Yasmin Williams at Creative Alliance: HopArt Event

Attend a performance through the HopArt program, free of cost. RSVP to be entered into the ticket lottery. Participants will be confirmed 5-7 days before each event. Students will attend with faculty or staff chaperones and transportation is provided to and from JHU.

Yasmin Williams, age 25, is one of the country’s most imaginative young solo guitarists. Released in January, her second album, “Urban Driftwood”, represents a clear break with the form’s stoic, folk-rooted mores. No Depression wrote “Urban Driftwood is a dizzyingly magnificent as starting up at the night sky on a clear night and seeing the universe unfold before your very eyes.” In a form long dominated by white men, Williams is young and Black and is who is using new inspiration and techniques push the solo guitar form is new directions. Opening the show is Amadou Kouyate, an inventive kora and djembe player and descendent of a long line of Manding Griots. Kouyate collaborated with Williams on her recent record. Expect a thrilling evening. 

7pm Shuttle from JHU for 8pm concert at Creative Alliance. Registration to enter the lottery ends Friday, Oct 29 at 12pm. Proof of COVID vaccination will be required per venue regulations.