Biography
Vocalist
Morgan James
Morgan James is a New York–based soul singer, songwriter, and Broadway actress who grew up listening to everyone from Joni Mitchell to Paul Simon to Aretha Franklin. She graduated from the Juilliard School with a classical music degree, after which she began writing and recording her own music.
Ms. James has performed in the original companies of five Broadway productions and cultivated fans with viral YouTube videos. She has released five studio albums and also recorded and released full-album covers of Joni Mitchell’s Blue as well as the Beatles’s White Album to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Her latest album, Nobody’s Fool, is a love letter to ’90s R&B, featuring nine new songs and one cover of Jeff Buckley’s “Everyone Here Wants You.” The album release led to a 60-city US tour with her band. She makes her San Francisco Symphony debut with this performance.
Ms. James has performed in the original companies of five Broadway productions and cultivated fans with viral YouTube videos. She has released five studio albums and also recorded and released full-album covers of Joni Mitchell’s Blue as well as the Beatles’s White Album to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Her latest album, Nobody’s Fool, is a love letter to ’90s R&B, featuring nine new songs and one cover of Jeff Buckley’s “Everyone Here Wants You.” The album release led to a 60-city US tour with her band. She makes her San Francisco Symphony debut with this performance.
