Brooks Williams
We are thrilled to welcome acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter Brooks Williams to the Book Tree for our first music gig of 2026.
Combining roots, jazz, blues, classical and folk, Brooks is a “guitarist in possession of rich vocal powers and a talent for lyrical imagery” (RnR Magazine) with “a beautiful voice that you just melt into” (Americana UK).
Each year Brooks performs hundreds of solo and band shows and regularly collaborates with an impressive list of fellow musicians including Hans Theessink, Guy Davis, Sally Barker, Boo Hewerdine, Paul Jones, and Rab Noakes. He’s played the Fairport Cropredy Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, Costa del Folk, Shrewsbury Festival, Celtic Connections and Glastonbury Festival among many others.
Brooks creates a “beautiful fusion” (Keys And Chords) in his music, “Setting new standards and a fresh direction for the blues” (Blues In Britain). His massive repertoire spans his own impeccably written material, and he has an excellent ear for a good cover too. Down At The Crossroads wrote of Brooks that his “original songs are typically sophisticated musically, and yet sound immediately familiar – a sign of a skilled songwriter”.
Drinks will be available to purchase at an informal bar before the show and during the interval. The concert will be in our atmospheric upstairs event space, surrounded by the building’s old oak beams.
Doors will open from 7pm, and the performance will start at 7.30pm.
Tickets can be booked below, by contacting Pickering Book Tree, or at the shop counter. We hope to see you there!
About the Musician
One of the most consistently excellent musicians in roots music — American Roots UK who ranked Brooks Williams in the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists
STRING BENDER, SONG WARBLER, TUNE WRANGLER
Brooks Williams is one of those select few ‘how on earth does he do it?’ artists. He can sing. He can write. And, man oh man, can he play guitar.
Statesboro, Georgia-born, Williams lives and tours from him home in the United Kingdom for nearly two decades.
Williams’ music effortlessly slides between country, blues and folk. He has been playing Americana long before it was given that name.
With thirty-four recordings in thirty-five years, Brooks Williams is listed one of the ‘Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists’. At The Barrier calls him a “chocolate-voiced, guitar maestro”.
Never one to shy away from the road, the list of venues and festivals Brooks Williams has plays is staggering. Newport, Winnipeg, Cropredy, Cambridge, Philadelphia, are but a few of many.
It is pure talent, hard work and relentless touring which has brought him to the pinnacle of his career — Blues In Britain
Find Out More
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Read more about Brooks on his website