Stacey was born into a musical family. The youngest of seven children, her father Stan Ellis was a trumpet and piano player and songwriter, and mother Ruby a well known singer in Australia and England. Stacey inherited her mother’s strong and emotive singing voice and from the age of four was a songstress and dancer, winning every talent quest she entered, and singing radio jingles. She began singing professionally at the age of 15. She has been a member of a number of rock bands, notably Stormy Monday during the eighties. Stacey ran the rock gauntlet spending many hours of many years touring around Australia and New Zealand. In 1996 she won the Australian Open Singing Championship and has come of age in terms of her choice of styles. Her musical influences are varied but include powerful vocalists from high voltage rock n ‘roll, jazz and blues and “new” country, both male and female. Stacey loves Country Music - she likes the stories that go with the songs and the heart behind the lyrics. Stacey is a singer of the goose bump variety. There are a lot of good singers in Australia today, but good becomes great when Stacey takes centre stage. Stacey plays her audience as well as she sings. She builds a warm rapport with her gutsy sound, spontaneous repartee and wit and conveys a performer who really enjoys what she is doing. The emotion in her delivery tells tales of a life lived with a lot of pain and a lot of joy; Stacey has been in both places but that’s her story to tell. Stacey’s latest album Borders and Boundaries is the result of collaboration with Herm Kovac, well known and respected Country Music Producer. Officially launched in November 2004, since that time Stacey has had a number of significant milestones • Nominated in 4 categories for the Tamworth Golden Guitar Awards • Selected to be in the Top 10 by the judges for Best Female Vocalist. • The single Borders and Boundaries went to number #23 on the Australian Country Tracks Charts • Stacey’s single “So Far Away’ was nominated by listeners of the popular ABC Saturday Night Country (SNC) show to be included on their inaugural Hottest Hits album • Launched Video Clip for Borders and Boundaries in February 2005. This clip was Produced and Directed by Greg Van Borssum from successful film studio Kennedy Miller. • March 2005 –awarded the prestigious Frank Ifield International Golden Spur Award • April 2005 “So Far Away” released in UK –makes it to number 7, first week in the Charts and goes on to number 2 • October 2005 –won the Toyota/Southern Cross, Female Vocalist of the Year Award