I’M COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS – Gary Williams (BOS 6832 – download or from the Gary Williams website) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s been a while since we heard from Gary Williams on a new recording, but he has gifted us a lovely little EP for 2021. Five tracks: ‘I’m […]
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CD Review: On Days Like These – Gary Williams
ON DAYS LIKE THESE – Gary Williams (GARY WILLIAMS – BOS6828) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A new album from the fantastic Gary Williams is always a treat but this one even more so because he had no intention of recording it! Stuck in strict lockdown in Tenerife (I can think […]
Gary Williams to release crowd-funded lockdown album
Rat Pack star Gary Williams has unveiled details of his new album made possible through a successful crowdfunding campaign launched in May 2020. Due for release on 22 October, the new album of classic songs On Days Like These follows on from his popular Kitchen Cabaret lockdown shows in which the singer entertained home-bound fans […]
Gary Williams launches crowdfunding appeal for special lockdown album
Rat Pack star Gary Williams is following up his popular Kitchen Cabaret-lockdown shows by launching a crowdfunding appeal to pay for a new album of classic songs. Launching on Kickstarter on 28 May 2020, the singer who has been entertaining home-bound fans during lockdown with a daily performance of songs on request and interviews (‘Covid […]
A Swingin’ Christmas: Gary Williams – Live at Zédel
A Swingin’ Christmas – Crazy Coqs, Live at Zédel, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If there was any doubt that London could provide a really jolly Christmas show, then doubts must now be dispelled. A veteran of several years at Crazy Coqs for the festive season, singer Gary Williams has […]
CD Review: Legends – Gary Williams
LEGENDS – Gary Williams (BOS Records – BOS6817) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gary Williams is back with a new CD and this time it is a love letter to the greats of yesteryear: Sinatra, Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Presley, Nat ‘King’ Cole, and others. Tracks include: ‘Mr Bojangles’, ‘Mack the Knife’, ‘Route […]
Gary Williams: A Swingin’ Christmas – Live At Zédel
Gary Williams: A Swingin’ Christmas continues at Live at Zédel, London until 23 December 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It just would not be Christmas without Gary Williams kicking off the festivities at the Crazy Coqs. The opening number ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ contains the line “Have a party tonight” and a […]
Live At Zedel announces over 100 shows for new season
London entertainment hub Live At Zédel at Crazy Coqs has unveiled a winter season packed with a record 110 shows covering a wide range of genres. Produced, once again, in partnership with Fane Productions Ltd, Live At Zédel’s programme of live music, musical theatre, comedy and cabaret includes solo shows from musical theatre leading ladies […]
CD Review – Treasure Seeker – Gary Williams
TREASURE SEEKER – Gary Williams (BOS Entertainment Ltd – BOS6824, released 19 September 2018) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In my last review of a Gary Williams’ CD, I honestly thought I couldn’t have been nicer but, after hearing this one, I am going to have to get that bloody thesaurus out!! […]
Gary Williams Celebrates 1968 – Live at Zédel
Gary Williams Celebrates 1968 at Live at Zédel, London. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Crazy Coqs favourite Gary Williams returns with a celebratory tribute to 1968. While the Vietnam War raged and the Civil Rights movement was finding its feet, some of the greatest popular music was being made. It was the year that Andy Williams, […]
Christmas In Leicester Square – line-up details
Underbelly Productions and Westminster City Council have unveiled details of this year’s Christmas In Leicester Square which will run from 10 November until 6 January 2018. Presented in partnership with Hilton, the line-up of yuletide entertainment offers a mix of cabaret, comedy and family entertainment alongside a European-style Christmas market and Santa’s Grotto. One of […]
CD Review – Gary Williams at the Movies
GARY WILLIAMS AT THE MOVIES – Gary Williams (BOS Records – BOS6823) I have reviewed a couple of Gary Williams’ CDs in the past, also his book Cabaret Secrets. His style is somewhere between Michael Bublé and Frank Sinatra, but with his own inimitable twist. I am no big fan of Sinatra as I always […]
Highlights of next Live At Zédel season revealed
The European premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver’s Southern gothic thriller We Foxes Come and an appearance by US musical theatre rising star Joey Contreras are among the genre highlights at London’s Live At Zédel this September. Award-winning New York-based Oliver’s latest musical We Foxes Come will be performed as a one night only concert reading […]
Singer Gary Williams launches free cabaret ‘How To’ videos
Singer and author of Cabaret Secrets, Gary Williams, has launched a series of free training videos for cabaret singers. His book, on ‘how to create your own show, travel the world and get paid to do what you love’, has helped hundreds of new and seasoned cabaret performers fine-tune their shows. Now, in this series of […]
Gary Williams – A Swingin’ Christmas – Live at Zedel
Gary Williams performed A Swingin’ Christmas at Live at Zedel, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Singer Gary Williams is a much-loved performer who moves between West End theatre, concert hall and ocean liner with consummate ease. Like many of the eminent stars he names in the course of his Christmas swing-a-long, I […]
Joanna Strand and Friends set for MAD fundraiser at London Hippodrome
West End favourite Joanna Strand will be joined by a host of musical theatre stars for a special fundraiser at the London Hippodrome next month. A ‘one night only’ cabaret show, Joanna Strand and Friends will raise cash for the Make A Difference (MAD) Trust on 14 July. A regular on the West End stage in […]
Gary Williams – Hollywood Swings – Crazy Coqs
Gary Williams – Hollywood Swings continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 28 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Gary Williams, a great favourite of Crazy Coqs patrons, returns with his latest cabaret which he dubs ‘A Technicolor Celebration of the Silver Screen’. And what he delivers is what it says on the […]
Gary Williams Christmas Show 2015 – Crazy Coqs
Gary Williams Christmas Show 2015 at the Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gary Williams, favourite son of Crazy Coqs’s patrons, returned with his Christmas show – no, not show but a family party. For that is what he turns his act into. His broad smile, easy manner and […]
CD Review – Gary Williams – Big Band Wonderland
Gary Williams, star of the West End’s Rat Pack, having sung in concert with several big bands, had a long-held dream to record an album with a big band of his own. As with most dreams, this was going to be expensive. So to help finance the recording he looked to crowdfunding in order to raise around […]
Gary Williams – Big Band Wonderland CD launch – Langham Hotel
Gary Williams, star of the West End’s The Rat Pack, recording artist, cabaret performer, soloist with leading Big Bands and concert orchestras throughout the world and author of the book Cabaret Secrets, has launched his latest CD at the Langham Hotel, London. Having sung in concert with several Big Bands, Williams dreamt of recording an album with one. The dream was […]
Gary Williams with Harry the Piano – Sinatra Jukebox – Crazy Coqs
Gary Williams with Harry the Piano – Sinatra Jukebox continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 9 May, as part of the London Festival of Cabaret. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Gary Williams returns to the Crazy Coqs to pay tribute to Frank Sinatra in the year that would have seen Ol’ Blue Eyes celebrate […]
London Festival of Cabaret – Kerry Ellis, Janie Dee, Cynthia Erivo and Scott Alan join line-up
The third London Festival of Cabaret (LFoC) runs from 28 April–11 May and in addition to a spectacular list of artists, three prestigious new venues have joined the roster. The Delfont Room, the Sam Wanamaker Theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe and Wilton’s Music Hall join the Crazy Coqs, The Pheasantry, St James Studio and Jermyn Street Theatre in offering […]
Back the new Gary Williams album and awards will come your way
Ten years ago jazz singer Gary Williams dreamed of recording a world-class Christmas album. This year, with your help, he hopes his dream can come true. The idea for a Big Band Christmas album started years ago when Williams created Big Band Wonderland, a live show for Ronnie Scott’s in London. Though he has recorded lots […]
Gary Williams – A Swingin’ Christmas – Crazy Coqs
Gary Williams’ show A Swingin’ Christmas continues at the Crazy Coqs, London until 24 December. Returning to this venue after a sell-out run last year, Gary Williams gets the audience to join him an old-fashioned Christmas. And what a party he creates. He provides a veritable potpourri with seasonable songs – not just old chestnuts but some […]
