The Latest Breaking News from Yasmin Williams

Kennedy Center director snipes at musician for ‘vapidness’ over DEI concerns

Trump ally Richard Grenell sends series of hostile emails to Yasmin Williams despite saying he was ‘too busy’ to do so

The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2025

Richard Grenell engages in ‘bizarre’ email exchange with musician

‘Yes I cut the DEI ******** because we can’t afford to pay people for fringe and niche programming that public won’t support,’ Trump’s acting head of the John F. Kennedy Center reportedly wrote

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025

“I used different gadgets to make the guitar sound different. I used a few hammers – I don’t recommend that”: How Yasmin Williams is redefining the people’s music with kitchen implements and acoustic guitar

The acoustic folk virtuoso even used a frother from her parents’ kitchen to get a tone on new album Acadia, but, she tells us, the end justifies the means

Guitar World · Feb 25, 2025

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 12 awesome acts to catch at 2022 festival

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Expect to see even more smiles than usual when the beloved Hardly Strictly Bluegrass makes its long awaited return to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco Sept. 30-Oct. 2.

Tribune News Service · Sep 23, 2022

Aoife O'Donovan: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The singer-songwriter assembled her band at a New Hampshire bookstore for a set of warm folk-pop songs.

WEKU · May 9, 2022