gemma khawaja

Gemma Khawaja is a singer & guitarist from the Midlands, now based in Norfolk playing and singing traditional songs of the British Isles and creating her own songs and arrangements inspired by rural poets, mythology and folklore. Gemma’s arrangements of traditional songs emphasise the universal human emotions, stories & themes found in folk traditions and sensitively draw out the richness and beauty of the old melodies. Gemma has a strong, unaccompanied voice and plays the guitar, tenor guitar and dulcimer and regularly accompanies herself live. In her recordings, a variety of instruments such as dulcimer, guitars, drone sounds from shruti box/concertina chords and various percussive sounds are used plus a lot of everyday sound recordings and various editing to create evocative atmospheres.