Brooks Williams

ARE YOU SOMEONE?
It was perhaps a bit extravagant to book Abbey Road Studios in London, but I felt my friend's final recording deserved a 1st Class send-off - and Abbey Road is about as 1st Class as it gets…

WHOEVER YOU ARE
   In mid-December we were on the road late at night heading for Chem19 Studio near Glasgow, where we were to begin mixing the Songs Of Don Everly album that Rab Noakes and I recorded shortly before his…

TOUR RIFFS
Riffs as warm-ups for the gigs I'm doing just now. How many can you name?

TOUR RIFF #1

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TOUR RIFF #4

BROOKS & AARON TOUR CONTINUES!
The 2nd leg of the "Ready…

GUITAR MEDITATIONS
I've been enjoying this new Atkin T-52, especially playing it first thing in the morning with the amp volume really low. The neighbours, I'm sure, appreciate it! Here's a link to two of these morning guitar meditations.

WHEELS…

G-Live Gala Concert on 4 January
 
It was an honour to join Paul Jones, Jools Holland, Madeleine Bell, Paddy Milner and a host of other superbly talented musicians at G-Live Concert Hall the other night to support The Prostate Project…

REMEMBERING RAB NOAKES
 
On Thursday 15th December 2022, we're honouring our friend Rab Noakes at Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club in Scotland. Rab, a longtime friend of the club, was booked to play there on December 15th. After his passing…

FINAL SHOWS OF 2022!
 
Thank you for making this a lovely year. Here's the last dates in the books for 2022.
 

 
November 2022
 
23rd Louis Marchesi, Norwich, Norfolk (Brooks & Dan Walsh) sold out! 
 
24th The Forge at Anvil…

FIRST USA GIGS SINCE MARCH 2020!
 
I'm back to the USA to sing and play for the first time since March 2020. I'm really pleased to be back in the part of the world where it all began for me.…

OCTOBER & BEYOND!
 
There's a bountiful variety of music on-hand for this month. My head's already spinning from the sheer delight of it all.
 

 
This is just October...
 

 
14th SoundBox, Chester, Cheshire (Brooks & Dan Walsh) 
 
21st Village Hall…

WRITING RECORDING GIGGING!
 
In the height of those dark lockdown days I made a promise to myself: if we get outta of here I'm gonna dive headlong into my musical collaborations and see what kind of music we can make…

FORTUNE BY DESIGN!
 
Encourage by so many people who saw our split-screen performance of "Columbus Stockade Blues" way back in 2020, Dan Walsh and I formed a duo. Over the past year we've done a handful of gigs, got ourselves…

BROADSTAIRS!
 
Dan Walsh and I are debuting our new duo at Broadstairs Folk Week on Sunday, 7th August. We are so excited to bring our new music to one of our favourite festivals (we've both done it before wearing different…

SUMMER FEAST!
 
This week I get to partake in a feast of music. There are two gigs with Dan Walsh, one with Ran Noakes and one with Aaron Catlow. I feel very blessed to get to play music and hang…

FESTIVAL SEASON CONTINUES!
 
After a delightful start I'm moving forward to another round of summer festivals.
 
6th Jul Hungerford Summer Music Festival, Wiltshire (Brooks & Boo) 
 
8th Jul Ely Folk Festival, Cambridge (Brooks & Aaron) 
 
9th Jul Eastwell…

SUMMER FESTIVALS BEGIN! 
 
2nd July          Kimpton Folk Festival, Hertfordshire (solo!)
 
5th July           Summer Music Festival, Hungerford (Brooks & Boo)
 
8th July           Ely Folk Festival, Cambridgeshire (Brooks & Aaron Catlow)
 
9th July           Eastwell…