Shameem

Doors 6pm
Show 7pm

Multi-award winning songstress Shameem brings her unique brand of original soul music and storytelling to the Ellington stage. Coming off a sold-out Fringe World season with her show “A Soul Odyssey”, as well as a featured set at the Perth International Jazz Festival launch show, Shameem is gearing up for her fifth studio recording. 

Shameem has supported major international artists such as Michael Bolton, George Benson, Belinda Carlisle and Ronan Keating, and undertaken tours in both her native Australia and in the USA and Canada. Shameem’s latest recording Time Does Not Reverse won the (international) Independent Music Awards Urban EP category, as well as amassing a slew of wins and nominations in the UK Songwriting Contest, USA Songwriting Competition and John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Her songs have also proven popular with community radio stations around Australia as well as USA college radio, garnering airplay on over 80 Australian stations and 130 USA stations, and charting in the Top 30 and Top 5 at several USA stations.

Born in Australia to a Chinese-Malaysian father and an Iranian mother, this bubbly vocalist and songwriter enchants her audiences with her gripping stage presence, personal and socially conscious lyrics, and powerfully expressive voice. Shameem’s unique fusion of 90s R&B grooves with the melodic sensibility of 70s soul and a subtle twist of jazz has seen her frequently compared to such artists as Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and Michael Jackson. This show will take you on an emotive journey of human experience and philosophical pondering, set to infectious rhythmic grooves and soaring vocals.

Shameem Taheri-Lee – vocals & keys
Alex Borthwick – guitar
Alfred Bangezhano – keys
Tommi Flamenco – bass
Pete Evans – drums

“… a powerful and unlimited voice…” – Xpress magazine

“… an explosion of soul.” – Sydney Morning Herald

“… she sings like a funky angel.” – BMA Magazine

“… amazing voice… Soul sister” – Rosie Beaton, Triple J