Robin and Linda Williams

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Robin and Linda Williams
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Website www.robinandlinda.com

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]

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The Williamses started appearing on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show in 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.[ citation needed ] 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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References

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


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