Bronwen Williams

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The following excerpts are from reviews of "This Is Me, Is That You." To see the complete review, click on the citation line below the excerpt.


Bronwen
A singer/songwriter that explores the personal side of life. Bronwen's style is sweet, simple, and poignant. The lyrics don't stray too far from home. Her voice rings with the passion of motherhood, the pain of divorce, and the strength of womanhood.

Jody Fox & Mai Young, TheSongcrafters.com, 05-26-01




Bronwen's appropriately-titled 12-song debut is folksy, melodic, well engineered and full of vivid imagery.... Whatever category you want to put Bronwen into, some things are indisputable -- you will feel something (whatever it is); you will be drawn into the stories and more than likely convinced to listen again.

Les Reynolds, Indie-Music.com, 02-09-01




Bronwen Williams has a very distinctive sound, both in the songs she writes and chooses to sing and in her very unique voice....Choosing a subject area which bogs less talented writers in a mire of saccharine cliche, Williams manages to make her personal revelations universal and very conversational to boot.

Bob MacKenzie, Sound Bytes, 09-06-00




There's a lot of dancing on the razor's edge between sanity and insanity here, but there's also just enough of a silver lining of hope buried under the lyrics to make you believe the singer will be all right.

James Tarbox, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12-06-99




The message is one of strength, inspiration and encouragement. It goes into the darkness and emerges victorious. It is honest, revealing, and sensitive....The extremes of human existence co-mingled with exquisite musicianship and intense production, make this album a privilege to experience.

Independent Songwriter, 10-06-99




I was blown away by the simple beauty of the ideas and the sweetness of the music. This is a full grown woman with honest and full grown ideas....She is a woman’s woman, with an open heart and a “Get Serious” attitude.

Ed Felien, Pulse of the Twin Cities, 09-26-99




This is a lovely folky album and Bronwen proves that she has the voice....The words to the songs are simple, but that gives them personalities like real people; true friends almost....Each song is orchestrated differently, and has a singular mood all its own. If you're into beautiful folk, you'll have to try this one.

Ben Ohmart, The Muse’s Muse, 09-01-99




Local folkie Bronwen Williams has created, in her debut, an open wound of an album that draws you in with its acoustic intimacy and seduces you into its darkness.... It may sound like an unrelenting downer, but some of the minor-key arrangements are simply lovely, plumbing just the right modicum of sadness from the strains of a cello or accordion.

Rob Hubbard, Sidewalk Twin Cities, 08-10-99




Williams’ CD, “This Is Me, Is That You” is a refreshing piece of work. Williams’ debut is simple yet maintains a sophistication due to her intensely sweet voice and clarity of thought. Her use of storytelling within her songs is one of the purest forms I have heard in quite some time.

Peggy VanDuyne, Pulse of the Twin Cities, 05-19-99




“This Is Me, Is That You” is a treasure, and she's a major talent, a singer with a gorgeous folkie voice who could probably make her mark (or living) pitching her songs to Nashville stars.

Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 05-11-99




She has a clear, rich, gorgeous folk voice, reminiscent of early Judy Collins, and a sense of music that evokes the McGarrigle Sisters....“This Is Me, Is That You” signals the emergence of a major new talent.

Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 05-02-99