Morgan James - Acoustic Cover Songs, Volume 2, 2015-2016

A couple of weeks ago, I posted the first album of Morgan James performing acoustic cover songs. Here's the second, with lots more to come. Please check out the write-up for that first album for information about who she is and her background. But the bottom line is she's a fantastic singer with an unusual penchant for performing acoustic versions of songs.

As I mentioned in the write-up to that first album in this series, one thing I like about James's covers is that her taste in music is somewhat different from mine. That means she does covers of songs that I don't know or wouldn't pay much attention to. For instance, I haven't been following D'Angelo, Chris Stapleton, Sia, or Ariana Grande. If I did, I usually would have issues with the slick, modern pop or soul production. But thanks to Morgan James stripping those songs down to their simplest acoustic forms, I can appreciate them as good songs.

If you look at the below song list, she does some songs like that, but mixes them in with classic songs from previous decades too. I enjoy how she often puts her own spin on some of those songs. For instance, she plays "Roxanne" at a much slower pace than the Police original. And when she does "Melissa," she's backed only by a piano. That's different from even the acoustic versions the Allman Brothers Band have done on guitar.

So, bottom line, if you haven't given Morgan James a listen, you're missing out.

Here a list of the original artists for each song:

01 The Charade - D'Angelo
02 Roxanne - Police
03 Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
04 Jolene - Dolly Parton
05 Melissa - Allman Brothers Band
06 Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
07 Alive - Sia
08 You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
09 Parachute - Chris Stapleton
10 If It's Magic - Stevie Wonder
11 Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande
12 Shape of My Heart - Sting
13 Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer

Here's the usual song list:

01 The Charade (Morgan James)
02 Roxanne (Morgan James)
03 Cecilia (Morgan James)
04 Jolene (Morgan James)
05 Melissa (Morgan James)
06 Dirty Diana (Morgan James)
07 Alive (Morgan James & Mykal Kilgore)
08 You're All I Need to Get By (Morgan James & Doug Wamble)
09 Parachute (Morgan James)
10 If It's Magic (Morgan James)
11 Dangerous Woman (Morgan James)
12 Shape of My Heart (Morgan James)
13 Waiting on the World to Change (Morgan James)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15266926/MorganJ_2015-2016_AcoustcCoverSongsVolume2_atse.zip.html

The cover art photo is from 2015.