Robin and Linda Williams explained

Robin and Linda Williams
Background:group_or_band
Years Active:1971–present
Associated Acts:The Hopeful Gospel Quartet

Robin and Linda Williams are a husband-and-wife singer-songwriter folk music duo from Virginia. They met in South Carolina in 1971,[1] [2] and began performing in 1973.[3]

The Williamses appeared on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show from 1975.[4] The duo were members of the Hopeful Gospel Quartet with Keillor and Kate MacKenzie.[1] [5] After touring with Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1993,[6] the pair later sang on her Grammy Award-winning album Stones in the Road.[7] Sugar for Sugar spent 11 weeks in the top 20 of the Americana Chart in the Gavin Report in 1996. In 2004, they switched labels, recording Deeper Waters as their first release on Red House Records.[8]

The Williamses appeared in the film A Prairie Home Companion.[9] They appeared on the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, hosted by Michael Johnathon.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Country singers Robin, Linda Williams live at the Mainstay. The Star Democrat. December 11, 2009. October 21, 2018.
  2. News: Robin & Linda Williams: They're in the company of strangers. Index-Journal. March 19, 2000. October 21, 2018.
  3. News: Singer electrifying: Review. Lori. Farmer. Mansfield News Journal. July 23, 1993. October 21, 2018.
  4. News: Robin and Linda Williams are ingrained like family. The Morning Call. December 16, 2007. October 21, 2018.
  5. News: Williamsburg Theater to 'Companion' regulars. Tony. Gabriele. January 4, 2002. Daily Press. October 21, 2018.
  6. News: Robin and Linda Williams play Saturday in Oxford. Press & Sun-Bulletin. May 30, 2017. October 21, 2018.
  7. Web site: A Prairie Home Companion bio of Robin & Linda Williams. https://web.archive.org/web/20171124123054/http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/20010505/guests.shtml. November 24, 2017. American Public Media. May 5, 2001. July 5, 2008.
  8. News: Robin and Linda Williams, "Deeper Waters" (Red House). Rich. Harris. Globe Gazette. February 29, 2004. October 21, 2018.
  9. News: 'Prairie Home' guitarist Pat Donohue a wearer of many shoes. Geoff. Gehman. The Morning Call. December 16, 2007. October 21, 2018.

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