Kathryn Williams at Rescue Rooms

Date: Wed 16th Apr
Time: 20:00

Wednesday 16th April. £13.50adv
**PARTLY SEATED SHOW**
**Note Change of date, all tickets valid**
KATHRYN WILLIAMS and NEILL MacCOLL
Kathryn Williams is a singer-songwriter whose work is characterised by delicate vocals and acoustic instruments. She has been compared in style to such artists as Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro and Joan Baez and is a former Mercury Music Prize nominee, and a Gold-Record artist.
In her youth, Williams studied an art foundation course in her native Liverpool, before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne to study for a degree in fine art. After a friend heard Williams' music, they booked a gig without her knowing it. Williams was intending it to be a one-off event, though she soon found herself being booked again and again by people.
The next step was recording some of her music onto CD. These sold quickly at her gigs, so Williams set up her own record label, Caw Records, to release her music. However, after her second album, Little Black Numbers, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, the increased popularity of her music forced her to sign a licensing deal with Eastwest Records. Little Black Numbers reached number 70 in the album charts in 2001. The follow-up, Old Low Light reached number 56 in 2002.
Her influences include Nina Simone, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Simon And Garfunkel and Velvet Underground..
She has a reputation as a warm, engaging and powerful live performer, whose confident stage presence belies the fragile persona which characterises much of her recorded work. In 2006, she was a special guest on Tom McRae's Hotel Cafe Tour. Following this, Kathryn Williams completed a hugely successful tour with Tobias Froberg as support, to promote her current album 'Leave to Remain.'
The next single from the acclaimed 'Leave to Remain' album is called 'When' and features the artist appearing in a CGI-produced music video. The release date for this single is to be confirmed. Williams has just recorded and released her next studio album with Neill McColl.

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