Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu (Together We are strong)
Releases nationally through ABC/Universal 7 June
Shellie’s new release Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu [Together We Are Strong] is a career highlight and is said to be her most important work to date.
As the first album by an Indigenous contemporary female singer/songwriter sung entirely in Indigenous languages of the Gulf Country, listeners will find that it has the same emotional connective qualities as that of Gurrumul.
Working with family members from her grandmother’s country in Borroloola Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu [Together We Are Strong] musically merges Shellie’s contemporary vocals with that of her ancient ancestors.
The Borroloola Songwomen’s otherworldly vocals with Shellie’s opera-trained voice combine to create a naturally expressionistic beautiful album of work.
This album can be perceived as the ‘female’ side of The Song Peoples Sessions; a project conceived by Patrick McCloskey.
Produced with Barkly Regional Arts in Tennant Creek, the ‘Sessions’ were also responsible for the creation of the highly acclaimed and 2012 ARIA nominated Winanjjara by Warren H Willliams & The Warumungu Songmen.
As the first album by an Indigenous contemporary female singer/songwriter sung entirely in Indigenous languages of the Gulf Country, listeners will find that it has the same emotional connective qualities as that of Gurrumul.
Working with family members from her grandmother’s country in Borroloola Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu [Together We Are Strong] musically merges Shellie’s contemporary vocals with that of her ancient ancestors.
The Borroloola Songwomen’s otherworldly vocals with Shellie’s opera-trained voice combine to create a naturally expressionistic beautiful album of work.
This album can be perceived as the ‘female’ side of The Song Peoples Sessions; a project conceived by Patrick McCloskey.
Produced with Barkly Regional Arts in Tennant Creek, the ‘Sessions’ were also responsible for the creation of the highly acclaimed and 2012 ARIA nominated Winanjjara by Warren H Willliams & The Warumungu Songmen.
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A MODERN SONGWOMANHER stories, her music and her passions all combine to show an insight into Shellie Morris - one of Australia’s most treasured artists.
It’s not often you meet someone able to speak multiple languages, step off an international stage and into the red dirt of Central Australia to create songs of power and inspiration. She has traveled the world as a solo artist and part of collaborations like The Black Arm Band and shared the stage with others who are at the peak of the music industry. Her feet are firmly planted in the soil of the Northern Territory where she spends a lot of her time when not recording or working on programs around the world. From the Arafura Sea and the Yolngu regions of Arnhem Land to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara deserts of greater Central Australia, across the Tanami to Kintore and Lajamanu and into the Kimberley, and from the Torres Straits to Redfern, Shellie travels her message of music to young Indigenous people, always encouraging, inspiring and touching the hearts of those who crossed her path. 
Check out the Woodford Folk Festival album by just clicking through here to the Shellie Morris Music page.
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