Warren H Williams

Warren H Williams is a singer, musician and song writer from Hermannsburg in Central Australia. Williams is an Arrernte man who plays country music. He started playing guitar at six with his father Gus Williams.

Williams was nominated for an ARIA Award in 1998 for Best Indigenous Release for the song Raining On The Rock. [ [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=W&artist=Warren%20H%20Williams Aria Awards] ] Williams won a Deadly in 1998 for Single Release of the Year for the duet Raining on the Rock and another in 2001 for his album Where My Heart Is [ [http://www.deadlys.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?pageID=1781 The 2001 Deadlys] ] . In 2006 Warren was the 'NAIDOC Artist of the Year' and won "Song of the Year" at Music NT’s 2006 Indigenous Music Awards. Warren H Williams was in 2004 presented with a Country Music Centenary Medal from CMAA for service to Australian society through music and in 2008 was an inductee into the Country Music Hands Of Fame in Tamworth [ [http://www.historyofcountrymusic.com.au/cmhands.html Australian Country Music Hands of Fame] ] .

He regularly tours with John Williamson, including 'Mates on the Road', 'Stone and Wire', 'Chandelier of Stars' and 'Wildlife Warrior on Tour' [ [http://www.muster.com.au/2008artists/johnwilliamson.html Warren H Williams] ] . In 2004 he was the subject of an epidode of the tv series Nganampa Anwernekenhe [ [http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/warren-h-williams/ Warren H Williams, the stories, the songs (2004)] ] In 2007 his musical, Magic Coolamon, debuted as the first ever Central Australian Indigenous musical [ [http://www.warrensnowdon.com/media/070329.htm Magic Coolamon - First Central Australian Indigenous Musical] ] .

Discography

* Solo albums Western Wind (1995) - CAAMA Music

Country Friends & Me (1998) - CAAMA Music
Featuring John Williamson, Greg Champion, Jimmy Little, Johnny Chester & Ted Egan.
Includes the duet 'Raining on the Rock' with John Williamson

Where My Heart Is (2001) - CAAMA Music

Places In Between (2002) - CAAMA Music

Be Like Home (2005) - CAAMA Music

* OthersGus Williams - Through The Years
Williams plays guitar on his fathers album.

Country Ebony - Southern Cross
An instrumental album featuring Warren and friends (family).

Warren H Williams, John Williamson & Pixie Jenkins - Mates On the Road (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.warrenhwilliams.com/ Warren H Williams homepage]
* [http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/news/music-warren.html Warren H Williams : Places In Between review]