Lois, Age 3, and Lois today.
“Lois Morton is an incredible singer-songwriter and conveyor of songs that strike at the heart of modern society. Her songs, both humorous and serious, are relevant and pertinent. She is hip to today’s world and must be heard!!!
—Jon Stein, host – Hootenanny Café, WTBQ-FM, Warwick, NY
Bio 1 (short version)
Lois Morton is a performing songwriter who has delighted audiences throughout the New York metropolitan area for the last few years with her abundant charm and humorous songs of social commentary. Reinventing herself in retirement, Lois has gone from being an educator and therapist to a singer-songwriter with a rapier wit and a surprisingly contemporary approach. Her show “As I See It” highlights Lois’ original, often hilarious songs which encourage us to laugh at ourselves, while she also brings to life the legendary Edith Piaf in a lecture-cabaret program featuring songs and stories. She has released two CDs of original songs – As I See It and 20th Century Girl. For more information, visit: www.loismorton.com
Bio 2 (longer version)
Lois Morton has been delighting audiences on Long Island and throughout the New York metropolitan area for several years with her abundant charm and humorous songs of social commentary on such subjects as cell phones, clutter, diets, psychotherapy, and road rage.
Reinventing herself in retirement, Lois has gone from being an educator and therapist to a singer-songwriter with a rapier wit and a surprisingly contemporary approach. In addition to her own topical songs, which she began writing in the late 1960s, and several of which were published in Broadside Magazine, Lois brings to life the legendary Edith Piaf in a lecture-cabaret program featuring songs and stories.
Songs from her debut CD, As I See It, have been spun numerous times on Chicago area folk DJ Rich Warren’s local and nationally syndicated radio program, The Midnight Special, and Lois performed live in May 2013 on his program and concert series, Folkstage. She was the featured artist on Jon Stein’s “Hootenanny Café (WTBQ-FM, Warwick, NY) in April 2013. Her song “The Diet is Cast” received an “Imprint Radio” Award from the late upstate New York folk DJ Terry Doyle for Best Live Performance and also was nominated for a 2012 MAC Award by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs. During the Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ Showcase at the 2011 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference, Lois drew a standing ovation from an audience that was captivated by her and thoroughly enchanted with her funny songs. Selected for an official juried showcase in 2012, she repeated that feat.
Lois Morton’s new album, 20th Century Girl (2013) features 16 original songs. Her New York City cabaret revue of the same name was performed at Don’t Tell Mama and the Duplex with a cast of five under the direction of Lennie Watts (musical direction by Paul Greenwood).
To see her current performance schedule and for more information, visit www.loismorton.com.
What Others are Saying:
“Lois Morton is an incredible singer-songwriter and conveyor of songs that strike at the heart of modern society. Her songs, both humorous and serious, are relevant and pertinent. She is hip to today’s world and must be heard!!!
—Jon Stein, host – Hootenanny Café, WTBQ-FM, Warwick, NY
“For any concertgoer who loves intricate wordplay, Lois is a lodestone discovery. Truly a gem.”
—Richard Cuccaro, editor & publisher – Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond
“Lois Morton is a true original. Her music consistently delights, enchants and moves me.”
—Bruce Joel Rubin, screenwriter – Ghost, Jacob’s Ladder
“Don’t be deceived. Underneath Lois Morton’s sweet grandmotherly demeanor lurks a wickedly clever songwriter. The legacy of Tom Lehrer lives on in Lois.”
—John Platt, host – Sunday Breakfast, WFUV-FM, Bronx, NY
“She’s a plucky, sassy songwriter who writes laugh-out-loud funny material that sparkles with the glow of truth. She can unspool a dense swath of words at a quick clip that would make Gilbert and Sullivan smile with approval and maybe even envy… She zeroes in on observations, situations and irritations that modern life surrounds and confounds us with, but articulates the feelings and pops the balloons of pretentiousness with the sharpest of pins”
—Rob Lester, writer - Cabaret Scenes – Nightlife Exchange Pick of the Week
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