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“Our family is cursed in Arkansas,” my Mamaw Manis once stated frankly. Her white shock of hair, hazel eyes blazing countenance matched...

Paul Leslie, famed interviewer of Willie Nelson, Maya Angelou, Woody Harrelson and Woody Allen, just to name a few luminaries, has...

April 26, 2023 | Nashville, TN Alright, Alright, Alright! Shout Out To Redhead Songwriter Amanda Colleen Williams From Superstar Garth...

It’s a tradition in the Williams family to buy two copies of any new Garth Brooks record the day it comes out, and the new Garth Brooks...

For your listening enjoyment, here is a fun blog-cast discussion with Key West native author Scott Atwell. We talk about: what it means...

FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION BEST AMERICANA ALBUM APPALACHIA KID BY AMANDA COLLEEN WILLIAMS "There aren't many songs able to give...

On Labor Day, a national holiday in the United States, most people celebrate by taking the day off work. A long-time client and I worked...

One definition for creativity is the ability to make new connections between familiar topics. That makes Buffett Backstories: Fifty Years...

My Key West love story started in my teens. My dad had already caught island fever in his youthful travels with the roving band of...

When you’re really busy, it can feel like you don’t have time to do anything else, let alone plan. But when you are at your busiest,...

From time to time it’s important to be reminded of the healing power of music. Last week was one of those moments in this musician’s life...

A lot of you know that in addition to working on my own music, I help a lot of other people work on their music, too. Back in 2010 when I...

This afternoon I had the honor of picking up a signed copy of this House Joint Resolution honoring my dad, Kim Williams from Tennessee...

Join me on April 26, 2022 at 10 AM EDT / 9 AM CST for a special World Intellectual Property Day webinar called “IP Stories: Innovating...

On March 12, 2022 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Ambassador Andrew Young, the first African American Ambassador to the United...

Originally published Jan 20, 2022 | Updated Jan 20, 2024 I remember it well – the Eve of Saint Agnes – January 20th – the day when young...

Four or five of us were standing around talking during a break in our songwriter conference. In the group – A plastics manufacturer, an...

Pop up show announcement Key West Story of Love Get your tickets at The Key West Theater website. Show is Tuesday, December 7 6:30 pm -...

This week we're down in Key West performing at the world famous Hog's Breath Saloon. If you're in town, come and hang out with us between...

Songpreneurs is my company that I started back in 2010 to help songwriters make an honest go at their music. Having watched my dad climb...