Maverick recording artist, producer, activist, and multi-instrumentalist Blake Morgan's studio chops, intelligent lyrics, and gift for pairing biting post-punk with AM pop and windows-down indie rock have earned him a loyal critical and commercial following. After signing a seven-record deal in 1997 with Phil Ramone's N2K label, resulting in the well-received Anger's Candy, Morgan became disillusioned with the rigid, corporate side of rock & roll. After a successful tour that found him sharing stages with the likes of Joan Jett and Matchbox Twenty, he discovered a loophole that would allow him to extricate himself from the contract without too much bloodshed. The move would prove to be serendipitous, as he would go on to form his own independent label, ECR Music Group, in New York City, resulting in a string of acclaimed efforts like 2005's potent Burning Daylight, 2006's acoustic and soulful Silencer, and 2013's politically charged Diamonds in the Dark. During this time, Morgan founded #IRespectMusic; a movement concerned with protecting musicians' rights in the new digital age. As a producer, Morgan has worked with many artists, including Lesley Gore, James McCartney, Patti Rothberg, and Lenny Kravitz, among others. In 2022, he issued his fifth full-length effort, the wide-ranging Violent Delights, which he likened to an amalgam of the Police's Ghost in the Machine and AC/DC's Back in Black. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi