Michelle Smith speaks with Shellie Morris about her busy life full of contrasts and diverse locations…
Look I just feel really privileged - I love the work I do with remote communities which I’ve been working in a lot of them I’ve been doing that work for about 9 years…I’ve worked in about 47 remote communities across WA/NT and…it brings such a joy to my life and I think they love their stories… the young ones I’ve seen grow up…you know where you come from it just makes you very proud we’re in it together and we’ve taken that journey together…Shellie Morris – Womadelaide 2010 LIVE!
Hear the full interview here: http://womadelaidelive.com/2010/03/05/womadelaide-2010-live-on-site-interviews-shellie-morris/
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Rain, rain, go away, come again ’round about Tuesday when Womadelaide’s all over for another year! Having said that, I’ve just come back from stage 3 where the 19 member Melbourne band, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra had a huge crowd dancing and punching the air wildly in the teeming rain. (“Is this Womadelaide, or Glastonbury?” I had to wonder for a moment!) Who would have thought that Afrtobeat music and rain could work together to such dazzling effect? Everyone was going off – band, crowd, rain gods. . . No one’s gonna forget that gig for a while.
Michelle
Womadelaide 2010 LIVE! – On Site Interviews – Shellie Morris (mp3)
Michelle Smith and Womadelaide 2010 performer Shellie Morris have a chat at the Radio Adelaide tent
Womadelaide 2010 LIVE! – On Site Interviews – Ojos De Brujo (mp3)
Radio Adelaide’s Michelle Smith speaks with Ojos De Brujo for Womadelaide 2010 LIVE!
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Womadelaide 2010 LIVE! – Preview Interview – Ojos de Brujo (mp3)
Ojos de Brujo from Barcelona, Spain, is an eleven member music collective whose fiery flamenco heartbeat also pulsates with the complexities of Indian and Afro-Cuban rhythms, entwined with elements of hip-hop, funk and jazz. On paper, that’s a heady mix that could do your head in, but as percussionist Xavi Turull explains to Radio Adelaide’s Michelle Smith, it’s a unique blending of sounds that’s been evolving for more than twenty years…
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