“An amazing performer. Great stories and lyrics, and that powerful voice. Wow.” Wendy Williams, KRR 98.7
At 62, award-winning songsmith Mo McMorrow feels she is only just beginning. She came to music late, left early, and returned like never before.
Eleven years in Ireland culminating in forming a duo with Mary Shannon (of Sharon Shannon Band) then twelve years of Austin, Texas recording with such greats as Gurf Morlix and Eliza Gilkyson. In her 50s she returned to painting and then proving age is no barrier, she became a qualified Texas Teacher.
2020, the pandemic and Mo returns to Australia. But in 2022 the Northern Rivers floods washed away hopes of quiet Autumn years. Instead, a fire was lit in her belly! She moved into her van and returned to music full-time letting her songs take the lead. And they led her to festival stages! …Maleny, Neurum Creek, Airlie Beach, Tamworth Festival, Australian Celtic Festival. She released 5 singles and won several awards notably the ASA’s Australian Songwriting Contest.
“I am not homeless” says Mo, “The world is my home.” At an age when many slow down, Mo is leaning in; writing, performing, and beginning again as if for the first time.
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