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Yasmin Williams
Guitar World
|April 2025
A FOLK GUITAR VIRTUOSO BRANCHES OUT ON HER THIRD ALBUM, ACADIA
THERE'S NO DOUBT Yasmin Williams' inventive style of playing guitar - in a percussive, often, arpeggiated style built around hammer-ons and pull-offs, all while seated with an acoustic positioned on her lap is the first thing to catch the eye of guitar players. But the sound itself is the truly mesmerizing part.
This story is from the April 2025 edition of Guitar World.
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