Nicholas Williams Live at Gallagher Unplugged

118 North Walnut Street,Murfreesboro TN 37130

13 November, 2021

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Nicholas Williams at Gallagher Unplugged on Saturday, November 13th, 2021 from 7-9pm. Doors open at 6:30.Tickets are $10 in adv, $14 at door *Masks and vaccinations are encouraged for this show.* Host of the roots music history podcast American Songcatcher, Nicholas Edward Williams is a 37 year-old multi-instrumentalist and storyteller who is dedicated to "playing it forward" by preserving the songs and styles that have shaped our country: ragtime, Piedmont blues, traditional folk, old time and early country. Williams has spent the last 15 years touring around the US, the UK, Western Europe and Australia, blending the roots music spectrum in his own style. He's opened for the likes of Taj Mahal, The Wood Brothers, CAAMP, John Paul White, and Town Mountain, and has performed at festival stages on three continents while making the International Folk Radio DJ Charts in 2019 with the #6 Top Album, #7 Top Song. His anticipated sophomore effort, Folk Songs For Old Times' Sake is a collection of traditionals and songs from pioneers such as Elizabeth Cotten, Jimmie Rodgers, Mississippi John Hurt and The Carter Family. Two singles are out now, a take on the 19th century blues ballad "Railroad Bill", and a new arrangement on Cotten's "Shake Sugaree." Releasing November 2nd on EarthTone Records, the album has already received acclaim from well-known roots musicians and outlets such as: “I’ve got to say, I can genuinely appreciate another young folkie taking traditional tunes and truly making them their own. Nicholas’ voice sounds natural, unaffected, and without any trite attempts at emulation; rather, it seems wholly a product of his surroundings, with small nods to the phrasing and inflection that are the signatures of traditional American music. This is to say nothing of the sparse-yet-deliberate production of the songs themselves, with nothing sitting too far out front, nothing lost in the shadows, as if the listener found themselves in an empty country church with Williams simply playing to the steeple above.” - JP Harris As always, it’s Williams’ gentle laid back soothing vocals that win you over.” - FOLK RADIO UK "The guitar playing and vocal performance are fantastic, and I love the sparse production. I think people are gonna love this, it’s a great record.” - Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers) “This record of well-known and well-loved folk songs is easy to like. With tasteful guitar arrangements and a voice that draws you right in, Nicholas has created recordings that roll along like a mountain stream.” - David Holt (PBS TV/Radio Host, Four-Time Grammy Winner and Banjoist for Doc Watson)