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- Summary: The third full-length release from Virginian guitarist Yasmin Williams features guest appearances by Darlingside, Allison de Groot, Darian Donovan Thomas, Dom Flemons, Marcus Gilmore, Tatiana Hargreaves, Kaki King, Malick Koly, Magro, Aoife O'Donovan, and Immanuel Wilkins.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Folk, New Age, New Acoustic, Contemporary Instrumental, Solo Instrumental
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Nov 7, 2024If the first third of the record was maybe a modernized version of County Records, and the middle third was Windham Hill, the final third is decidedly ECM territory, fusion with a folk twist, because that fingerstyle mastery is omnipresent. Hearing Williams’ fuzzed out lead on “Dream Lake” will send chills down your spine, it is completely inspirational musicianship.
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Oct 7, 2024As technically gifted as she is, Williams also plays with passion, and Acadia is easily her most ambitious release to date.
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UncutOct 7, 2024So full of imagination and life-enhancing radiance that you could wallow in their fragrance all day. [Nov 2024, p.43]
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MojoOct 7, 2024Forgoing cynicism, she looks out on the world with unbound curiosity and zeal, every coruscant melody and glowing harmony another discovery. [Nov 2024, p.93]
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Oct 21, 2024Yasmin Williams continues to make increasingly intriguing and effective music, suggesting that, as that title might suggest, a new era is just beginning for her.
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The WireOct 7, 2024As hinted at by the title of its opening piece “Cliffwalk” the album’s forays into new sound worlds suggest Williams is poised on the edge of a fresh chapter, testing newfound powers. [Nov 2024, p.
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Oct 7, 2024Her songs remain as focused as ever, and she uses these other musicians with the same consideration with which she uses various techniques; nothing is simply spectacle. More than anything else in Williams’ catalog, Acadia is open to tangents, wild ideas, sudden realizations, and sustained moods.