Please note - information about this gig: Winners, 2013 WA Music Industry (WAMi) Awards Indigenous Act of the Year, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse are excited to be launching their much anticipated album on Friday April 4 at the Fly By Night Musicians Club in Fremantle. Titled Kalyakoorl (which means Forever), this album is a glorious journey into the incredibly rare and beautiful Nyoongar language. Kalyakoorl is brimming with evocative, beautifully crafted songs and showcases the jaw dropping combination of Guy’s guitar mastery and Gina’s incredible voice. Gina is a proud Balladong daughter, one of the 14 clan groups which make up the Noongar nation. She also has links, through her grandmother to the Kitja people of the East Kimberley region of WA. Her grandmother was removed from Halls Creek and eventually brought down to Mogumber mission, never to return to her homeland. Gina’s music draws from a deep well of recent WA and an even deeper personal history. By official records, Noongar language is critically endangered (less than 250 full speakers left). Her mother and grandmother, both part of the stolen generations were never allowed to speak their languages. Gina wasn’t stolen, but was relinquished as a baby for adoption, and for her, writing and singing beautiful songs in Noongar language is a personal mission. LINK for more info: flybynight.org/event/gina-williams-guy-ghouse/
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:00:28 +0000
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