Williams Road

HAMILTON – Hamilton-homegrown band Williams Road, created in 2009, will become a part of upstate New York’s storied musical tradition with the release of their first official album, the self-titled “Williams Road.”

Composed of band members Mike Craven, Scott Krueger, Clare Pellerin and Brad Jewett, Williams Road is, as Krueger says, a “whole greater than the sum of its parts.” The band’s musicians each come from different musical backgrounds, from the classically-trained to the self-taught, but through their common central New York bond, are able to create a solid, distinctive sound that has often been described as a blend of folk, roots, and indie, with a deep and heavy undercurrent of Americana.

The band’s name serves as a confirmation of this rootedness – Williams Road is an actual country road, off of Route 12 between Sherburne and Waterville. Why this road in particular? Band member Craven says that after a long day’s work, on his journey back from “wherever work was that day,” Williams Road was the “last stretch” before he got home, and the band expresses a similar sentiment – the feeling of “coming home.” With songs like “Far Away In Another Town” and “Try To Make It Home Tonight,” the band very clearly finds musical inspiration from its surroundings and the people in them.

With the momentum of their new album propelling them forward, Williams Road is eager to begin playing outside of the studio where they’ve been hiding for the past several months. Prior to recording, the band had played at a variety of local venues – the Colgate Inn, the Brae Loch, the Blarney Stone, among others, and even on the village green in Hamilton.

New performance opportunities can be made through their manager, Inna Peshkova, at roadwilliams@gmail.com To sample Williams Road’s music firsthand, visit their virtual homebase at www.officialwilliamsroad.com or check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/officialwilliamsroad - Mid-York Weekly