Join us on Tuesday, July 14 for a Speaker Session with Nicholas Edwards Williams. Roots Music History: Live! is a multimedia presentation on local East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia music history presented by the producer and host of the music history podcast American Songcatcher heard on Radio Bristol, WNCW and wherever you get our podcasts, Nicholas Edward Williams. The experience includes historical audio, video, imagery, and a short concert of early songs recorded or documented in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Producer and host of the roots music history podcast American Songcatcher, Nicholas Edward Williams is a multi-instrumentalist, storyteller and preservationist who has spent the last 15+ years touring three continents, honoring and blending the American roots music spectrum with his own flair. He’s presented for TEDx, opened for Taj Mahal, The Wood Brothers, CAAMP, Dom Flemons, Ballroom Thieves, John Craigie, John Paul White and Town Mountain, and his 2019 debut record, As I Go Ramblin' Around, hit the Top 10 Folk DJ charts for album and song. His critically acclaimed sophomore release Folk Songs For Old Times' Sake has been heralded by well-regarded figures such as David Holt, Oliver Wood and JP Harris, and his newest traditional record, titled Rags, Folk and Blues, Oh My! releases in the Spring of 2025. Nicholas is also the Founder and Director of the Hurricane Helene instrument relief organization ReString Appalachia.