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Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris speak about narrative songwriting, occult aesthetics, and how their duo evolved into a conceptual archive Charming Disaster, the duo of Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris, formed in Brooklyn in 2012 and have since cultivated a body of work steeped in occult symbolism, murder balladry, and theatrical noir. Drawing equally from the American folk tradition and cabaret’s…

Se quedaron sin conocer a Cuba

Durante más de un año, Jeff Morris y su hermano habían planeado llevar a sus padres a un viaje a La Habana, Cuba, para que su padre pudiera ver los viejos autos estadounidenses por los que la nación isleña es mundialmente conocida. Lamentablemente para ellos, su sueño no pudo concretarse.

Time for another show!! This time with the undauntable Matt Blais at On the Rocks.

This was the first time I’d seen Matt in almost a year and I was so excited. Courtney came up from Red Deer and Darcy joined us.

Jeff Morris was one of the openers.  He has an indie feel to his original songs; which were easily his strong point. His style makes me think of a guy hanging out on his porch in…

Skuddur Sealed Record

Will Washington Residents Get Higher Solar Incentives?

The ECOreport looks at the amended HB 2346 and asks, Will Washington residents get higher solar incentives?

By Roy L Hales

Washington’s solar incentives will expire on June 30, 2016. Though new legislation was introduced to the House in January, it went through considerable amendments before passing to the senate. In its’ present form HB 2346 gives consumers the assurance their solar incentive…

Charming Disaster, from songwriter/performers Ellia Bisker (of Sweet Soubrette) and Jeff Morris (of Kotorino), weave dark, often comedic, stories of love, death, crime and more. Armed with ukulele (Ellia Bisker) and guitar (Jeff Morris) along with the dynamic force of their dueling vocals, the music  that they make is both intriguing and accessible but still very different from the same old thing. 

On their debut long-player, Love, Crime and Other Trouble (February 2015), you’ll find a wealth of musical styles.  There’s the straight up pop fun of Ocean City and a touch of gypsyesque folk on Showgirl, the balladeer's tempo of Wolf Song, the dark foreboding of Ghost Story, the full-on rock of Osiris, and so much more. In fact, Charming Disaster is a perfect example of Vodka’s moniker of “Music that isn’t the same old thing, mostly.” If you aren’t laughing or at minimum smiling from ear to ear after Artichoke, then you are missing your sense of humor. 

You can find more information on Charming Disaster by heading up to their web site (Tumblr), which thankfully links to everything else social and purchase.  You can get a copy of Love, Crime and Other Trouble on the duo’s bandcamp.com site, both as a physical CD or as a digital download, for a very reasonable $10 (US) or more.