POSTPONED: Brooks Williams
January 2020 marks thirty years since Brooks Williams’ first album (North from Statesboro)came out. Thirty years since the Washington Post’s glowing review of that album. Thirty years since National Public Radio’s Noah Adams interviewed him about that album. It’s where it all began. The subsequent twenty-eight recordings, the numerous international tours and festival appearances, the countless miles on the road and hours in the studio. Catch the master guitarist and singer-songwriter on his 30th Anniversary Tour.
Brooks’ wide smile and gentle grace immediately puts his audience at ease, as he takes you along on a journey from the roots of the early country-blues legends such as Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell, through jazz, folk and Americana. Brooks is a skilled interpreter of the standards, with a style that is unmistakably his own. He’s also a soulful singer, who writes and delivers his own great songs (new favourites!) alongside old ones.
Williams is a guitarists’ guitarist. Behind his relaxed, easy manner, lies a sophisticated fingerpicker and a mean bottleneck slider. The groove he sets up on his battered Atkin J-43 is second to none in acoustic music.
Brooks’ show here at The Swallow Theatre last year sold out, and it was such a fun night, we immediately invited him back and we are delighted he accepted.
Book early for what we are sure will be a very popular event.
Wednesday 20 May 2020 – 7.30pm
Tickets : £13.50 (Friends' Early Bird: £12.50 - when booked at least 28 days in advance)
Recommended age 12+
Approximately 110 minutes including an interval.
Venue
The Swallow Theatre
Moss Park, Ravenstone
Whithorn
Newton Stewart
Dumfries & Galloway
DG8 8DR
Moss Park, Ravenstone
Whithorn
Newton Stewart
Dumfries & Galloway
DG8 8DR
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