Karl S. Williams

Erstwhile song-and-dance man.

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Thank you to Tele Point Blues & Roots @adambarbuto and @m.s.r.entertainment for having me on Saturday. You always bring the music lovers and fun times ❣️ It was so nice to see a bunch of dear friends and it was a treat to have my brother Rory join me for a few ⚡️ First time ever! This Saturday April 1st I play at Lake Gkula @woodfordfolkfestival and so begins a busy month including @qldmusictrails and @starsandbars 🙏🏽 I am very excited to be on the road and I hope to play for you soon. Check my website for all the information and may the forest of the heart be verdant and flourishing 🌳 https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSaVdcp941/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thank you @majorscreekfestival 🙏🏽 You knocked me head over heels ❣️ I am so inspired by the wealth of song and generosity of spirit that my heart is humming all along the highway and truly aches to return. Big thank you to @hannahvox for having me - it was momentous and I’ve made some special new connections in this world. This artwork and message were given to me at the festival and I regret that I don’t know the artist’s name but I am so grateful and wanted to share it. Thank you, my own soul is soaring 💗 https://www.instagram.com/p/CqCwljGpN0z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Keep floating friends ❣️ Thank you to @lennoxsessions for having me at the Nor’Easter in Lennox Head on the weekend. It was a superb lineup and a great honour to be a part of it 🙏🏽 Next up I will be at @majorscreekfestival - taking the inland road. I can’t wait to be in that beautiful part of the country. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMyTEPptow/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I have been working on songs and playing with charcoal 🖤 but there are shows on the horizon! Next up is @lennoxsessions Nor’Easter Feb 24-26, followed by @majorscreekfestival and then Tele Point Blues & Roots. I look forward to it all and until then will continue pushing the charcoal and the ink around the page ❣️ Ticket links are in my bio - see you soon. https://www.instagram.com/p/CorhOY5pcgF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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🖤 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn3L9gXpf-2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hello friends and Happy New Year ❣️ I just want to say an immense thank you to @woodfordfolkfestival for having the band and I. It was once again uplifting, rejuvenating, life-affirming and beautiful. I am so grateful for the chance to share music on such hallowed ground. Thank you to the band - @bambamgeorge, @cricklecuts, @jaredfranzen, for being with me, for making it fly 🕊 Thank you to all the sound crew who looked after us so well. Thank you to Cara @hatfitzandcara for having us at Bluestown and putting together the very fun Southern Rock n Blues show on New Years Day - it was a delight! Thank you to @sarahinthehowells for having me on her ABC program among esteemed company and to Cate for having me on the @dirtgirlworldofficial NYE party for little people (I got to compare beards with @costasworld - his is truly majestic to behold). Thank you to Nick Lavers for inviting me to play a small part in the fire event band 🎹 everyone involved in that is utterly brilliant and I was so humbled to sit beside them again. Thank you ultimately to all who work to make it happen. The most exceptional collection of humans come together to create this event and it is really a tremendous gift to the world. Finally, thank you to the festival folk for your generosity by which I am (we are) buoyed into this new year 🙌🏽 Mercifully there are gigs near on the horizon: Jan 5 Jazz Singers Jam at Brisbane Jazz Club, Jan 6 at @lennoxculturalcentre2478 supporting @domturnerbacksliders / Jan 7 at @miamimarketta supporting @thewhitlams.official and Jan 14 at Bowraville Theatre @archive.midnorthcoast with @venaklymo 🙏🏽 I could go on indefinitely but for now, thank you. I am excited for all the music this year contains. (at Woodford Folk Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-tLWgJfQj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I am very pleased to tell you that our dear friend @janeyheart is joining us at @imperialhoteleumundi on Dec 17! ✨ It’s kind of full circle as Hannah’s band @sweetformidables supported us there when we launched Lifeblood in 2020 - and there’s been a lot of life in between ❣️ There are still a few tickets available ⚡️ See you there! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl8LEtgJIaJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I would like to introduce @vynmusic who will be joining us at @imperialhoteleumundi on Saturday Nov 26. Jeunae is such a wonderful and multifaceted artist in the truest sense. I can’t wait to hear what she has to share with us all ❣️ Get your tickets friends - tour begins tomorrow at @miamimarketta ⚡️⚡️⚡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/ClSMb6aP4Bv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Heart of The World ❣️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CkqEV8mp1Hh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Been a while between poems but I’m still assailed ❣️ New song ‘Mighty Judgement’ out Nov 18 with shows Nov 24 at @miamimarketta / Nov 25 at @felonsbarrelhall / Nov 26 at @imperialhoteleumundi - get tickets and we’ll see you there 🙏🏽 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkUh3iYJ8Av/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I'm hardly ready but that's the end of @smallhallsaus Spring Tour 2022! Two shows in Goombungee and Texas then a rainy drive up onto the plateau for @dorrigofolkbluegrassfest which was truly the perfect place to find myself after it all, uplifted by beautiful music ❣️ Thank you to Bridget and everyone at Dorrigo for having us. I'm carrying with me the mud of that special festival and many more unseen layers after a long tour. Everything a little more worn, just as it should be. Thank you to @catherinemusic for being a wonderful touring companion 🙌🏽 to Monique our tour manager and Kevin our production manager for all their hard work and good company. Finally thank you to Small Halls for the opportunity, it is an honour and a privilege. Is now a good time to tell you the band and I are playing @woodfordfolkfestival!? 🌳💚 See you there! There’s a few more words and images from the final week in the journal on my website karlswilliams.com/journal #smallhallsaus #smallhallsspring #catherinemaclellan #karlswilliams #qldarts #regionalarts #tour #australia #WoodfordFolkFestival22 #WFF2022 #Woodfordia #ImaginingABeautifulFuture2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkIXad6pwSF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[karlswilliams]

We made it through week three of the @smallhallsaus Spring Tour! Only a couple more shows and then @dorrigofolkbluegrassfest to finish ❣️ At this point the rhythm of checking in and out of accommodation, setting up, packing down becomes a steady backdrop that begins to blur different days and places together. I think my highlight this week was the town of Ravenswood. It was truly surreal and I hope I captured some of that. See more on my website: karlswilliams.com/journal . . . @catherinemusic #smallhallsaus #smallhallsspring #catherinemaclellan #karlswilliams #qldarts #regionalarts #tour #australia https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj4l7f4JPas/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thank you to Kooma elder Bill Speedy from @nullawokka for taking us for a walk on his ancestral country here in Bollon today 🙏🏽 I always feel awed by scar trees 🙌🏽 Thank you to his partner Judith as well for the bush tucker morning tea ❣️ I can’t wait to share our music with this pretty town tomorrow. . . . @smallhallsaus @catherinemusic #smallhallsaus #smallhallsspring #catherinemaclellan #karlswilliams #qldarts #regionalarts #tour #australia (at Bollon, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjSK8k7JRLB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I am so privileged to be on tour with @smallhallsaus, alongside @catherinemusic. We are four shows in and find ourselves with an extra day off due to flooding around the hall at Marthaguy, NSW. I hope everyone out there is safe! I thought this would be an opportune time to share some images from the journey thus far. See more in the journal on my website: karlswilliams.com/journal ❣️ Next stop - Bollon, QLD . . . #smallhallsaus #smallhallsspring #catherinemaclellan #karlswilliams #qldarts #regionalarts #tour #australia https://www.instagram.com/p/CjOv0y7PLFW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Official first show was a delight ❣️ Thank you for having us (and I’ll see you again when I come back with my fishing rod 🎣) - Next stop Irongate. Posted @withrepost • @smallhallsaus Thank you to the beautiful people of Russell Island & @tide_festival for being such warm and generous hosts! You made for a wonderful start to the tour! My Alintyne were an incredible support ~ songwriting workshop was great fun ~ OJ the best MC ever ~ Jeremy & team just fabulous. Thank you bay islands - we’ll be back! #smallhallsaus #smallhallsspring #catherinemaclellan #karlswilliams #tidefestival2022 #qldarts #regionalarts #tour #australia (at Canaipa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjEmBNEJGUT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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See you tomorrow from 2pm at @thebridgehotelcastlemaine for a little more of this 💜🎹 Footage from @brunswickballroomaus courtesy of @wertyjaws 🙏🏽 https://www.instagram.com/p/CimJZv1pT2u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=