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Cary Morin
Born
Cary Lewis Morin

Billings, Montana, U.S.
EducationCharles M. Russell High School
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Years active1978–present
SpouseCeleste Di Iorio[1]
Children3
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
Formerly of
Websitecarymorin.com

Cary Lewis Morin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician based in Fort Collins, Colorado.[2] His album Dockside Saints, released in 2021, peaked at #7 on the Roots Music Report's Top 50 Colorado Album Chart.[3] His accolades include an Independent Music Award[4] and two Indigenous Music Awards[5][6] for Best Blues Album. Morin's songs were featured in Resident Alien and Earl Biss - The Spirit Who Walks Among His People.[7] 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

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Cary Lewis Morin was born in Billings, Montana. His father, Leslie Morin, was an Air Force officer and his mother, Anita (née Yellowtail) Morin, was an artist.[8] A grandson of Robert Yellowtail,[9] Morin is an enrolled member of the Crow tribe and is also Assiniboine.[5]

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,[10] 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".[11]

Career

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Morin is a singer, songwriter, and musician who is known for his acoustic picking style.[12][13] 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.[14][15] He is a former member of the Pura Fé Trio,[16] The Atoll, and the Young Ancients. His musical influences have been cited as Neil Young, Bob Marley, and Jimi Hendrix.[17]

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.[18][19][5] NPR Music named his live performance of "Jug In The Water" as one of its best live sessions of 2020.[20]

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.[21][22] 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.[23]

Awards

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Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2014 Colorado Blues Society Best Solo/Duo Cary Morin Won [24]
Fort Collins Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award Won [5]
2015 Colorado Blues Society Favorite Blues Singer Male Won [25]
Favorite Songwriter Won
Favorite Acoustic Act Won
2016 Favorite Songwriter Won [26]
2017 Indigenous Music Awards Best Blues CD Cradle to the Grave Won [5]
2018 Independent Music Awards Best Blues Album Won [4]
2019 Indigenous Music Awards Best Blues Album When I Rise Won [6]
The Telly Awards General-Music Bronze Winner Won [27]
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Telluride Blues Challenge Cary Morin Won [28]

Discography

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  • 1993 - Circle of Friends[29]
  • 1993 - Dream Marquee. Live at Lindens feat. The Atoll
  • 1998 - Acoustic Turtle Island [30]
  • 2012 - Sing it Louder[31]
  • 2013 - Streamline
  • 2014 - Tiny Town[32]
  • 2015 - Fishstory (The Young Ancients)[33]
  • 2016 - Together[34]
  • 2017 - Cradle to the Grave
  • 2018 - When I Rise[35]
  • 2020 - Dockside Saints[36]
  • 2024 - Innocent Allies

References

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  1. ^ "Track Premiere: Cary Morin "Come the Rain" by Jonathan Aird". Americana UK. August 5, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  2. ^ In The NoCo; O'Toole, Erin; Vincent, Robyn (20 February 2024). "Fort Collins singer-songwriter Cary Morin's new album brings the Old West to life". In The NoCo. KUNC. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  3. ^ "The Roots Music Report's Top 50 Colorado Album Chart for the Week of June 12, 2021". Roots Music Report. June 12, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "The 16th Independent Music Awards Winners Announced". Independent Music Awards. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Cary Morin". 2018 National Artist Fellowship. Native Arts + Cultures Foundation. 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b Slingerland, Calum (20 May 2019). "Here Are the Winners of the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards". Exclaim!. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Music". Earl Biss Movie. Goldenwind Productions LLC. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Anita Yellowtail Morin Obituary". Bohlender Funeral Chapel. 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Artist Brings Indian Instrument". The Billings Gazette. August 10, 1990. p. 54.
  10. ^ "Sharing Art". Great Falls Tribune. April 13, 1981. p. 9.
  11. ^ Swanson, Pete (January 20, 1994). "Reggae Band Makes Waves in Colorado". Great Falls Tribune. p. 26.
  12. ^ "NPR Music: Live Sessions". NPR. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  13. ^ "Cary Morin - 50 gifted songwriters". Riff. May 30, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  14. ^ "Guitarist Cary Morin Returning to St. Cloud for Concert by Sarah Colburn", St. Cloud Times page B1, May 1, 2022
  15. ^ "Cary Morin & Ghost Dog". First Avenue. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  16. ^ "Pura Fé Trio: A Blues Night In North Carolina". Pure Fe. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  17. ^ "Nightlife", Missoula Independent, page 16, October 8, 1998
  18. ^ "Catching Up With Award-Winning Musician, Cary Morin, CARY MORIN". North Forty News. September 11, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  19. ^ "2017 Artists in Business Leadership Fellow". First Peoples Fund. May 21, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  20. ^ "NPR Music's Best Live Sessions of 2020". Best Music of 2020. NPR Music. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  21. ^ Fort Collins Coloradoan, page 28, June 14, 2012
  22. ^ "Rockwired Notes: Cary Morin and Ghost Dog". Rockwired Notes. March 5, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  23. ^ "Cary Morin". Time Machine Music. April 26, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  24. ^ "Colorado Blues Society 2014 Winners". Colorado Blues Society. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Colorado Blues Society 2015 Winners". Colorado Blues Society. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  26. ^ "Colorado Blues Society 2016 Winners". Colorado Blues Society. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  27. ^ "The Telly Awards: Bronze Winner, General-Music". The Telly Awards. 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  28. ^ "2019 Telluride Blues Challenge Winner: Cary Morin". Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  29. ^ Gombert, Greg (1997). Native American Music Directory. Summertown, TN: Book Publishing Company. p. 133. ISBN 9781570670435. OCLC 37115957.
  30. ^ "Cary Morin – Turtle Island". Internet Archives. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  31. ^ "Cary Morin – Sing It Louder". North Forty News. March 30, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  32. ^ "Tiny Town - Cary Morn". Amazon. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  33. ^ "Young Ancients 'fishstory'". Marquee Magazine. July 1, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  34. ^ "Cary Morin – Blues". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  35. ^ "Premiere: Cary Morin's message: When I Rise". Elmore Magazine. December 27, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  36. ^ "Review: 'Dockside Saints' by Cary Morin by Chris Wheatley". Rock and Blues Muse. July 27, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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