Tom Williams draws musical influences from such a wide array of musicians, as Jade& I found out when we went to meet him this Tuesday.

Tom describes recently buying Born in the USA, one of three Bruce Springsteen albums his mum would play continuously during his childhood, and realising that subconsciously he knew all the words. “I then realised that in a lot of the songs Id taken the catchiest bits, I’ve put in songs not knowing it. It becomes your alphabet”.

Williams relishes the chance to talk about 15 year old singer/songwriter Poppy, to whom he taught guitar and is one half of Poppy& Tom. “I put a bulletin on myspace, needed to earn a bit more money, Poppy replied” he says.

“To start with she was so embarrassed, it was a 15 minute operation to get her to sing, shes so good.”

Poppy& Tom are hoping to record a single after Poppys GCSEs in June.

Tom Williams& The Boat - Official Site
myspace.com/poppyandtomareamazing

Tom Williams - Hotel Song.mp3 (Regina Spektor cover)
Ashley Tanton/Tom Williams Interview.mp3

Photograph of Tom Williams by Ashley R Tanton flickr