Meg Williams

Nashville-based guitarist, songwriter, and singer, Meg Williams, performs across the country with her full band, as a solo/duo act, and as a side-woman for other artists. With over 20+ years experience on the guitar, Meg’s guitar playing and solos have captured the attention of audiences across the US, leaving her with an ever growing fanbase. Often compared to Susan Tedeschi and Bonnie Raitt, Meg brings a mix of blues, rock, and southern rock/country music to the stage at all of her performances. 

Meg currently has a weekly residency at Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar, in downtown Nashville, for over 2 years now. She has also performed at other historic Nashville venues including: 3rd & Lindsley, City Winery, and BB King's. She was selected as the House Band Director and guitarist for the Women in Blues showcase at Alfred's on Beale Street (Memphis, TN) during the International Blues Challenge (2019, 2020, and 2022). Meg's song ‘Blowin Smoke’ was just selected as Southern Rock/Country Rock Song of the Year for the 2023 Josie Music Awards. Meg will be performing at the 2024 Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival (FL) and the 2024 North Atlantic Blues Festival (ME).

Meg has performed at the Josie Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House (with Travis Bowlin), Gloucester Blues Festival (MA), Huntsville Cigar Box Guitar Festival (AL),  the inaugural Nashville Nights music festival (Babcock Ranch, FL), Bradenton FL Cigar Box Guitar Festival (with Travis Bowlin), Winter Blues Experience III (Cincinnati, OH), Muscle Shoals Songwriter Festival (AL), Cincinnati Guitar Festival (OH),  Camping with the Blues Festival (Brooksville, FL), Tall City Blues Festival (TX), and many more. She has also performed at the official Ryman Auditorium Outdoor PNC Stage pre-show performance for the Jason Isbell Show (Nashville, TN), and the Point of the Bluff Concert Series (NY), as an opening act for the band America. She recorded her 2019 full length album, ‘Take Me As I Am: The Muscle Shoals Sessions,’ at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals (Nola Blue Records). Meg’s album has since been played on Sirius XM’s Bluesville and radio stations world-wide. Meg independently released her latest full length album, recorded in Nashville, TN, titled 'Live and Learn' in 2021. The single 'Live and Learn' from the new album was selected as a semi-finalist for the International Songwriting Competition (2021 ISC). The album 'Live and Learn' earned a Bronze Global Music Award (Americana Album), and was selected as a finalist (Album of the Year) for the International Singer Songwriter Association awards. Her latest single ‘Blowin’ Smoke’ was selected as Southern Rock/Country Rock Song of the Year with the Josie Music Awards. Meg will be releasing new music in 2024.