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thanks for the

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The latest/greatest. Leaning into the breakup song format.

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fresh wind

sessions

Recorded by the preeminent Richard Aufrichtig for a radio broadcast on Taos community radio station KNCE.

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moonflower

demos

Recorded in February 2022 at Moonflower Sound in Taos, produced by Collin Morlock and Peter Oviatt.

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bio

Collin Morlock is a singer-songwriter who chisels cinematic Western ballads out of the dusty bedrock of American Roots music. The Wyoming-based singer-songwriter takes nods from artists like Chris Isaak, Tom Waits, and Marty Robbins, pairing moody lyricism with a soundtrack-like atmosphere that evokes the wide-open landscapes of the American West.

Originally from Idaho, Morlock spent years honing his craft in New Orleans and Nashville before moving to the high desert of northern Wyoming. Working as a farmhand in near-isolation in the Bighorn Basin, the desert landscapes and old Spaghetti Western films inspired a collection of songs centered on loneliness, hope, darkness, and light—that became his debut EP Moonflower Demos (2023). He later wrote the material for his forthcoming EP, Thanks For The Song, while living and performing in Taos, New Mexico before returning to Wyoming to record it.

His songs have placed in the top five of the Wyoming Singer-Songwriter Competition, and he began touring in earnest in 2023, bringing his cinematic Western sound to stages across America.

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kind words

“Collin Morlock blends Western Americana with outlaw country grit, creating cinematic songs that feel pulled from a dusty highway and a different era. His sound is vintage, quietly rebellious, and timeless.”

— Cathryn Becker, The Bloomery Farm

“Here is pure Americana, a songwriter to base your own craft after. One of those rare cases where you know you’re witnessing the humble beginnings of someone who can take what they’re doing as far as they wish. ”

— Branson Anderson, Singer-Songwriter

“You could hear a pin drop as Morlock captivated the audience with his crooner-esque melodies and precision guitar playing.”

— Ben Wood, The Wayfarer

“In the time that I’ve been doing Fresh Wind sessions ... I often find myself listening to a session on repeat in the time between when I record it and when it airs. And, some of the sessions truly stick around as part of my listening world long after that. Collin Morlock’s session was one of those. I listened to it so many times in the months after it aired that, when he and I played a show together this past summer ... I found myself feeling a little starstruck.”

— Richard Aufrichtig, Radio Host and Singer-Songwriter

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