Woodfordia Inc
presents
Festival of Small Halls Autumn Tour 2022: Western Australia
featuring Jack Davies (AUS) and Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse (AUS)

From singing about seagulls to mumbling poems of sorrow, Jack’s songs like to laugh, poke and longingly stare at the world. Regarded as one of WA’s finest up and coming songwriters, the young singer cut his teeth busking in cafes and busy streets, before rising to prominence with his indie-folk rock band “Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks”.
After touring nationally with the band and returning home to a fully sold-out solo residency in 2021, jack is excited to return to the stage solo with his unique blend of spoken word, folk picking, sad singing and indi-acoustic weirdery.
Every so often a voice captures a moment in time. Slow, melodic and deliberate song writing that evokes quintessential West Australian imagery, Jack Davies is the voice of a new generation of Perth storytellers.
RTRFM 92.1
Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks play sterling folk rock.
Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens)
I was thinking to myself today, wondering who of the modern Australian songwriters writing gentle, folk inspired songs have what it takes to be remembered in the long term and I reckon Jack might be one of them. His songs cut straight to the core and put you in a time and place you didn’t know you were missing.
Tommy Faith (Triple J Unearthed)

Ancient language, contemporary music, stunning vocals, poignant stories and guitar brilliance.
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse use their music and performances to highlight one of the most beautiful and rare languages on the planet; the Noongar language of the southern corner of Western Australia.
As conduits of a fractured past, they have made it their mission to become agitators for a hopeful future, by rewriting the script through song. Because the only way to address intergenerational trauma is to bring healing and invite everyone back to the campfire.
They are a multi-award-winning duo, but don’t let that fool you – they’d much rather allow their performances and the power of the music they create speak for itself.
Because even though there are less than 400 speakers of Noongar language left, their work has always been about what connects us. You don’t need to understand the words; love, loss, joy all means the same things no matter how you say it.
Williams and Ghouse excel in writing songs that instantly feel familiar, despite being sung in an unfamiliar language. Williams is out to change that. Only 400 people speak Noongar fluently, and she told the audience of her passionate plea for us all to learn five Noongar words – #fivewords.
Bourby Webster, Seesaw Magazine 2020
Songs in Noongar language transposed into English, and vice-versa (Moon River) show that Williams is a transcendent artistin any language, and her friend and collaborator Guy Ghouse’s generous, serene presence and fingerstyle acoustic guitar playing (often reminiscent of James Taylor, with the thumb taking the place of a pianists left hand) is a show in itself.
David Zampatti, From the Turnstiles (Koorlangka: Reimagined review)
Composers Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse have created a tuneful and engaging hour-long score for the youthful cast, with jazzy rhythms blending with the strings and winds of the orchestra…this latest venture…has demonstrated a welcome deepening of links between the Australian arts industry and Indigenous culture.
Marilyn Phillips, Limelight Magazine (Koolbardi wer Wardong review)
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Festival of Small Halls has announced that award-winning duo, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse together with witty lyricist Jack Davies will tour their home state on the inaugural western edition of Australia’s largest music tour of uniquely tiny places.
Presented by veteran festival producers Woodfordia Inc, the Autumn Tour 2022: Western Australia is the 27th edition of the beloved regional music tour.
JACK DAVIES (AUS)
From singing about seagulls to mumbling poems of sorrow, Jack’s songs like to laugh, poke and longingly stare at the world. Regarded as one of WA’s finest up and coming songwriters, the young singer cut his teeth busking in cafes and busy streets, before rising to prominence with his indie-folk rock band “Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks”.
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GINA WILLIAMS AND GUY GHOUSE (AUS)
Ancient language, contemporary music, stunning vocals, poignant stories and guitar brilliance.
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse use their music and performances to highlight one of the most beautiful and rare languages on the planet; the Noongar language of the southern corner of Western Australia.
To download a high quality image, please click here

Festival of Small Halls events take place in venues operating under current government Covid Safe regulations, and has stringent Workplace Health and Safety requirements for all travelling artists and crew. Under the terms and conditions of all events, you must not attend if you have any symptoms of Covid-19.
Please do your bit to protect others and keep your community safe.

The Festival of Small Halls Autumn Tour 2022: Western Australia is supported by the Western Australian Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
Festival of Small Halls is also supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative

