Keith Morris Information

At this point, Ive written my own soundtrack for the Trump era, says Charlottesville-based singer/songwriter Keith Morris, whose new collection of songs, American Reckoning, was released on October 2, 2020. I hadnt originally intended to do that, but Trump has laid bare all of Americas sins. If youre a writer, especially one whos been interested in illuminating those areas, its all right there for you. Morriss chronicles of life in Trump's America began during Trumps 2016 campaign, and was kicked into high gear with the 2017 attack on Charlottesville by the white supremacist Unite The Right mob. Just a few months later, Morris emerged with the au courant Psychopaths & Sycophants, which warned of Trumps psychopathic narcissism and fascist agenda, and voiced a collective outrage over Trumps embrace of white supremacy. Psychopaths & Sycophants was heralded by critics, who compared it to the works of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan. Stereo Embers said Morris takes on the Trump administration with the kind of musical fearlessness that falls somewhere between Woody Guthrie and The Minutemen. It was selected by Dusted and Cashbox Canada as an Indie Spotlight album, and was eventually picked for the Ark of Musics 2018 list of top albums. Both records spring from watching the Trump debacle, Morris explains. American Reckoning is about race in America-historically up to present day. The white privilege we see, and have seen forever. It's about Civil Rights. Black lives. Subjugation and resistance. The tawdry groupthink of racists and scapegoaters, and the systems of oppression they embrace. As many have said, America has always had a problem with race. As far as I've seen, that problem is pretty easily identified as 'white people. Whereas the Fox crowd once questioned the reality of 'white privilege,' theyre no longer able to do so with a straight face, as every day blares some atrocious reminder. But it's bigger than privilegeit's a longstanding hegemony. Still, watching white peoples embrace of Trump and his racism has ...