In The Deep End With … Marlon Williams

In The Deep End With … Marlon Williams

Earlier this month, New Zealand/Aotearoa singer-songwriter Marlon Williams released his fourth studio album. A noted collaborator, Williams has also released four record co-written and released with artists like Delaney Davidson, Tami Neilson, and Kacy & Clayton. This new music holds particular significance to Williams, though: Te Whare Tīwekaweka is his first sung entirely in the Māori language. Over the five years it took Williams to complete …

From an indigenous background, singer Marlon Williams released for the first time an album sung in the Maori language. A political act at a time when the conservative coalition in power in New Zealand is returning to the rights of the indigenous minority.