WHAT IT IS: The grandson of country pioneer Hank Williams and the son of outlaw legend Hank Jr., rising singer/songwriter Sam Williams is the latest in a long line of American originals, but he’s been paving his own lane in country music. Blessed with a singular voice, Williams combines gut-wrenching honesty and poetic plainspokenness with raw vulnerability and a deep empathy. Ahead of his debut album, Glasshouse Children, Williams released a string of singles and earned a standing ovation following his Grand Ole Opry debut last year. The forthcoming album—which includes collaborations with Dolly Parton and Keith Urban—is an introspective meditation on hurt and healing, loss and growth, sin and redemption; a reckoning with fate, free will and the family ties that bind us.
ALBUM: Glasshouse Children
RELEASE DATE: 8/20
SINGLE: “Glasshouse Children”
TV: Late-night debut on Stephen Colbert
INTERNET: 462k+ combined YouTube views, 4.74k+ subscribers; 104k+ monthly Spotify listeners; playlists: Spotify’s Wild Country, Country Hits, Acoustic Grit, New Music Nashville, Emerging Americana, more
PRESS: American Songwriter, CMT, NPR, Rolling Stone, The Tennessean, Variety, more
BOOKING: Lance Roberts/UTA
PUBLISHING: Truth or Dare Music Publishing
MANAGEMENT: Missi Gallimore/T.R.U.T.H. Management