Williams writes songs that are honest and confessional, yet never overbearing, and performs with an appealing mix of intense passion and humor. He is a songwriter and an entertainer, engaging audiences with what the Boston Phoenix calls “lush guitar work, sweet soaring vocals,” and sometimes the added percussive vulnerability of a single djembe hand drum.

Williams challenges his listener ever so gently while offering familiar images and hard-won wisdom. Consistent passion continues to propel Williams forward and make other musicians take notice. During the last several years, Williams has opened for, and in some cases accompanied on djembe and vocals, David Wilcox, the Waifs, Peter Himmelman, Patty Larkin, the Subdudes, and Arlo Guthrie.