Bask in the bright, lush soundscapes of one of guitar music’s most promising young talents as she brings her mesmerizing solo act to the Wex.
Reimagining the white male–dominated genre of fingerstyle guitar, Yasmin Williams dazzles with a virtuosic style paired with her very own, trailblazing techniques. Often playing with the guitar in her lap, strings facing skyward, Williams’s sound is at once comfortingly familiar and wholly original. In addition to her command of the strings, Williams deftly layers percussive elements like the kalimba, mallets from hammered dulcimers, and even tap shoes, evoking an ensemble of sound to tell a story. Her second and most recent album, Urban Driftwood, was completed during the COVID-19 lockdowns and Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, serving as a diary and means of finding solace during that year.
Learn more
- Yasmin William’s website
- Yasmin Williams on bandcamp
- Yasmin Williams on Youtube
- Review: “Yasmin Williams’ Fingerstyle Guitar Cuts Through Current Climate on ‘Urban Driftwood,’” Laura Stanley, No Depression
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PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Arts Council
L Brands Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
CampusParc
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard
Nancy Kramer
Larry and Donna James
Lisa Barton
Johanna DeStefano
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate
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