One way to understand how the guitar playing of Yasmin Williams feels alternately intimate and expansive is to know that some songs are written in the solitude of her bedroom, while others are ...

Hey y'all, I'm Yasmin Williams, a guitarist from Northern Virginia and a two-time Contest "loser." It's funny to be writing this now, on the heels of what is now my second official Tiny Desk concert.

Hey y'all, I'm Yasmin Williams, a guitarist from Northern Virginia and a two-time Contest "loser." It's funny to be writing this now, on the heels of what is now my second official Tiny Desk concert.

Those are the kinds of misconceptions the fifth annual Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival is designed to debunk ...

Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning. Hey y'all, I'm Yasmin Williams, a guitarist from ...

Most importantly, the royalty money I received from the "NPR bump" allowed me to buy my first custom guitar, which is still my main instrument. I was also featured on another great NPR video ...

It even landed on the Billboard Heatseekers chart at No. 15. Most importantly, the royalty money I received from the "NPR bump" allowed me to buy my first custom guitar, which is still my main ...