Lollapalooza 2011

Lollapalooza /ˌlɒləpəˈluːzə/ is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups.

Conceived and created in 1991 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band, Lollapalooza ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003. From its inception through 1997, and its revival in 2003, the festival toured North America. In 2004, the festival organizers decided to expand the dates to two days per city, but poor ticket sales forced the 2004 tour to be cancelled.^[1] In 2005, Farrell and the William Morris Agency partnered up with Austin, Texas-based company Capital Sports Entertainment (now C3 Presents) and retooled it into its current format as a weekend destination festival in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois. In 2010 it was announced that Lollapalooza would debut overseas, with a branch of the festival staged in Chile's capital Santiago on April 2–3, 2011 where they partnered up with Santiago-based company Lotus. In 2011, the company Geo Events confirmed the Brazilian version of the event, which will be held at the Jockey Club in São Paulo on 7 and 8 April 2012.^[2][3]

The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a three day period. Lollapalooza has featured a diverse range of bands and has helped expose and popularize artists such as Atmosphere (music group), Metallica, Coldplay, Eminem, Depeche Mode, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, The Cure, Primus, The Killers, Rage Against the Machine, Arcade Fire, Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, X Japan, Soundgarden, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smashing Pumpkins, Muse, Alice in Chains, Björk, MGMT, Foster the People, Tool, Hole, Body Count, Ice-T, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Drums, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Calvin Harris, Thenewno2, Fishbone and Butthole Surfers.

Etymology[link]

The word—sometimes alternatively spelled and pronounced as lollapalootza or lalapaloosa^[4]—dates from a late 19th/early 20th century American idiomatic phrase meaning "an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance."^[5][6] In time the term also came to refer to a large lollipop.^[7] Farrell, searching for a name for his festival, liked the euphonious quality of the now antiquated term upon hearing it in a Three Stooges short film.^[8] Paying homage to the term's double meaning, a character in the festival's original logo holds one of the lollipops.^[7]

History[link]

Creation[link]

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor during the 1991 Lollapalooza festival.

Inspired by events produced by Bill Graham, Perry Farrell, along with Ted Gardener, Marc Geiger, and Don Muller, conceived of the festival in 1990 as a farewell tour for his band Jane's Addiction.^[9] Unlike previous music festivals such as Woodstock, A Gathering of the Tribes, or the US Festival, which were one-time events held in one venue, Lollapalooza was a touring festival that travelled across the United States and Canada.^[10]

The inaugural 1991 lineup was made up of artists from various genres, drawing in headliners from post-punk such as Siouxsie and the Banshees to rap such as Ice-T as well as industrial music such as Nine Inch Nails. Another key concept behind Lollapalooza was the inclusion of non-musical features.^[11] Performers like the Jim Rose Circus Side Show, an alternative freak show, and the Shaolin monks stretched the boundaries of traditional rock culture. There was a tent for display of art pieces, virtual reality games, and information tables for political and environmental non-profit groups promoting counter-culture and political awareness.^[12]

Success and decline[link]

It was at Lollapalooza where Farrell coined the term "Alternative Nation".^[13] The explosion of alternative rock in the early 1990s propelled Lollapalooza forward; the 1992 and 1993 festivals leaned heavily on grunge and alternative acts, and usually featured an additional rap artist.^[14] Punk rock standbys like mosh pits and crowd surfing became part of the canon of the concerts. These years saw great increases in the participatory nature of the event with the inclusion of booths for open-microphone readings and oratory, television-smashing pits, and tattooing and piercing parlors.^[15][16] After 1991, the festival included a second stage (and, in 1996, a third stage) for up-and-coming bands or local acts.^[17] Attendee complaints of the festival included high ticket prices as well as the high cost for food and water at the shows.^[18] When the festival played at the Alpine Valley festival in East Troy, Wisconsin on August 29, 1992, and also at Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, Michigan (near Detroit) in 1992, concertgoers ripped up chunks of sod and grass and threw them at each other and at the bands, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in damages to the venue.^[8]

Grunge band Nirvana was scheduled to headline at the festival in 1994, but the band officially dropped out of the festival on April 7, 1994.^[8] Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's body was discovered in Seattle, Washington the next day. Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, made guest appearances at several shows, including the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania show at FDR Park (usually taking time given to her by The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist/guitarist Billy Corgan), speaking to the crowds about the loss, then singing a minimum of two songs.^[8] Farrell worked with rock poster artist Jim Evans (T.A.Z.) to create a series of posters and the complete graphic decoration for the 1994 event, including two 70 ft. tall Buddha statues that flanked the main stage. In 1996, Farrell, who had been the soul of the festival, decided to focus his energy to produce his new festival project, ENIT, and did not participate in producing Lollapalooza.^[8] Many fans saw the addition of Metallica in 1996 as going against the practice of featuring "non-mainstream" artists.^[8] Moreover, festival cofounder Farrell felt that the group's macho image violated his peaceful vision for the festival,^[19] for alternative culture of the early 1990s was generally against macho behavior.^[20] Farrell quit the tour in protest.^[21] Efforts were made to keep the festival relevant, including more eclectic acts such as country superstar Waylon Jennings and emphasizing more heavily electronica groups like The Prodigy.^[8] By 1997, however, the Lollapalooza concept had run out of steam, and in 1998 failed efforts to find a suitable headliner resulted in the festival's cancellation.^[22] The cancellation served as a signifier of alternative rock's declining popularity. In light of the festival's troubles that year, Spin said, "Lollapalooza is as comatose as alternative rock right now."^[23]

Revival and rebirth[link]

In 2003, Farrell reconvened Jane's Addiction and scheduled a new Lollapalooza tour. The festival schedule included venues in 30 cities through July and August. The 2003 tour achieved only marginal success with many fans staying away, presumably because of high ticket prices.^[8] Another tour scheduled for 2004 was to consist of a two-day festival taking place in each city. It was cancelled in June due to weak ticket sales across the country.^[1]

Lollapalooza 2006 in Grant Park, Chicago.

Farrell partnered with Capital Sports & Entertainment (now C3 Presents), which co-owns and produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival, to produce Lollapalooza.^[24] CSE, Farrell and the William Morris Agency—along with Charles Attal Presents—resurrected Lollapalooza as a two-day destination festival in 2005 in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, with an even greater variety of performers (70 acts on five stages) than that of the touring festival.^[8] The festival was generally successful, attracting over 65,000 attendees, despite a 104 degree Fahrenheit Sunday (40 degrees Celsius) heat wave (two people were hospitalized for heat related illness).^[25][26] It returned to Chicago on August 4–6, 2006. On October 25, 2006, the Chicago Park District and Capital Sports & Entertainment agreed to a five-year, $5 million deal, keeping Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago until 2011.^[27] Lollapalooza ran August 3–5 in 2007, August 1–3 in 2008, August 7–9 in 2009, and August 6–8 in 2010.^[28] The dates for 2011 are set for August 5–7.^[28] After a successful 2008 festival, another deal was signed to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago through 2018, guaranteeing the city $13 million.^[29]

International expansion[link]

In 2010, it was announced that Lollapalooza would debut in South America, with a branch of the festival staged in Chile's capital Santiago on April 2–3, 2011. The line up included Kanye West, Jane's Addiction, 30 Seconds to Mars, The National, Manny and Gil The Latin, The Drums, The Killers, Ana Tijoux, Javiera Mena, Fatboy Slim, Deftones, Los Plumabits, Cypress Hill, 311, The Flaming Lips and many others.^[30] A Brazilian version of the event was confirmed in 2011^[31][32], which will be held at the Jockey Club in São Paulo on 7 and 8 April 2012 and will compete with Rock in Rio, the largest festival in the world, which also takes place in Brazil.

Criticism[link]

Recording engineer, guitarist, and journalist Steve Albini has criticized Lollapalooza for its corporatization of popularized "alternative" music. In a 1993 interview, Albini commented:

Lollapalooza is the worst example of corporate encroachment into what is supposed to be the underground. It is just a large scale marketing of bands that pretend to be alternative but are in reality just another facet of the mass cultural exploitation scheme. I have no appreciation or affection for those bands and I have no interest in that whole circle. If Lollapalooza had Jesus Lizard and the Melvins and Fugazi and Slint then you could make a case that it was actually people on the vanguard of music. What it really is is the most popular bands on MTV that are not heavy metal.^[33]

Lollapalooza lineups by year[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Ellie Goulding
Goulding performing at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, U.S., March 30, 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Elena Jane Goulding
Born	(1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 25) Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Origin	London, England
Genres	Indie pop, electropop, synthpop, folktronica
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, drummer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, drums, piano, clarinet, mandolin, tambourine
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Neon Gold, Polydor, Cherrytree, Interscope
Associated acts	Starsmith, Frankmusik, Diana Vickers, Gabriella Cilmi, Little Boots, Tinie Tempah, Erik Hassle, Lissie, Mumford & Sons, Skrillex,Swedish House Mafia, Lupe Fiasco, DJ Daaar
Website	elliegoulding.com

Elena Jane Goulding (born 30 December 1986),^[1] known professionally as Ellie Goulding, is an English singer-songwriter. In 2010 she became the second artist to both top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the BRIT Awards in the same year, following Adele's win of both in 2008. After signing to Polydor Records in 2009, she released her first EP in 2009, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding, followed by her debut studio album Lights in 2010. Her album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK. "Lights" was released in America March 8th 2011, where the title track has been certified platinum by the RIAA (excess of 1 million units sold) ^[2].

Goulding is a soprano,^[3] and her musical style has been compared to that of Kate Nash, Meiko, Lykke Li and Tracey Thorn.^[4]

Background and personal life[link]

Goulding was born and brought up in a small town near Hereford, Herefordshire, the second of four children.^[5][6] She began playing the clarinet at the age of nine, and at 14 began learning guitar. She attended Lady Hawkins' School in Kington, where she won a main part in a school production, the Wizard Of Oz, as the scarecrow. She started songwriting at the age of 15 and while in college she won a singing competition.^[7]

After commencing a drama course, politics course, and an English course at the University of Kent,^[8] where she was exposed to electronic music, she developed her sound on the track "Wish I Stayed" with the help of Starsmith and Frankmusik. Starsmith went on to become her chief collaborator and primary producer of Lights. After two years at Kent, she was advised to take a gap year to pursue singing,^[9][10] and moved to West London.^[11]

She is a keen runner, running six miles every day, and in 2010 announced plans to run a marathon.^[6] In support of her second EP, Run Into the Light, she invited a small number of fans through her Facebook pages, to run with her in seven different cities on her UK tour,^[12] and has announced that she will be doing the same across Europe and the United States. Goulding is considered to have an impressively athletic physique.^[13][14][15]

Music career[link]

Early career[link]

Signed to Polydor Records in September 2009,^[9] Goulding's debut single, "Under the Sheets", was released digitally in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2009,^[16] peaking at number fifty-three on the UK Singles Chart.^[17] In October 2009 she toured the UK supporting Little Boots,^[18] and appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, performing "Under the Sheets" and "Guns and Horses".^[19] "Wish I Stayed" was available as a free download as the Single of the Week on iTunes Store UK from 22–28 December 2009.^[20]

[edit] 2009–11: Lights and Bright Lights

Before the release of her debut studio album, Goulding won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the critics, broadcasters and music industry insiders' top choices for rising stars and artists for the coming year.^[21] She also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 BRIT Awards, which prize made her the second artist to win both in the same year.^[22]

Goulding performing in Amsterdam on 17 September 2010.

Goulding's debut album Lights was released in March 2010, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart and number six on the Irish Albums Chart.^[23][24][25] Its singles, "Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses" and "The Writer" peaked at numbers 4, 26, and 19 respectively.^[17] The album has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK as of April 2012.^[26] In August 2010, Goulding released a second EP, Run Into the Light, containing remixes of songs from Lights. The album was supported by Nike and was released through Polydor as a running soundtrack in an effort to get Goulding's music taken up by the national running subculture.^[12]

In November 2010, Lights was re-released as Bright Lights, with six new tracks added. It was originally announced that the lead single from Bright Lights would be the new edit of the title track with a release scheduled for 1 November 2010.^[27] Yet this was scrapped to allow her cover of Elton John's "Your Song" to be released in conjunction with the John Lewis Christmas 2010 advertising campaign in the UK.^[28] The single became Goulding's highest-charting single to date, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart.^[17] The song also charted in some European countries in early 2011.^[29]

Goulding toured in support of Lights and supported Passion Pit in March 2010 and John Mayall during his British tour in May 2010.^[30] During the summer she performed at a number of festivals. On 29 May she performed at the Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol.^[12] She performed a set on 25 June at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 on the John Peel Stage.^[31] Her third EP was a live recording of part of her set at the iTunes Festival 2010.^[32] The whole set was ultimately included as bonus content on the iTunes version of Bright Lights.^[33] She made her T in the Park debut on 11 July.^[34] She played on the Nissan Juke Arena at the 2010 V Festival in late August.^[35] In September she was part of the line-up at Bestival 2010 on the Isle of Wight.^[36] In support of the album in Europe she performed on the first day of Pukkelpop in Belgium, at the Open'er Festival in Poland and at Benicàssim in Spain.^[37] A track from Lights, "Every Time You Go", was featured in the Vampire Diaries episode "Founder's Day", "Your Biggest Mistake" appeared in an episode of The Inbetweeners.^[38] and "Believe Me" appeared in an episode of 90210. She began a tour of the United States and Canada in February 2011 to coincide with the release of the American edition of Lights.^[39] In August/September 2010 the singer was an opening act on Irish alternative rock band U2's U2 360 Tour in Munich, Germany, Vienna, Austria, and Zurich, Switzerland.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2011 it was announced that the title track from Lights would serve as the second single from Bright Lights.^[40] In early 2011 she recorded an original song for the film Life in a Day. Goulding was placed at number five on Rolling Stone's annual hot list in February 2011.^[41] In February 2011 she returned to the BRIT Awards where she was nominated for Best British Female and Best British Breakthrough Act, but lost out to Laura Marling and Tinie Tempah, respectively.^[42] Previously she had performed at the BRITs launch party where the nominations were announced.

She also played live at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2011.^[6] Goulding made her American television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 7 April 2011 performing "Starry Eyed". She appeared as the musical guest on the 700th episode of the Saturday Night Live, broadcast 7 May 2011 and hosted by Tina Fey.^[43][44] She served as one of many live performers at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton on 29 April 2011 singing her rendition of "Your Song" for the couple's first dance as well as her hits "The Writer" and "Starry Eyed" and several of William and Kate's personal favourites.^[45] She was introduced to Prince William by Tinie Tempah at a music festival during the summer of 2010. Goulding performed, for the second consecutive year, at Radio 1's Big Weekend on Saturday 14 May.^[46]

Goulding headlined the 2011 Wakestock Festival in Wales, performing on 8 July.^[47] In August she, again, performed at V Festival for her second year in a row.^[48] Following the re-release of Lights and the American release of the album, Goulding said she would soon begin work on a second studio album with an expected release in September 2011.^[49]

On 6 August 2011, Goulding performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago.^[50] Goulding performed at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on 11 December 2011 in Oslo, Norway, where she also served on a panel discussion with Amy Lee of Evanescence and Janelle Monáe.^[51] On 1 December 2011, Goulding performed at the White House during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, alongside the likes of Big Time Rush and will.i.am.^[52] On 18 January 2012, Goulding performed "Lights" on Late Show with David Letterman.^[53]

2011–present: Second studio album[link]

In February 2011, Goulding told the Daily Star that she had plans to release a follow-up to Lights sometime in 2012, commenting, "I'm not going to go away for ages. It'll be out this year or the start of next."^[54] The following month, when asked about the album's musical direction in an interview with gossip website Dean Piper's World, Goulding stated, "It's started to sound very dark and very weird. This album is going to be even more emotional [...] I wanted to make it so there is hope. I want to make an effect whether it's happy or sad."^[55] In April 2012, Goulding stated that she hoped the album would be released in October 2012.^[26] That same month, her single Lights was certified platinum in the United States by the RIAA ^[56].

Work with other artists[link]

Goulding co-wrote "Love Me 'Cause You Want To" for Gabriella Cilmi's second album, Ten, and three songs, "Remake Me + You", "Notice" and "Jumping Into Rivers", for Diana Vickers's debut album, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree.^[57] Her song "Not Following" was used by German singer Lena on her debut album My Cassette Player.^[58] Goulding was featured on rapper Tinie Tempah's single "Wonderman" from his debut studio album Disc-Overy. Goulding's "Under the Sheets" was also remixed by American rap duo Chiddy Bang, featured on their 2010 mixtape Air Swell, and by DJ Frenzy (F^K Y3AH! Breaks Mix). Frankmusik, who produced Goulding's song "Wish I Stayed", told Digital Spy he hoped to collaborate with her on his second album, Do It in the AM.^[59] "Lights" was remixed by Bassnectar, which appears on his 2011 album Divergent Spectrum.

On 19 September 2011, it was announced that Goulding would open for Katy Perry on her "California Dreams Tour", replacing Jessie J due to a foot injury.^[60][61]

On 14 December 2011, Mika announced that Goulding had involvement in his upcoming album The Origin of Love.^[62]

Goulding collaborated with American electro artist and producer Skrillex on a song titled "Summit", included on his 2011 EP Bangarang.

Discography[link]

• 2010: Lights

Tours[link]

Headlining[link] Ellie Goulding Tour (2010) The LIGHTS Tour (US) (2011) Awards and nominations[link] Year Organization Nominated work Category Result 2010 BBC Sound of 2010 Ellie Goulding Sound of 2010 Won BRIT Awards Critics' Choice Won Q Awards Best Female Artist Nominated Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated MTV Europe Music Awards Best UK & Ireland Act Nominated 2010 MP3 Music Awards The BNC Award Nominated BT Digital Music Awards Best Female Artist Nominated UK Festival Awards Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated Virgin Media Music Awards Best Newcomer Nominated Lights Best Album Nominated 2011 BRIT Awards Ellie Goulding Best British Female Nominated Best British Breakthrough Act Nominated 2011 Glamour Magazine Awards Pandora Newcomer of the Year 2011 Won References[link] ^ "Ellie Goulding". BBC Music. BBC Online. 2009. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/33ca19f4-18c8-4411-98df-ac23890ce9f5#p00cx3z0. 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Carla Morrison

Carla Morrison (b. Tecate, Baja California, July 19, 1986) is a Mexican pop-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Background and career[link]

Carla Patricia Morrison Flores was born in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, a daughter of Mexican parents, Porfiria Flores and Hilario Morrison. At age 13, her father Hilario Viera decided to seek a better living and moved to San Diego, California. An American, William Morrison, adopted him, resulting in Carla's father receiving the surname Morrison. Since childhood she was attracted to the arts, such as drawing, poetry readings, writing stories, poems, crafts, and dance with some styles such as African and jazz improvisation. But among all the arts, music symbolized her greatest passion. As a child she sang in secret, and was very shy and didn't sing publicly until high school, when she started doing shows with friends. In her first year of high school, Carla moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she completed her studies and entered the Music College at the University of Arizona. After returning to Tecate, she played with local rock bands including Revolver and Zombras. Carla learned to play different rhythms, such as Batucada, which includes driving percussion instruments such as maracas, tambourines and drums.

Although the band signed with Sony BMG and booked a tour of Mexico, Carla instead decided to return to Phoenix and strengthen her abilities as an artist by resuming her musical studies at Mesa Community College, learning piano, guitar, vocal performance, song and story music of the world.

In 2007 she gave her first solo performance in her hometown. With musicians Nick Kizer and Nichole Petta she formed the alt-rock band Babaluca.In 2008 they recorded the self-titled debut EP and performed in Arizona and California, and received a great deal of local press, including being named "Best Indie Band of Arizona for 2008."

Carla had the fortune to be well known on the internet. Many internet music pages had much to say. It was published that she was "The artist who comes to the 2010" and "The new artist who is giving to talk and northern Mexico" by Cadiz Spain (Mister pollo.com) Madrid (Music Spinner Spain), Argentina (amodescubrircanciones.com), Peru (Sad Bastard Music), Los Angeles California (Alborde.com), Mexico City I haceruido.com) Phoenix Arizona (Clubfonograma.com), Japan, among others. She was also mentioned in the personal web page of a supportive artists such as Julieta Venegas, Ximena Sariñana and Natalia Lafourcade. These artists mentioned not being able to stop listening to her. Her record was also added to a mix of music from a DJ famous in New York called "Nacotheque" and collaborated on remixes of music with the band The Amparito of Guadalajara, Mexico .. .... had the opportunity to play at several places here in Tecate and ran voice (which was headlined by Javier Batiz in Tijuana (Forum and Multicluti and Cecut and Daniel Gutierrez Mofo opening for a singer of the renowned Mexican banda The gusana blind) and CECUT being entitled "The most anticipated artist of Baja California, in San Luis Rio Colorado (House of Culture) in Guadalajara Mexico (Rusty Trombone, Candela Cafe, Cafe Andre Breton) and published by the Journal of the Week "LEISURE" an article entitled "Tecate with love ..." and in Mexicali (Club Ultra) which fortunately was opening for Natalia Lafourcade and shared the stage with other talented artists such as Four for Tango (the rumors), Titan (in Tijuana) and Mexicali (Literary Cafe and Ultra Barabri Natalia Lafourcade's show) ... there was when she began to know more and months later Natalia volunteered to help Carla to record and produce something at home, simply because she was her fan,and of course she agreed. Carla was in Mexico city for 2 ½ weeks for about 4 trips and had the opportunity to play in the fru fru Theatre, with opening for the show's launch of disk huhuhu Natalia Lafourcade with an audience of 800 people,also play an acoustic show with Daniel Gutierrez ah been his music played alternative music a lot more famous and known in Mexico City called Reactor 105.7 FM, and played on the terrace the international hostel where on this tour sold all his records he had in hand, as also in many radio stations throughout the republic of Mexico.

Now Carla in 2011 played in the tent intolerant in the largest Latin American festival Vive Latino 2011 breaking the record of the tent full of history but the tent intolerant of this year. As well as achieving and playing Carla in the Lunario and sold out, which made Carla ah just to be on the Internet pages of YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and such, which recognizes carla helped spread over .

She is now preparing her new LP.

Carla also won the award for best folk album of 2010 in the award show IMAS 2011 (indie-o music awards). Natalia Lafourcade also won for best new producer of the album "while you were sleeping" "mientras tu dormias" and carla was also nominated for best solo album of the year but the prize was won by Rey Pila.

Carla Morrison remains independent and has her own label with Cosmic Records from Los Angeles, California.

Carla Morrison's music videos have been recorded by Artileria de Tijuana as well as her documentary "Colors Pains." Dolores a Colores.

Executive Producer of "While you were sleeping" was Leon Polar The art cover of the cd was done by Vero Gatti from Buenos Aires Argentina.

Carla Morrison gave away her song "Hoy yo quiero" tu a NACO es Chido, record label from Japan to help raise money for the past Tsunami and Earthquake Japan suffered in March 2011 and with the same label Carla is also putting an LP record out in Japan on Fall 2011, putting together her 2 ep's and making a full length album with this 2.

Morrison's music has been featured on the NPR program Alt.Latino and KCRW by posting her on their top 10 "Mientras Tú Dormías" best album of 2010 ^[1]

In 2011, Carla Morrison partnered with Iberoamerican Pop label KUDETA to release a 7" vinyl featuring the singles Una Salida and Tu Luz.

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

• Aprendiendo a Aprender EP (2009)
• Aprendiendo a aprender [Deluxe Edition] 2010
• Mientras Tú Dormías... (2010) produced by Mexican solo artist Natalia Lafourcade
• Jugando en Serio EP (2011) produced by Alejandro Jiménez
• Dejenme Llorar (2012) produced by Juan Manuel Torreblanca and Andres Landon

Singles[link]

• "Esta Soledad" (2009)
• "Lagrimas" (2009)
• "Compartir" (2010)
• "Yo sigo aqui" (2010)
• "Una Salida" (2011)
• "Déjenme Llorar" (2012)
• "Duele" (2012)
• "Tu Orgullo" (2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carla Morrison

• Biography at Musica.com

www.carlamorrisonmusica.com

• http://carlamorrisonmx.blogspot.com/

www.twitter.com/carlamorrisonmx

• http://www.facebook.com/CARLAMORRISONOFICIALMX

www.myspace.com/carlamorrisonmusica

• http://www.kudetalosangeles.com

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