Shellie morris biography
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by Pamela Nathan, CASSE Native Program Director
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Shellie Morris
She sings, she strums, she motivates! The hottest musical talent to come out of Darwin in quite some time, Shellie Morris is also committed to helping young Aboriginal people realise their full potential. Deadly Vibe meets “the Janis Joplin of Jingili”.
Although singer/songwriter Shellie Morris is a relative newcomer to the music industry, she’s already managed to accomplish a great deal.
“I’ve done heaps in two years,” says Shellie. “I’m having a go, giving it everything I’ve got!”
She certainly is. So far Shellie’s landed gigs alongside Tiddas, Vika and Linda, Yothu Yindi, Neil Murray and Jimmy Little, performed at Yothu Yindi’s Garma Festival, Darwin’s Original Recipe festival and represented the Territory at the 2001 Pacific Circle Music Expo in Sydney.
And the powers that be are taking notice. The Australian characterises Shellie as the “Janis Joplin of Jingili”. Meanwhile the ABC’s Indigenous website, Message Stick, describes her as a woman possessed of “unique vocal talents … that linger in the memory and touch the heart”. These talents shine strong on her self-titled debut album, which quickly sold out in her hometown of Darwin.
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Shellie Morris
Musical artist
Shellie MorrisAO is an Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter who plays a mix of contemporary folk music and contemporary acoustic ballads.
Biography and career
[edit]Shellie Morris was raised in Sydney and began singing at an early age. She often performed in Church choirs in her twenties and in the 1990s Morris moved to Darwin, Northern Territory to find her Indigenous family. She completed a Certificate 3 in Contemporary music at N.T.U in Darwin and then began working with producer/ musician/ songwriter Glen Heald for the next ten years who produced the albums Shellie Morris and Waiting Road.
Morris toured with Yothu Yindi in 2001 and also performed with Neil Murray from the Warumpi Band. In 2002 Shellie Morris and Glen Heald co-wrote and produced the music to the play "To the inland sea" inspired by Charles Sturt's 19th Century journey to discover the mythical inland sea in the center of Australia. Morris was named best female musician at the 2004 and 2005 Northern Territory Indigenous Music Awards[1] and her album Waiting Road was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2007 Deadly Awards.[2] She has been featured nationally on two episodes of ABC TV's Message Stick program, Shellie Morris Swept Away a