*Please be aware that this is a special NAIDOC Week event. It contains narrative telling in addition to music and requires a listening audience*

Doors 6pm, Band at 7pm

Duke of George presents

Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse

with special guest Russell Holmes 

Guitar brilliance and incandescent vocals. These exceptional performers connect and capture audiences through the power of song. And it’s made even more special when it’s sung in rare Noongar language.

Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse have firmly established a reputation for bringing a fresh, modern take on ancient traditions; merging evocative sounds, natural acoustic instruments, poignant stories with that incredible, beautiful voice.

The natural rhythms of the language are perfectly captured and represented, and there’s an onstage connection and charisma that comes from two good friends who simply won’t quit.

Australian Indigenous music Icon and National Treasure, Archie Roach, has likened Gina to being a modern day Edith Piaf, telling his audiences that Gina “takes this old, old language, writes and sings these beautiful songs so that we in the audience cannot help but fall in love with the romance of it all.”

Gina is a Balladong daughter; one of the 14 clan groups which make up the Noongar nation, covering the south west corner of Western Australia. By official records, Noongar language is critically endangered (there are less than 400 recognised fluent speakers left).

Performing with the all-important blessings of her elders and her community, this Balladong songbird will leave you breathless!

*Please be aware that this is a special NAIDOC Week event. It contains narrative telling in addition to music and requires a listening audience*