Musicians

Marliya Choir

Origin
Cairns, Queensland
Genre/styles
Folk | Hip Hop & Rap | Pop | World
About Marliya

The Marliya Choir, one of the Gondwana Choirs, a group of young female Aboriginal singers based in Cairns and born out of a collaboration between Gondwana Choirs and Felix Riebl.

Discography

Album formats explained

Album formats

  • 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
  • 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
  • LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
  • EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.

Ms Dhu (Single)

Released
9 January 2017
Tracks
  1. Ms Dhu (feat. Felix Riebl & Marliya) [Radio Edit]

Spinifex Gum

Released
28 September 2017
Tracks
  1. Spinifex Gum
  2. Ms Dhu (ft. Felix Riebl)
  3. Locked up (ft. Briggs)
  4. Yurala
  5. Malungungu (ft. Peter Garrett)
  6. Gawarliwarli
  7. Marliya
  8. Lang interlude
  9. Make it rain (ft. Emma Donovan)
  10. Wandanggarli
  11. Don't shut them down
Notes

All of the songs are performed by Marliya Choir, with guest artists Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill, Briggs, Peter Garrett and Emma Donovan. This album is an extension of the original 30-minute song cycle, exploring aspects of Aboriginal life in the Pilbara, incorporating Yinjabarndi language.

Website: www.spinifexgum.com


Dream Baby Dream (Single)

Released
6 August 2019
Tracks
  1. Dream Baby Dream (feat. Marliya) - Single

Together (Single)

Released
16 September 2019
Tracks
  1. Together (feat. Brianna Durante) [with Marliya Choir]

Sisters

Released
8 November 2019
Tracks
  1. Sunshine
  2. Living in a Dream
  3. Sisters
  4. Together (feat. Brianna Durante)
  5. Ready or Not
  6. Dream Baby Dream
  7. Voice, Treaty, Truth, Now
  8. I Am the Greatest
  9. Out Where You Are
  10. My Island Home

Live at Sydney Opera House

Released
29 January 2021
Tracks
  1. Acknowledgement of Country
  2. Spinifex Gum
  3. Wandangarli
  4. Mine Steal Tender Ore
  5. Yurala
  6. I Am the Greatest
  7. Out Where You Are
  8. Lang Interlude
  9. Make It Rain (feat. Emma Donovan)
  10. Ghosts Whisper
  11. Malungungu (feat. Peter Garrett)
  12. The Dead Heart (feat. Peter Garrett)
  13. Don't Shut Them Down
  14. My Island Home (feat. Emma Donovan)
  15. Gawarliwarli
  16. Ms Dhu (feat. Felix Riebl)
  17. Locked Up (feat. Briggs)
  18. The Children Came Back (feat. Briggs)
  19. Marliya
Notes

A recording of the live performance on 25 January 2019.


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Korff, J 2021, Marliya Choir, <https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/music/marliya-choir>, retrieved 19 March 2024

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