Good music is all about capturing and conveying an emotion. And few singers can do that with the power and perception of STACEY MORRIS.

Stacey has just released her debut solo studio album, Borders And Boundaries, and is already making her presence felt with her soulful, emotive vocal sound and her remarkable ability to interpret a song.
Still a new name on the country scene, Stacey is the first to admit she’s lived a lot of life and experienced plenty of highs and lows. She credits that with her ability to move an audience through her singing.
“For me, those years of living are a real advantage. I’ve been though a lot emotionally, come close to death and survived a very challenging illness. But that’s made me understand people and emotions and what life’s about,” Stacey said.
“For me, the greatest compliment is to look down into an audience and see someone crying because my song has moved them. I have to admit, I’m not averse to shedding a tear or two when I’m singing myself sometimes.
“But what I really aim to do when I’m singing is let the audience feel the emotion. Somehow, when I get up on that stage I become a different person. It just flows through me very naturally, and the song becomes the central focus.”
So when it came to recording her debut album, Stacey knew she needed powerful songs that she could relate to. She also knew she needed a producer who understood where she was coming from.
“I really wanted to work with HERM KOVAC, and fortunately he really loved my singing and immediately agreed to do the album. We really connected, and the album came together really well,” Stacey said.
Herm played a big part in gathering songs for Borders and Boundaries, with Stacey making the final song choice.
“Herm chose songs he thought would suit me, but I was looking for tracks that related directly to me in some way — songs that felt like I could have written them myself. I really need to be able to connect to a song, or it’s not possible to convey the message to those listening.”
The result is a wonderful collection of music, by mostly female US songwriters including Jill Johnson, Cheryl Wheeler, Sam and Annie Tait, Irene Kelley, Gretchen Peters and Beth Nielson Chapman.
The first single and the album’s title track, Borders And Boundaries, is a moving song about love transcending differences and obstacles. Stacey is about to record a film clip for the song, and is eagerly awaiting the response from the country music public.
Other standout tracks on Borders and Boundaries include the quirky Just Around The Eyes, which virtually everyone will relate to, and a superb version of Gretchen Peters’ I Don’t Know.
Stacey has a warm, unusual voice which brings the songs she’s chosen to life, but her real strength is the ability to wring every ounce of emotion from a song, and to uncover every nuance and layer of feeling. Other tracks that just keep getting better and better with each listen are That’s The Way It Feels, Just Like You Do, It Wasn’t Me and the wonderful Not So Different After All.
Stacey’s great version of Astroturf also shows she can rock it out with the best of them.
Stacey has years of performing experience behind her. She works regularly on the Illawarra music scene, presents a Patsy Cline Tribute show, and has performed with a range of bands from rock to country, including well-known Sydney outfit MCCAULEY’S RAIDERS.
Based on the NSW South Coast, she’s married to legendary Rugby League player Steve ‘Slippery’ Morris, and is mother to three children and stepmother to another four.
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