Kathryn Williams live in concert.
ON TOUR

Kathryn Williams

24
critic concert reviews
rock

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

84
%
Based on 
24
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Real Live Certified  

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Critics Consensus

Kathryn Williams is "Real Live Certified" and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 24 concert reviews, the critics 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.

How long are their concerts?

How long are Kathryn Williams concerts? Kathryn Williams concerts usually last around 45 minutes.

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Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Liverpool, United Kingdom (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
Artist Website

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 Guardian (UK)

February 28, 2010
80
%
Komedia Studio Bar, Brighton, UK

musicOMH (UK)

March 5, 2008
80
%
Well alright not on the street itself which is still teeming with tourists but just a couple of stones throws away two musicians are enjoying the gentlest of arguments.

The Skinny (UK)

December 12, 2006
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She has self-released a series of increasingly sophisticated albums and her adventurous cover versions rescued several rock standards from reverential obsolescence.

NME (UK)

September 12, 2005
%
London, UK

The Guardian (UK)

July 20, 2005
80
%
A shame perhaps that there is now no fearsome engine propelling her into homes across the country but her deceptively delicate songs were always too spiky to package.

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), The Guardian (UK), The Guardian (UK), Thank Folk for That (USA), Thank Folk for That (USA) and more

Image Credit

Bryan Ledgard [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

Night Drives (15 July 2022)