![]() ![]() ![]() “Absolutely, Brad is a genius!” Williamson exclaims. The album was produced by Brad Cook, and Williamson confirmed a statement, made during my earlier Observer interview with Suki Waterhouse, that the Grammy-nominated North Carolinian is able to “bring out the best” in the artists he works with. It’s less big man in the sky and more of an energy, a feeling.” ‘God in Everything’ is a song that speaks to finding my own definition of God and what that word means to me. It’s something I’m still working on and learning about but more than anything it’s really been about letting go and believing that I’m taken care of. ![]() In a website bio quote, Williamson says that being alone during lockdown was “a period of stillness and desperation that forced me to turn inward and find comfort in a power greater than myself.”Īsked to elaborate in a subsequent email, she replies, “It felt like a slow unfolding and subtle shift toward trusting and putting my faith in a Higher Power. “It helped me open up my songwriting and take it out of any specific genre box.” “Using the drum machine was the biggest shift for me,” Williamson says when comparing this album to her previous work. One of her twists was utilizing drum programming for songs such as “God in Everything, “Topanga Two Step” and the title track from an iPhone app that was “this really amazing companion” during the pandemic. Sturgill Simpson and Kacey Musgraves, for example.” “I know I’m bringing my own flavor by using some non-traditional instrumentation, but some of the best ones doing it right now are also pushing those boundaries sonically. “I love it and am honored to be associated with country,” she says. Yet she introduces sounds not usually heard in Nashville’s old-timey tunes. While her music isn’t restricted to any particular genre, Williamson embraces the country side of herself. Returning to her hometown as a headliner at Sundown at Granada the day before the release, Williamson will be thrilled to see one special fan at the show, the person in Dallas she misses the most - “My Mom!” “I’m really happy that people like the singles, and it seems like they’re excited for the whole record to come out. I’m so thankful,” she says, finally, over a Zoom connection. ![]() Scheduled to play later that night for the first time at Levon Helm Studios, Williamson was pleased about the critical attention and fan praise her fifth solo studio album’s new songs were already getting two weeks before its release. She sounded upbeat while dealing with spotty cellphone service on tour in Woodstock, New York, on May 26. It will be released June 9 on the Mexican Summer label. Her latest thing of beauty is Time Ain’t Accidental, an alluring 11-track album that covers love lost and found on a seemingly endless road trip to ultimate satisfaction. As a sensitive singer-songwriter with a sparkling voice and multi-instrumentalist abilities that cover multiple genres, she possesses crossover potential that knows no boundaries.įor someone who once felt at times like “a little bit of an outsider” and could’ve been called the Mellow Rose of Texas, this late bloomer has grown patiently and gracefully in her quest to find the magical forces of nature that appeal to the senses - and the masses. Although her major course of study was photojournalism, the true ambition of an only child of Dallas parents was to get educated in the art of music.Īfter 18 years, four solo albums and one very-high-profile collaborative project, Williamson is on the verge of stardom. Jess Williamson waited until her senior year in college before learning how to write songs and play musical instruments. ![]()
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