Kathryn Williams live in concert.
ON TOUR

Kathryn Williams

24
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

84
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24
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Kathryn Williams is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 24 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Kathryn Williams is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Kathryn Williams concert reviews describe live shows and performances as adventurous, sophisticated, soulful, and soothing.

ON TOUR

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, United Kingdom (May 11);

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Latest Release

Night Drives (July 15, 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Liverpool, United Kingdom (1974) (1974)
Bio
Kathryn Williams (born in 1974 in Liverpool, England) is a singer-songwriter based in Newcastle, England, whose work is characterised by delicate vocals and acoustic instruments. Her influences are varied, including Nina Simone, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Simon and Garfunkel, and Velvet Underground.
Has Performed With
Neill MacColl

Critic Concert Reviews

The Scotsman (Scotland)

October 10, 2023
80
%
Kathryn Williams Live In Concert In Scotland

The Arts Desk (UK)

April 17, 2016
100
%
The painful beauty, and almost impossible confidence, of her music of sadness, vulnerability and love, had built into a kind of secular gospel

The Journal (UK)

July 8, 2015
80
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The album is the result of an open commission from Durham Book Festival which as she explained to the audience in the Ouseburn’s Cluny 2 had initially seemed like a good idea but quickly became weeks of hell as she struggled for a way in.

Chronicle Live (UK)

July 8, 2015
80
%
The album is the result of an open commission from Durham Book Festival which as she explained to the audience in the Ouseburn’s Cluny 2 had initially seemed like a good idea but quickly became weeks of hell as she struggled for a way in.

GetIntoThis (UK)

April 9, 2014
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Kathryn Williams returns to Liverpool armed with new album Crown Electric, Getintothis’ Alan O’Hare is present for a song writing master class from a Scouser in exile. We hear a lot about female artists dominating the music game these days. You know what we mean: a few million sales for Adele, Lady Gaga a

Bearded Magazine (UK)

September 28, 2013
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The sound is perfect, emphasised by the beautiful natural reverb in the antiquate building and lovingly mastered by Stu Hunt of Insert Audio Ltd. There is real warmth, clarity and balance to the sound. Kathryn Williams has a gift for soothingly lilting tunes and reassuring relaxed vocals. She offers old fa

Bearded Magazine (UK)

August 1, 2013
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Nominated for a Mercury Prize for 2000's Little Black Numbers, she has dipped both over and under the radar since then.

Past critic reviews published in

Bearded Magazine (UK), Slate the Disco (UK), For Folks Sake (UK), The Guardian (UK), Record Collector Magazine (UK) and more

Image Credit

Bryan Ledgard [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons