★★★★★
The band is comprised of Bluegrass legend Del McCoury's sons Rob McCoury (banjo) and Ronnie McCoury (mandolin), with Jason Carter on fiddle and Alan Bartram on bass. Their impeccable picking and soulful rhythmic playing meshes perfectly behind Williams' creative songwriting, bringing forth all the warm heartache and nostalgia inspired by the genre...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
SCI Fidelity Though his new album is subtitled A Collection of Grateful Dead Covers on Piano to Benefit the Rex Foundation, Keller Williams defies the constraints of the Dead framework by recognizing the value in playing the pieces only on a piano and singing in a very graceful manner...
- www.jambands.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
SCI Fidelity Though his new album is subtitled A Collection of Grateful Dead Covers on Piano to Benefit the Rex Foundation, Keller Williams defies the constraints of the Dead framework by recognizing the value in playing the pieces only on a piano and singing in a very graceful manner. Sometimes playful and occasionally ruminative, but always engaging, the musician finds various ways to explore a song's complex depth ("Can't Come Down"), and he offers pathos within an old chestnut ("Terrapin...
- www.relix.com
2013-03-15
★★★★★
Sci Fidelity Keller Williams' well known penchant for single- word album titles may lead one to believe that Bass is all about fishing, a notion that its cover art doesn't do anything to dispel. But nope, it's the instrument, which Williams plays exclusively on his latest album. Recorded with Williams' reggae band Kdubalicious (Jay Starling on keyboards and Mark D on drums), Bass, despite the absence of Williams guitar playing, doesn't come off as an anomaly...
- www.relix.com
2012-02-02
★★★★★
SCI Fidelity With a desire to collaborate more often Keller Williams has hooked up with a couple of fellow Virginia musicians on his 17th album. Rather than continue his hyperactive one-man band approach, he focuses solely on vocals and bass duties with the Transmitters' Jay Starling (keyboards) and Mark D (drums) - known as Kdubalicious for this project - ably engaged in each song's makeup...
- www.jambands.com
2012-01-26
★★★★★
When an artist reaches album number 13 in their career, they've every right to do as they please, even if it means completely changing their formula. On Bass, Keller Williams abandons the manic guitar sound that has defined his career and proceeds to, as he's been known to say, "focus on the bass." The trio of Williams on bass and vocals, Jay Starling on keys and Mark D on drums come together as Kdubalicious to make Bass an experience full of reggae, funk and dub elements...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2011-12-15
★★★★★
Keller Williams is exactly who I wanted to be growing up. I wanted to write quirky fun music and make millions of dollars while befriending absurdly talented musicians along the way. On his latest Dream Williams makes the album I envisioned myself making except much better.The opener "Play This" is an ode to the radio-friendly song complete with a killer guitar solo and obligatory censored f-word and begins the fantastic lyrics that permeate the 16-track masterpiece...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
The cover of 12, which depicts jam-rock hero Keller Williams as a boxer (except he's barefoot, in a nod to his target audience), is telling. A ring girl that looks suspiciously like Britney Spears in her VMA getup stands in front of him with a placard indicating the twelfth round. There is significance in the pugilistic and numeric imagery, because 12 includes one song each from Williams's first eleven albums plus one previously unreleased track...
- www.prefixmag.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Track Listing: 1. Freeker By The Speaker 2. One Hit Wonder 3. Hunting Charlie 4. Alligator Alley 5. Spring Buds 6. Mental Instra 7. Vabeeotchay 8. Bob Rules 9. Frekashow 10. Gallivanting 11. God Is My Palm Pilot 12. Crooked 13. Old Lady From Carlsbad 14. Kidney In A Cooler 15...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
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