Nancy Moran

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

{{for|the American evolutionary biologist|Nancy A. Moran}}

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Nancy Moran (born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States){{cite web|last=Dillon |first=Charlotte |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-moran-mn0000713139 |title=Nancy Moran – Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=April 1, 2013}} is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter, based in Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite news |last1=Dulniawka |first1=Peter |title=Singer finally connects |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/425262040/?terms=%22Nancy%2BMoran%22%2Bsinger |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |work=The Manhattan Mercury |date=September 6, 1995 |location=Manhattan, Kansas |page=14}} In 1992, she was a finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Competition. Dirty Linen reportedly described her as having "a powerful and expressive voice that is stylish and stunning,"{{cite news |last1=Catalano |first1=Jim |title=Soundoff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/255204493/?terms=%22Nancy%2BMoran%22%2Bsinger |accessdate=March 15, 2019 |work=The Ithaca Journal |date=June 29, 1995 |page=4, Arts & Leisure}} and another reviewer wrote that she has "a voice .. both expressive and confident .. a joy to listen to." She has appeared on Americana music charts. She joined Four Bitchin' Babes in 2005. The group toured to promote the album, Diva Nation....Where Music, Laughter & Girlfriends Reign! (2009).

In addition to performing music, she also teaches songwriting{{cite news |last1=Craft |first1=Dan |title=Sisters in Harmony |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/75866996/?terms=%22Nancy%2BMoran%22%2Bsinger |accessdate=March 15, 2019 |work=The Pantagraph |date=March 3, 2011 |location=Bloomington, Illinois |pages=D1, D8}} and music business workshops for music organizations such as the Nashville Songwriters Association (NSAI) and TAXI. She co-created the audio recording The Songwriter's Survival Kit.{{cite book |last1=Axford |first1=Elizabeth C. |title=Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810850279 |page=97 |edition=revised |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mNv9kAuTDTIC&dq=%22Nancy+Moran%22+singer&pg=PA97 |accessdate=March 15, 2019}} Moran also provides music career coaching and consulting through her company, Azalea Music Group, in partnership with her husband, record producer, Fett.