2018 National Artist Fellowship|publisher=Native Arts + Cultures Foundation|date=2018|url=https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/cary-morin|access-date=13 June 2025}}{{cite web|last=Slingerland|first=Calum|title=Here Are the Winners of the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards|website=Exclaim!|date=20 May 2019|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_are_the_winners_of_the_2019_indigenous_music_awards|access-date=17 June 2025}} for Best Blues Album. Morin's songs were featured in Resident Alien and Earl Biss - The Spirit Who Walks Among His People.{{cite web|url=https://earlbissmovie.com/music |title=Earl Biss - The Spirit Who Walks Among His People|publisher= Earl Biss Movie|date= |accessdate=March 29, 2023}} He has performed at the Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, the Vancouver Olympics, and Paris Jazz Festival, and he has toured the US and internationally.
Early life
Cary Lewis Morin was born in Billings, Montana.{{cite web|url=https://www.bohlenderfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/Anita-Morin/#!/TributeWall|title=Anita Yellowtail Morin|publisher= Bohlender Funeral Chapel|date=|accessdate=March 29, 2023}} His father was an Air Force officer and his mother, Anita (née Yellowtail) Morin, was an artist. A grandson of Robert Yellowtail,"A Chance to Skate with Santa by Tammy Gemaehlich", The Daily Sentinel page 24, December 13, 2016"Artist Brings Indian Instrument", The Billings Gazette, page 54, August 10, 1990 Morin is an enrolled member of the Crow tribe and is also Assiniboine.
He took piano lessons as a child and played in local country, rock, and bluegrass bands as a teenager. He taught pottery workshops as a senior studio student at CMR High School,"Sharing Art", Great Falls Tribune page 9, April 13, 1981 and graduated from high school in 1981. After graduating he formed a three-piece dance band, The Atoll, who were featured on Denver's KMGH-TV as the "Best of Colorado"."Reggae Band Makes Waves in Colorado by Pete Swanson", Great Falls Tribune page 26, January 20, 1994
Career
Morin is a singer, songwriter, and musician who is known for his acoustic picking style.{{cite web|url=https://livesessions.npr.org/artists/cary-morin|title=NPR Music: Live Sessions|publisher= NPR|date=|accessdate=March 29, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://riffjournal.com/cary-morin-50-gifted-singer-songwriters/|title=Cary Morin - 50 gifted songwriters|publisher= Riff|date=May 30, 2019|accessdate=August 7, 2023}} His musical style has been characterized as roots-infused Native Americana with hints of bluegrass, folk, blues, and rock. In addition to being a solo artist, he is in the Cary Morin Duo as well as being a member of the band Cary Morin & Ghost Dog, both which include his wife, Celeste Di Iorio."Guitarist Cary Morin Returning to St. Cloud for Concert by Sarah Colburn", St. Cloud Times page B1, May 1, 2022{{cite web|url=https://first-avenue.com/performer/cary-morin-ghost-dog/|title=Cary Morin & Ghost Dog|publisher= First Avenue|date=|accessdate=March 29, 2023}} He is a former member of the Pura Fé Trio,{{cite web|url=https://purafe.com/album/702922/pura-fe-trio-a-blues-night-in-north-carolina|title=Pura Fé Trio: A Blues Night In North Carolina|publisher=Pure Fe|date=|accessdate=August 7, 2023}} The Atoll, and the Young Ancients. His musical influences have been cited as Neil Young, Bob Marley, and Jimi Hendrix."Nightlife", Missoula Independent, page 16, October 8, 1998
Morin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fort Collins Music Association and has received Fellowship awards from First Peoples Fund and the National Artist Fellowship.{{cite web|url=https://northfortynews.com/category/new-scene/art-news/catching-up-with-award-winning-musician-cary-morin/|title=Catching Up With Award-Winning Musician, Cary Morin, CARY MORIN|publisher=North Forty News|date=September 11, 2015|accessdate=August 7, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/cary-morin|title=2017 Artists in Business Leadership Fellow|publisher=First Peoples Fund|date=May 21, 2019 |accessdate=August 7, 2023}} NPR Music named his live performance of "Jug In The Water" as one of its best live sessions of 2020.{{cite web|title=NPR Music's Best Live Sessions of 2020|website=Best Music of 2020|publisher=NPR Music|date=16 December 2020|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/946714108/npr-musics-best-live-sessions-of-2020|access-date=23 June 2025}}
He has toured the US, Japan, Belgium, France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. He has performed at the Vancouver Olympics, Paris Jazz Festival, Folk Alliance International, and the Kerrville Folk Festival.Fort Collins Coloradoan, page 28, June 14, 2012{{cite web|url=https://rockwired.com/CaryMorinGhostDogNotes.html|title=Rockwired Notes: Cary Morin and Ghost Dog|publisher= Rockwired Notes|date=March 5, 2021|accessdate=April 7, 2023}} Morin performed as part of the Pura Fé Trio, whose stage credits include Tribe at the Celebrity Theater and well as co-authoring Turtle Island, a 50-member production that played two consecutive years to sold-out audiences in Northern Colorado.{{cite web|url=http://www.timemachinemusic.org/2016/04/29/cary-morin-usa/|title=Cary Morin|publisher= Time Machine Music|date= April 26, 2016|accessdate=March 29, 2023}}
Awards
- 2014 - Colorado Blues Society - Best Male Vocals, Best Songwriter{{cite web|url=https://www.coblues.org/2014|title=Colorado Blues Society 2014 Winners|publisher=Colorado Blues Society|date=|accessdate=August 7, 2023}}
- 2015 - Colorado Blues Society - Best Solo/Duo
- 2017 - Indigenous Music Awards - Best Blues Album - Cradle to the Grave
- 2018 - Independent Music Awards - Best Blues Album - Cradle to the Grave
- 2019 - Indigenous Music Awards - Best Blues Album - When I Rise
- 2019 - Telly Awards - Best Branded Music Content (Bronze winner){{cite web|url=https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2019/branded-content/general-music/when-i-rise-cary-morin/213688|title=Bronze Winner: Music — Branded Content|publisher=Telly Awards|date=May 21, 2019 |accessdate=August 7, 2023}}
- 2019 - Telluride Blues Challenge - Blues Challenge Winner{{cite web|url=https://www.tellurideblues.com/news/2019-telluride-blues-challenge-winner-cary-morin|title=2019 Telluride Blues Challenge Winner: Cary Morin|publisher= Telluride Blues|date=September 19, 2019|accessdate=April 3, 2023}}
Discography
- 1993 - Circle of Friends{{cite book|last=Gombert|first=Greg|title=Native American Music Directory|date=1997|isbn=9781570670435|oclc=37115957|location=Summertown, TN|publisher=Book Publishing Company|page=133}}
- 1993 - Dream Marquee. Live at Lindens feat. The Atoll
- 1998 - Acoustic Turtle Island {{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/03ComeBack/01+Agnes.aif|title=Cary Morin – Turtle Island|publisher= Internet Archives|date=|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}
- 2012 - Sing it Louder{{cite web|url=https://northfortynews.com/category/uncategorized/cary-morin-sing-it-louder/|title=Cary Morin – Sing It Louder|publisher= North Forty News|date=March 30, 2012|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}
- 2013 - Streamline
- 2014 - Tiny Town{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Town-Cary-Morin/dp/B00S310VN4|title=Tiny Town - Cary Morn|publisher= Amazon|date=|accessdate=August 7, 2023}}
- 2015 - Fishstory (The Young Ancients){{cite web|url=http://marqueemag.com/2015/07/young-ancients-fishstory/|title=Young Ancients ‘fishstory’|publisher= Marquee Magazine|date=July 1, 2015|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}
- 2016 - Together{{cite web|url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/cary-morin|title=Cary Morin – Blues |publisher= Jazz Music Archives|date=|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}
- 2017 - Cradle to the Grave
- 2018 - When I Rise{{cite web|url=https://www.elmoremagazine.com/2018/12/music-news/cary-morin-when-i-rise|title=Premiere: Cary Morin’s message: When I Rise|publisher= Elmore Magazine|date=December 27, 2018|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}
- 2020 - Dockside Saints{{cite web|url=https://www.rockandbluesmuse.com/2020/07/27/review-dockside-saints-by-cary-morin/|title=Review: ‘Dockside Saints’ by Cary Morin by Chris Wheatley|publisher= Rock and Blues Muse|date=July 27, 2020|accessdate=April 3, 2023}}
- 2024 - Innocent Allies
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