Watch: Yasmin Williams Performs 'Acoustic Guitar' Session

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Yasmin Williams stopped by Acoustic Guitar to perform songs from her new album, Acadia, and more and to discuss the album. You can watch the session here. "Yasmin Williams is known for extending the boundaries of solo fingerstyle guitar, with progressive techniques and original compositions that blossom out of traditional folk and roots touchstones," writes Acoustic Guitar's Joey Lusterman. "On her latest record, Acadia, she expands her distinctive sound world even further." Williams kicks off a US tour later this month.

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Guitarist/composer Yasmin Williams stopped by Acoustic Guitar in San Anselmo, California, to perform two songs from her Nonesuch debut album, Acadia—“Cliffwalk” and “Hummingbird"—as well as "Juvenescence" from her 2021 album, Urban Driftwood, and talk about creating the new album. You can watch the full session below.

"Yasmin Williams is known for extending the boundaries of solo fingerstyle guitar, with progressive techniques and original compositions that blossom out of traditional folk and roots touchstones," writes Acoustic Guitar's Joey Lusterman. "On her latest record, Acadia, she expands her distinctive sound world even further ... Williams doesn’t just play fast all over the neck—her spirited fingerstyle is dynamic, exuberant, and at times exhilarating."

Acadia, Yasmin Williams's most sonically expansive work to date, is nine original, mostly instrumental tracks written and produced by Williams, and features her on various guitars, banjo, calabash drum, tap shoes, and kora. She is joined by an eclectic cast of collaborators—including Immanuel Wilkins, Dom Flemons, Aoife O’Donovan, William Tyler, Darlingside, and others—creating a folk music that reflects the wide range of musical influences that have inspired her throughout her life. You can get it and hear it here.

Yasmin Williams kicks off a tour of the United States at the end of this month, with shows into the spring in Ann Arbor, Baltimore, Alexandria, New York City, Northampton, Saratoga Springs, Portsmouth, Natick, Philadelphia, Bellevue, Austin, Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Collins, and Boise. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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Yasmin Williams: 'Acoustic Guitar' Session, January 2025
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    Watch: Yasmin Williams Performs 'Acoustic Guitar' Session
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    Guitarist/composer Yasmin Williams stopped by Acoustic Guitar in San Anselmo, California, to perform two songs from her Nonesuch debut album, Acadia—“Cliffwalk” and “Hummingbird"—as well as "Juvenescence" from her 2021 album, Urban Driftwood, and talk about creating the new album. You can watch the full session below.

    "Yasmin Williams is known for extending the boundaries of solo fingerstyle guitar, with progressive techniques and original compositions that blossom out of traditional folk and roots touchstones," writes Acoustic Guitar's Joey Lusterman. "On her latest record, Acadia, she expands her distinctive sound world even further ... Williams doesn’t just play fast all over the neck—her spirited fingerstyle is dynamic, exuberant, and at times exhilarating."

    Acadia, Yasmin Williams's most sonically expansive work to date, is nine original, mostly instrumental tracks written and produced by Williams, and features her on various guitars, banjo, calabash drum, tap shoes, and kora. She is joined by an eclectic cast of collaborators—including Immanuel Wilkins, Dom Flemons, Aoife O’Donovan, William Tyler, Darlingside, and others—creating a folk music that reflects the wide range of musical influences that have inspired her throughout her life. You can get it and hear it here.

    Yasmin Williams kicks off a tour of the United States at the end of this month, with shows into the spring in Ann Arbor, Baltimore, Alexandria, New York City, Northampton, Saratoga Springs, Portsmouth, Natick, Philadelphia, Bellevue, Austin, Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Collins, and Boise. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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