This year New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams returned with his sophomore album Make Way for Love via Dead Oceans. He brought the album to New York for a performance at Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 27.
Williams’ voice recalls old-school crooners of the 50s/60s giving this classic style a fresh spin that he makes very much his own. Hearing him live it really makes me wonder why he isn’t ten times bigger than he already is but getting to see him at a room like MHOW is certainly quite alright with me. Williams stretched out his setlist with a few covers, included John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy” and Teddy Randazzo’s “Lost Without You.”
Find a full gallery of photos from Williams’ performance posted below along with the setlist.
Marlon Williams Setlist:
1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl cover)
2. Come to Me
3. Silent Passage (Bob Carpenter cover)
4. I Know a Jeweller
5. Beautiful Dress
6. I Didn’t Make a Plan
7. Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)
8. The Fire of Love
9. Can I Call You
10. Lost Without You (John Lennon cover)
11. What’s Chasing You
12. Dark Child
13. Party Boy
14. Vampire Again
15. Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore
16. Make Way for Love
Encore:
17. Heart Like a Wheel (Kate & Anna McGarrigle cover)
18. Love Is a Terrible Thing
19. Carried Away (Barry Gibb cover)
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