About Morley and Chris Bruce
“With each song, kids can jam out while pondering their place in the world. It’s certainly less scary when set to music!”
– The Toy Insider
“The Bruces invited friends from around the world to contribute original songs, poems, and phrases. Artists include David Amram, Toshi Reagon, Maria Popova, Martha Redbone, Tenzin Choegyal, Lokua Kanza, Jon Cowherd, Tendor Dorjee, Roopa Mahadevan with Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy, Roopa Mahadevan, Kenita Miller & Justin Hicks, Annie Sumi & Travis Knapp. The album features many languages including English, Tibetan, Tamil, Spanish, and Lingala, as well as a song with 22 languages. Each track on Story of the Sky serves as a musical compass, guiding listeners toward a deeper understanding of our place in the universe and the beauty of interconnection.”
– World Music Central
Husband and wife writing team, Morley and Chris Bruce (aka The Bruces for this project) present their debut Children’s- Family album, Story of the Sky by The Bruces & Friends. This is a beginning of life narrative, moral compass project, the theme is human interdependence with one another and the natural world.
Together they penned ten of the nineteen songs on Story of the Sky, many are part of elementary and preschool Social Emotional Learning Curriculum.
Chris Bruce is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, writer, recording, and touring musician. He is a longtime collaborator with Meshell Ndegeocello, My Brightest Diamond, Toshi Reagon, Lizz Wright, Seal, Trevor Horn, and many more.
Morley is a singer-songwriter, producer, curator and educator, who has released eight solo artist albums under the auspices of Sony and Universal, as well as independently. Her music appears on major network television shows, in commercials, and in several human rights documentaries. Morley performs all over the world, both as a soloist and with her self- titled band. Morley spearheaded the fundraiser, Borderless Lullabies, which continues to be a source of revenue for KIND: Kids-In-Need-Of-Defense.
Booking performances and workshops: Sojo at morley@morleymusic.org
Lyrics to Story of the Sky can be found on https://morley.bandcamp.com/album/story-of-the-sky-by-the-bruces-friends