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	Victoria Williams Fansite
		Victoria has a couple of appearances scheduled - check out the tour page for all the info.
		Victoria is prominently featured in new duet with UK singer-songwriter Christopher Rees
		Victoria is rumored to be recording an album with M.
	www.victoriawilliams.com (131 words)

	Victoria Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is a singer/songwriter, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana but for the length of her career a resident of Southern California.
		In 1993, Williams' life took a dramatic turn when she learned that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis.
		Williams ended the 1990s with 1998's Musings of a Creekdipper and followed it with Water to Drink in 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_Williams (422 words)

	John James Williams’ wife Victoria Felicia Robertson
		Williams has been a member of the Franklin county bar for ten or twelve years, and either as deputy or chief has been connected with his present duties for a much longer period, and in both his public and private relations with the community his career has been characterized by faithful and intelligent service.
		Williams was extensively engaged in breeding standard-bred horses and was a recognized authority on the trotting horse.
		Williams was born in 1873, a son of the late Judge J.J. Williams and Mrs.
	members.cox.net /jessecorn/MarySharp/College/RobertsonVictoria.htm (5234 words)

	Victoria Williams: Nature's Way
		The house Victoria shares with her husband Mark Olson (late of the Jayhawks) and their three dogs is set back a comfortable distance off the main road that runs through the tiny desert town of Joshua Tree, less than three miles shy of the turnoff to Joshua Tree Monument itself.
		Victoria, or Vic, as she is affectionately known, is inside ironing out the details of an appearance that she and Olson are making at an upcoming concert to benefit the Sweet Relief Musician's Fund, the nonprofit organization that provides emergency health care to artists without (or with insufficient) medical insurance.
		Williams described her primary concern as a songwriter, what she laughingly calls her Main Theme, as the attempt to capture "this moment in time, which is," she explains, "all we really have.
	www.servantsheart.net /vic_rayg.htm (2006 words)

	Gauntlet Buzz - Victoria Williams' show-and-tell
		Williams, whose folk sound is brightened by her uniquely pleasing child-like voice, is currently on tour supporting last year's Water to Drink.
		Williams is particularly excited to be part of the Calgary Folk Festival as it is a format she finds has the most to offer fans.
		A tribute album, Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams, was released in her honour in 1993 featuring performances from Pearl Jam, Lou Reed and Soul Asylum.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~gauntlet/eg/eg2/20010726/buzz/buzz01.html (428 words)

	Salon \| Sharps and Flats: Victoria Williams
		Victoria Williams, a singer-songwriter who lives in the equally dramatic California high desert, very much believes in the running commentary of everyday life, and "Musings" is her personal radio broadcast.
		Williams' steel pedal guitar and banjo put her in the former camp, while her trilling piano and occasionally funky bass lines set her in the latter.
		Williams' more traditional songs are wonderful as well: "Hummingbird," with its backyard beat and hoedown feel, is a shining example of her songcraft.
	archive.salon.com /music/sharps/1998/01/14sharps.html (489 words)

	Willamette Week - Country Music Victoria Williams - 4-1-98
		Williams is touring with her label mate, 23-year-old Chris Stills.
		In 1992, just when Williams had snagged the plum spot opening for Neil Young on a nationwide tour, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
		Williams' illness has allowed her to focus her own life, which has meant giving up city things and moving three hours outside of Los Angeles to Joshua Tree, where she lives in a fixer-upper with her musician husband, former Jayhawks member Mark Olson, and three dogs.
	www.wweek.com /html/williams.html (801 words)

	Victoria Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		These days Williams and Olson, who'll perform this Sunday at the Somerville Theatre, are living (surrounded by their burros, dogs and fruit trees) and recording at a home studio in Joshua Tree, California, a desert town named for the bizarre trees that grow within a national park there.
		When Williams harmonizes with her husband on a few tracks, the sound is mighty close to the music Gram Parsons made with Emmylou Harris.
		Victoria Williams and Mark Olson and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers appear this Sunday, October 15, at the Somerville Theatre.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/00/10/12/VICTORIA_WILLIAMS.html (705 words)

	Victoria Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Victoria Williams is a singer/songwriter whose vivid words and melodies can paint an unforgettable picture even upon first listening.
		While Victoria's talents were vividly documented on 1987's 'Happy Come Home' and 1990's 'Swing The Statue' - ironically, the work that served as her initial introduction to many listeners barely featured the Louisiana-born artist at all.
		Last year's 'Sweet Relief: A Benefit For Victoria Williams' was a career summation any artist would deeply envy: singing many of Williams's finest songs were more than a dozen of rock's most respected performers, including Pearl Jam (with whom she also played and sang), Lou Reed, Soul Asylum, the Waterboys and Matthew Sweet.
	www.lilithfair.com /lilith97/artists/VicWi.html (163 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Victoria Williams
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		Williams didn't waste any time bringing a sense of intimacy to the stage of this often stark space, chatting amiably with random audience members, and even bringing her golden retriever onstage to loll around, simultaneously creating and soaking up the homey atmosphere.
		Williams also put in a cameo appearance with hubby Mark Olson's band, the Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers, which opened the show with a passel of yearning tunes more redolent of country pioneers like the Louvin Brothers than the alt-country sound he plied as a member of the Jayhawks.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117788405?categoryid=34&cs=1 (342 words)

	KMR #30, Victoria Williams and Chris Stills in Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There is something remarkably childlike in her mannerisms and her girlish giggle, but at the same time she has a formidable grasp of folk imagery, with a wizened old woman's attention to the little details that can turn a curious image or anecdote into a genuinely affecting musical moment.
		But more to the point, what stands out in a Victoria Williams concert are the stories, and folk-stories derive much of their appeal from an elliptical, sometime lackadaisical delivery.
		Victoria also handed over the stage to her husband on a number of occasions, and he performed several pieces with the band, including "Valentine King" and "Runs With Ponies," most of them sturdy, rustic acoustic pop not far removed from the Jayhawks material.
	www2.ari.net /zwirnm/review30.htm (1154 words)

	Ectophiles' Guide - Victoria Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Victoria Williams' strength is clearly as a lyricist.
		Victoria is such an odd one that it can be a bit dangerous to recommend her.
		Victoria's music is the kind of happy stuff that I'm not always in the mood for, but I am as charmed as many of you are by her disarming style.
	ectoguide.org /alpha/w/williams.victoria (3052 words)

	Victoria Williams & the Loose Band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Victoria Williams came to popular recognition three years ago when the Sweet Relief CD was released.
		Williams was the first to benefit from the fund named after one of her own songs.
		We were blessed by Williams' relaxed and honest performances at last summer's Folk Festival here in Calgary (she was forced to withdraw from the Edmonton festival due to an attack of MS).
	www.ucalgary.ca /uofc/students/VOX/Albums/vicwilliams.htm (320 words)

	Only A Hobo - Victoria Williams
		Williams began recording "MUSINGS OF A CREEK DIPPER" in June of '97 at the Rancho de la Luna studio in California's Joshua Tree National Park with co-producer Trina Shoemaker (best known as Daniel Lanois' longtime engineer, as well as co-producer of Sheryl Crow's latest).
		Williams too, is having a blast, with a perpetual life of touring and recording.
		Victoria, Olson, and their pal Mike 'Razz' Russell have also just recorded an album together under the moniker of The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers.
	www.onlyahobo.it /artists/VictoriaWilliams.htm (688 words)

	Varsity Arts & Culture -- Victoria Williams: cowgirl in the sand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Williams generally includes a cover on her albums; Loose featured a version of "What a Wonderful World," and this time out she's covered "Nature Boy" by Eden Abez.
		Williams knew she wanted to include it on the album but wasn't sure what approach to take until a neighbour of hers dropped by.
		Williams' albums include her own drawings, photographs and personal messages, which give you the feeling that you've been sent a letter or have just picked up a friend's zine.
	www.varsity.utoronto.ca /archives/118/mar23/review/Victoria.html (1254 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Water to Drink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Miss Williams voice will always thrill me and entertain me, no matter how mediocre the material, which is exactly where this CD leaves me -- loving her voice but wanting better material.
		If you're just discovering Victoria Williams, or come to her by the way of the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, I'd recommend Musings or ANY of the Creekdippers CDs, of which Miss Williams is a member, along with partner in life Mark Olson.
		I always describe Victoria Williams to people by saying you'll either love her or hate her, because some people can't take her very unusual voice.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004TZC6?v=glance (1419 words)

	CityBeat: Short Takes (2002-07-11)
		Williams has spun the classics before on previous efforts (notably "What a Wonderful World," from the classic Loose) and anyone who has seen her perform with her traveling Creek Dippers has heard a few of these Ol' Songs already.
		The arrangements are lovely, but it's Williams' vocals that send the songs to a new level, her near-stumble of a voice recalling the fractured-genius Jazz vocalists of days gone by.
		Williams' flighty vocal style has scared away some listeners, but those who adore her music love it for that same reason.
	www.citybeat.com /2002-07-11/musicshorttakes.shtml (1052 words)

	A Concert Review by The Phantom Tollbooth
		Williams' music is an eclectic jazzy, folky experience, with Williams herself gaily hopping from banjo, to drum, to classical or electric guitar, to piano, all overlaid with her characteristic vocal touch.
		Once you are accustomed to her free-flowing style, it is easy to become enraptured in the journey that is a live Victoria Williams show.
		Williams sang a wide range of songs spanning her discography, but it was the old favorites that met with the greatest applause.
	www.tollbooth.org /creviews/vwilliams.html (654 words)

	Sweet Relief - A Benefit For Victoria Williams
		Victoria Williams was first diagnosed with MS -- a degenerative neurological dis-ease that affects the central nervous system -- in the spring '92, while touring the U.S. with Neil Young.
		Victoria Williams' medical expenses; at the same time, a portion will be paid to the Sweet Relief Musicians Trust Fund, which Williams has set up to aid other artists in similar predicaments.
		Victoria is dealing with this first hand, but instead of taking care of herself, she's seeing to the care of musicians in the future that they not have to face the health care nightmare penniless.
	www.sonymusic.com /artists/SweetRelief/SweetRelief_ABenefitForVictoriaWilliams.html (1493 words)

	Victoria Williams: Sings Some Ol' Songs - PopMatters Music Review
		When Victoria Williams was growing up in Louisiana, she would often visit her grandmother.
		And while the thought of a creaky and quirky vocal from Williams on these numbers may seem strange, for the most part nothing could be further from the truth.
		Resembling a possible Macy Gray interlude, Williams and her vocals are often one step ahead of the harmony vocals, which adds a certain element of ragged joy to it.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/w/williamsvictoria-sings.shtml (908 words)

	Victoria Williams
		Her newest release, Musings of a Creekdripper (Atlantic), is Williams to the extreme, complete with little-kid twang, pastoral musings and occasionally brilliant songwriting.
		Joyfully inspired by her home with hubby Mark Olsen (former Jayhawk) in Joshua Tree, CA, the album offers Disney-ish scenes of "periwinkle skies," "grandpa in the cornpatch" and "hummingbirds," and a basket of styles—from country to ragtime jazz to spiritual folk.
		Her interpretation of "Nature Boy" is folk avant-garde, warped by baby-babble cooing and knocking calimba.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/031298/six1.shtml (168 words)

	Salon \| Sharps and Flats: Interview: Victoria Williams
		Williams began playing in a number of open tunings, which allowed her to form bar chords with one finger on guitar and banjo, leaving some of the trickier parts to her merry band of cohorts.
		Williams has always sought, perhaps unconsciously, to re-create the "good vibe" scene of Shreveport, La., where she first learned to make songs -- to communicate the notions in her head, forthright and fanciful alike, through music.
		Williams' faltering marriage to Case (the two later divorced) was so stressful that it caused her voice to take on a strangely high, "uncontrollable vibrato" during the recording.
	www.salon.com /music/int/1998/01/14int.html (813 words)

	CMT.com : Victoria Williams : Biography
		Born in Louisiana in 1959, Williams taught herself to play the guitar while still in her teens, and soon began composing songs.
		Finally, Williams made her solo recording debut in 1987 with Happy Come Home, a collection showcasing her vivid songcraft as well as her off-kilter, squeaky vocal style.
		In response, her manager began assembling friends and fans to record Williams' songs for a benefit album; the result, 1993's Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams, featured the likes of Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet, the Jayhawks, and Soul Asylum, whose rendition of "Summer of Drugs" was the record's first single.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/victoria_williams/bio.jhtml (484 words)

	THRUST CHAT: victoria williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Armed with a bewitching, crackly voice, Victoria Williams is an original writer with a magical flare.
		VICTORIA: She's a pack dog, so she considers herself one of the band.
		VICTORIA: My husband Mark Olson, who used to be in the Jayhawks, and Raz Russel, a fiddle player who played with Joe Henry.
	members.tripod.com /%7Ethrust_2/victoria-williams.html (1041 words)

	Dr. Victoria Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Williams, V. and Noland R. Comparing the climate impacts of long- and short-haul air travel, submitted to 45th Conference of the European Regional Science Association, Amsterdam.
		Williams, V., Noland, R. and Toumi, R., 2005, Adjusting aircraft cruise altitudes for atmospheric conditions to reduce the climate impact due to contrail formation, to be presented at 16th Global Warming International Conference and Expo, New York.
		Williams, V., and Noland, R. Variability of contrail formation conditions and the implications for policies to reduce the climate impacts of aviation, submitted to FAA/Eurocontrol ATM seminar, Baltimore.
	www.cts.cv.ic.ac.uk /html/Staff/staffDetails.asp?id=VW&level=full (1309 words)

	Victoria Williams: Water to Drink - PopMatters Music Review
		With a cast of artists from Lucinda Williams to Pearl Jam, from Lou Reed to Soul Asylum, Sweet Relief was miraculously able to transcend the fragmentary nature of most tributes to create a vibrant whole that reverberated with life.
		So while I remained a devotee of the Jayhawks -- who remain one of the most underappreciated bands in America -- I stopped listening to Victoria Williams, catching her newer releases only in bits and pieces at friends' homes, who insisted that I didn't know what I was missing.
		Williams sings at one point that "Fixing up junk / That's what were born into this world to do." If that's true, she's more than done her part here.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/w/williamsvictoria-water.shtml (792 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Victoria Williams
		Had it not been for the misfortune of illness (multiple sclerosis, diagnosed in 1992) and the generosity of friends, the uplifting magic of Victoria Williams' warbly jazz-country voice and unique musical observations might never have spread much beyond the tiny cult that had been attracted by her first two albums.
		Throughout, Williams wields her idiosyncratic voice, with microtonal pitch control and time-out delayed phrasing, like a jazz instrument, begging comparison to Blossom Dearie, although she's probably never sung Spirit's "Nature's Way," as Williams pointedly does here.
		Four years after the masterful looseness of Loose, Williams returned with the subtle rural elegance of Musings of a Creekdipper (the title is a reference to her involvement, under the name Mabel Allbright, with ex-Jayhawk and second husband Mark Olson’s Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers).
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=victoria_williams (1015 words)

	Victoria Williams review by The Phantom Tollbooth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		These twelve songs contain Victoria's reflections on life, set to music: love, trains, plants and animals, family, and many other topics figure in these songs.
		Victoria remains Victoria, which means there's a little bit of everything here musically in addition to the varied lyrics.
		Victoria's various influences--folk, jazz, country, rock and roll, and gospel--come through in the songs, but even the rock and roll pieces are subtle and restrained and don't overpower Victoria's musings.
	www.tollbooth.org /mini/vwilliams.html (179 words)

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