{"id":146798,"date":"2025-01-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=146798"},"modified":"2025-01-18T16:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:31:26","slug":"yasmin-williams-spirited-solo-guitar-acoustic-guitar-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/yasmin-williams-spirited-solo-guitar-acoustic-guitar-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasmin Williams\u2019 Spirited Solo Guitar | Acoustic Guitar Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Yasmin Williams\u2019 Spirited Solo Guitar | Acoustic Guitar Sessions\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6F70TDhycfs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yasmin Williams is known for extending the boundaries of solo fingerstyle guitar, with progressive techniques and original compositions that blossom out of traditional folk and roots touchstones. On her latest record, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3C2ZXQd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acadia<\/a><\/em>, she expands her distinctive sound world even further, and adds a real sense of community, sharing tracks with such artists as Dom Flemons, Kaki King, Aoife O\u2019Donovan, and saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this solo Session, captured at Acoustic Guitar HQ in San Anselmo, California, Williams performs two songs from <em>Acadia<\/em>, \u201cCliffwalk\u201d and \u201cHummingbird,\u201d and finishes off the set with an old favorite, \u201cJuvenescence\u201d (from her 2021 release, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42jMT3n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Urban Driftwood<\/em><\/a>). Williams doesn\u2019t <em>just <\/em>play fast all over the neck\u2014her spirited fingerstyle is dynamic, exuberant, and at times exhilarating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams also shares some compositional and creative insights about <em>Acadia<\/em>, and shows off her one-of-a kind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/great-acoustics-yasmin-williams-skytop-grand-concert\/\">Skytop Grand Concert<\/a><\/strong> (\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible instrument &#8230; I wouldn\u2019t trade it for anything!\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/yasminwilliams.bandcamp.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yasmin Williams<\/a> and <em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/new-beginnings-a-contemplative-study-by-yasmin-williams\/\">Learn to Play \u2018New Beginnings\u2019: A Contemplative Study by Yasmin Williams<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When learning a new piece, it might be tempting to plow right through from beginning to end, but this can be counterproductive. Instead, it\u2019s best to tackle \u201cNew Beginnings\u201d\u2014or really any composition for that matter\u2014section by section, ideally with a metronome.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/jerron-paxton-tray-wellington-and-yasmin-williams-reflect-on-black-country-music\/\"><strong>Expanding the Boundaries of Black Country Music<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Multi-instrumentalist and historian Dom Flemons hosts a roundtable discussion with Jerron Paxton, Tray Wellington, and Yasmin Williams.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/solo-guitar-composition-the-acoustic-guitar-podcast\/\">Solo Guitar Composition | The Acoustic Guitar Podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Diego Figueiredo, Gwenifer Raymond, and Yasmin Williams share their unique perspectives on composing for solo guitar.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Williams performs two songs from her latest release, \u2018Acadia,\u2019 and finishes off the set with an old favorite, \u201cJuvenescence.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Williams performs two songs from her latest release, \u2018Acadia,\u2019 and finishes off the set with an old favorite, \u201cJuvenescence.\u201d ","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1530],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1542],"class_list":["post-146798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instrumental-guitar-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AG-Sessions-Yasmin-WIlliams.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1542,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"joeystringletter-com","display_name":"Joey Lusterman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d62788a8fb3719a625c95a649fc05b0d673d8921c9f2491f0a36cc588ee3c452?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Lusterman","first_name":"Joey","job_title":"","description":"Opinionated creative slash beginning guitarist. 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