Willie Watson

Thin with disheveled hair and attempted goatee, Willie Watson enthralled a sold-out crowd on a rainy Tuesday night at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs. Known as much for his covers of iconic folksongs of the last century as he is for his own material, he opened with three new originals including “Slim and The Devil,”

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She's a bubbly, confident performer who nailed her songs with a professional approach, but one senses she's still peeling back her artistic layers and refining her craft.

Their namesake and lead vocalist has one of those grainy, ragged voices similar to The Felice Brothers and a freewheeling sound akin to The Band.

It was a dark and stormy night…but that didn’t keep the music lovers away from Auckland’s Tuning Fork as Joshua Hedley and Willie Watson each brought their distinctive takes on what can loosely be called Americana to New Zealand.

Willie Watson performs at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis on April 21, 2024.

The name of Willie Watson is almost invariably mentioned in the very same breath as Old Crow Medicine Show. He was, after all, one of the founding members of the celebrated American roots outfit and performed with them with great distinction from their inception in 1998 until his leaving the band some 13 years later.