Nicholas Edward Williams

Host of the popular roots music history podcast American Songcatcher Nicholas Edward Williams is a 36 year-old multi-instrumentalist and storyteller who is dedicated to playing it forward by preserving the songs and styles that have shaped our country: ragtime, Piedmont blues, traditional folk, old time and early country. Williams has spent the last 15 years touring around the US, the UK, Western Europe and Australia, blending the roots music spectrum in his own style. He's opened for Taj Mahal, The Wood Brothers, Town Mountain, and performed on festival stages on three continents, and made the International Folk Radio DJ Charts in 2019 with the #6 Top Album, #7 Top Song.