Nicholas Edward Williams is a folk musician, multi-instrumentalist, and self-described flame-keeper Ñ a man who has spent years on the road tracing American music back to its roots and playing it forward. Blending Piedmont blues fingerpicking, old-time, ragtime, and early country with a voice that rolls like a mountain stream, Williams doesn’t simply perform these songs Ñ he resurrects them. His critically acclaimed recordings have charted internationally, and as the host of the roots music history podcast American Songcatcher, his dedication to preservation runs bone-deep. Live, it’s the intimacy that leaves its mark: one voice, a well-worn guitar, and a set of songs that feel like they’ve always existed.