# Kevin Morby and Lonnie Holley’s New Single Raises Money for Gun Safety

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kevin-morby-and-lonnie-holleys-new-single-raises-money-for-gun-safety/
- Published: 2026-10-28T16:33:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T04:22:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Pitchfork
- Original article: https://pitchfork.com/story/kevin-morbys-new-song-raises-money-for-gun-safety/
- Topics: Entertainment, Geopolitics, Music, Politics

## Key points

- Kevin Morby’s new single features Lonnie Holley.
- Proceeds support Everytown for Gun Safety.
- Morby chose Bandcamp to give listeners more control.

## Summary

Kevin Morby has released “Nursery Rhyme”, a Bandcamp-exclusive single featuring Lonnie Holley, with proceeds going to Everytown for Gun Safety. Morby described it as the darkest and most violent song he has written, and said the Bandcamp release was intended to avoid it appearing in algorithms or reaching listeners without their choosing.

Morby wrote the track in summer 2025, and its release follows a fatal school shooting in Bend, Oregon. He said he was unsure what else to do in a country where, in his view, weapons and profits are valued over children’s lives. The single comes ten years after “Beautiful Strangers”, another Morby song addressing violence, including the Pulse nightclub shooting and Freddie Gray’s death.

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