Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu [Together We Are Strong] Best known nationally for her work with Black Arm Band, Shellie Morris is one of Australia’s finest Indigenous singer songwriters. She is a two-time winner of Female Musician of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards [NIMAs]. Her new album Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu [Together We Are Strong] is said to be her most important work to date. Musically this album merges Shellie’s contemporary vocals with that of her ancient ancestors. The choir of the Borroloola Songwomen and Shellie’s opera-trained voice combine to create a naturally expressionistic […]
Wordstorm 2014: Top End Writers Festival Thursday May 28 – Sunday June 1 Various venues, Darwin, NT Literary Tempest ready to hit Darwin Prepare for this year’s WordStorm to rip through your mind stimulating it with compelling, often challenging and always entertaining subject matter that will leave you in a state of pleasant disruption and discovery. Thirty [30] writers from across the country will join forty [40] local writers from Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Tiwi, Katherine and Borroloola as part of this year’s program for the WordStorm Top End Writers Festival. The jam-packed program will feature seventy [70] writers, […]