"Woodpecker Wooliams is the guise of Brighton, UK singer-songwriter Gemma Williams. Her songs are a vast universe where art overcomes doom. Drawing together various influences: medieval folk, chamber pop, drone, field recordings – she sounds very fresh yet familiarly close to heart. A gently plucked harp and a powerful voice, rich witty lyrics and outbursts of small noises and samples / weirdo effects. She couldn’t care less for comparisons with Cocorosie and Joanna Newsom because she’s taking her own way, revolving around the revisited English folk traditions. Gemma has a coup… read more
"Woodpecker Wooliams is the guise of Brighton, UK singer-songwriter Gemma Williams. Her songs are a vast universe where art overcomes doom. Draw… read more
"Woodpecker Wooliams is the guise of Brighton, UK singer-songwriter Gemma Williams. Her songs are a vast universe where art overcomes doom. Drawing together various influences: medi… read more
Woodpecker Wooliams was a musical project of British musician Gemma Williams based in Brighton. She produced music as Woodpecker Wooliams from 2009 to 2013, releasing the studio albums Diving Down (2009) and The Bird School of Being Human (2012). The final Woodpecker Wooliams performance was at the End of The Road festival in 2013. Williams has subsequently been half of the electro-synth-pop duo Becky Becky with Peter J D Mason (ex-Fence Collective) 'A stunning find.’ - SUNDAY TIMES "Musically and emotionally, it’s belting." – BBC.CO.UK ‘Enchanting solo masterpieces … read more
Woodpecker Wooliams was a musical project of British musician Gemma Williams based in Brighton. She produced music as Woodpecker Wooliams from 2009 to 2013, releasing the studio albums Divi… read more
Woodpecker Wooliams was a musical project of British musician Gemma Williams based in Brighton. She produced music as Woodpecker Wooliams from 2009 to 2013, releasing the studio albums Diving Down (2009) and The Bird School of Being Hu… read more