Morgan James Talks New HUNTER Album & More

Morgan James discusses the extended edition of her new album!

MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL standout, notable rising Broadway player and Epic Records recording artist Morgan James details the finer points of the new extended edition of her album HUNTER and the chat is now available to view.

James shares of HUNTER, "My album "Hunter" is going to be coming out on Epic Records November 11th and it features my single "Call My Name" which is a Prince tune. It's currently on Urban A/C radio which I'm very happy about. I co-wrote 9 of the 14 songs. It's a really, really rich soul album. I sang all of the background vocals. I did not tune one single note, there is no tuning on my record, it's all real ingredients. Horns, whirly, organ, piano; it's rich and soulful and funky and I hope there's something for everyone on there."

Shedding some more light on the release, James adds, "I'm a huge Prince fan and I had been singing "Call My Name" for several years. I sang it in the first show I ever did. It's been in my body a long time. I arranged it and I just love it. I love it from a woman's perspective; I think it's very intimate and tender. His lyrics are very romantic and appeal to me. I played it for LA Reid and he loved it and he knew that it probably was not going to be approved because Prince doesn't approve a lot of songs; he doesn't like people covering his songs. His lawyer said no and we initially released "Hunter" without "Call My Name" on it. Finally LA Reid basically called Prince and asked him to listen to it and he did and he got right back to him and said he loved it; so we had clearance. We took it to radio immediately, we pulled the other version of "Hunter" so we could add "Call My Name" and that's why "Hunter" is coming out in a month. Everything kinda changed with "Call My Name" because we took it to WBLS, they started playing it, and "Heart & Soul" started playing it and it's had a life of its own. I feel really, really blessed that Prince gave me his blessing."

Additionally, James says of her future plans and whether or not they involve Broadway, "I take voice lessons still every week. My aspirations and dreams keep evolving. I think dreams evolve and I want to become a better songwriter. I want to do more collaboration within my genre and I want to continue to make records. I want to just keep getting stronger as a musician and make movies. *Laughs* Being a better songwriter, that's top of the list because I think that is a very intimidating, difficult task. I really admire people that just continue to write and get stronger."

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