Yasmin Williams

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With Special Guest: Brawny Lad

January 31 @ 8:00 pm $25

“one of the country’s most imaginative young solo guitarists”
–The New York Times
Yasmin Williams

Based in Alexandria, VA, Yasmin Williams is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and film composer. She has an unorthodox, modern style of guitar playing and utilizes various techniques including alternate tunings, percussive hits, and lap tapping in her music to great effect. Her “radiant sound and adventitious origins have made her a key figure in a diverse dawn for the solo guitar” (The New York Times). Williams’s music has been described as rich, harmonious, and “in a lot of ways, the joy and possibility she brings to the guitar reminds me more of Eddie Van Halen than any of the other fingerstyle guitarists to whom she’s compared” (NPR Music).

Her latest album, Urban Driftwood, has received critical acclaim from numerous major publications including The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, NPR Music, The Fader, Wallstreet Journal, AllMusic, Paste Magazine, No Depression, and several other outlets. She was listed as one of the “25 New and Rising Artists Shaping the Future of Music in 2023” by Pitchfork. Most recently, Williams signed to Nonesuch Records and released a new single, titled Dawning, featuring Aoife O’Donovan on vocals, Kafari on rhythm bones, and Nic Gareiss on flat foot percussion. 

Ypsilanti’s Brawny Lad opens the show.

This show was rescheduled from October 26, 2024. Previously purchased tickets will be honored.

Details

Date:
January 31 2025
Doors Open:
7:30 PM
Show Starts:
8:00 pm
Cost:
$25
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Event Genres:
Virtuoso
Website:
https://www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Brawny-Lad-100092535108428/
Seating Chart:
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Venue

The Ark
316 S. Main
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States
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Phone
(734) 761-1818
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