Hayward Williams

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Often dark, always honest and in the groove, Williams continues to break new ground in new-traditional folk rock. There’s a ghostly spirit that floats through the songs on his new album, Pretenders. Williams is a wary caretaker of those spirits. His songs brim with the smoke-and-mirror lyricism of Leonard Cohen — and the rocker’s heart of Neil Young. With Paul Otteson.