Country Neo-Traditionalist William Michael Morgan Is “Onto Something”
Six-Song EP Available March 15 via ONErpm on all Platforms
Country neo-traditionalist William Michael Morgan is bringing ’70s swagger back to Nashville with his brand new, six-song EP “Onto Something,” set for release Friday, March 15 on all platforms via ONErpm Nashville. Morgan will celebrate the release on the eve of its arrival with a one-hour pop-up set at Blake Shelton’s Ole Red in downtown Nashville, Thursday, March 14.
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“I couldn’t be more excited to get this EP out,” says the hard-working Morgan, with his famous mustache grin. “Tracking with (multiple CMA, ACM and Grammy Award-winning producer) Keith Stegall was an incredible experience, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear what we put together.”
“William’s new music is a welcome addition to the increasingly popular neo-traditional movement that websites like Saving Country Music have credited him with starting,” notes Ryan Cunningham, A&R director of Country Music for ONErpm. “This EP will stand out amid the pop influences that currently define modern country.”
And there’s plenty to notice. The two pre-released tracks, the mid-tempo In Walked You with its breezy barroom vibe — “In walked you on a Saturday night/Neon blue lightin’ up your eyes” — countered by the wistfulness of the bittersweet Not Letting Go — “We’ve gone too far to get back to where we were before” — sets the tone for a free-flowing, six-song set with fiddle and steel guitar licks evocative of the lyrical stylings of decades past.
“Country music is alive and well,” states one of Nashville’s celebrated men behind the scenes and multi-award-winning producer Keith Stegall. “It lives and breathes when William Michael Morgan picks up a guitar and tells us stories of love lost and honky-tonks found. Country music at its finest.”
Morgan’s current single, Pour A Little Whiskey On It, is like a salve for the EP’s more vulnerable moments — a straight-up drinking song that seeks to right the wrongs with every cowboy (and cowgirl)’s favorite libation:
If she’s really adios,
I guess it’s easy come, easy go;
I might as well honky tonk it,
Maybe all night long it;
Take this heartache to town,
And pour a little whiskey on it
The EP’s release will be capped off by the premiere of Morgan’s music video for the track Pour A Little Whiskey On It coming later this month.
Morgan and Stegall round the album out with the title track, a gentle nod to the promise of a new relationship; the regret-tinged She Don’t Like Old Country; and a goodbye/destination song that, despite the lyrics, isn’t quite as sad as it could be—and maybe that’s the point.
Onto Something Track Listing (and writers):
- Pour A Little Whiskey On It (Randy Montana, Luke Laird, Jeremy Spillman)
- Not Letting Go (William Michael Morgan, Dan Hutson, Sam Banks)
- In Walked You (Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman)
- She Don’t Like Old Country (William Michael Morgan, Tony Lane, David Lee)
- Onto Something (William Michael Morgan, Sam Banks, Dan Hutson)
- The Sun Don’t Shine No More In Acapulco (Gregory Switzer)
Morgan is managed by Joe Carter and Mike Taliaferro of Carter and Co.; booking is handled by The Kinkead Entertainment Agency, Nashville.
For more information, visit WilliamMichaelMorgan.com or follow along on Instagram (@WMMorganMusic), TikTok (@WMMMusic) and facebook.com/WilliamMichaelMorgan.
About William Michael Morgan
Thirty-year-old Mississippi native William Michael Morgan has built an enthusiastic fan base by touring the country and releasing music that remains true to his Vicksburg roots in a voice that “resonates with the flawless timbre of someone who has been singing country music for decades beyond his years,” according to Pandora. Morgan, who has already accumulated over 100 million on-demand streams, has been dubbed a modern-day traditionalist. He earned his first No. 1 single with I Met a Girl, described by Rolling Stone as a “laid-back ode to the joy of romantic discovery” that was named one of NPR Music’s Top 100 Songs in 2016 and paved the way for a Top 5 debut of Morgan’s first album, “Vinyl,” on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
