photo credit: Daniel Boud

This weekend poet and performer Saul Williams begins his North American Tour in support of Volcanic Sunlight, his fourth full-length release.

With a resume as impressive as his stage presence, Williams has written four books of poetry (S/HE, Said the Shotgun to the Head, The Dead Emcee Scrolls, and NGH WHT; recorded three LPs since his breakout 2001 debut Amethyst Rock Star (Saul Williams, 2004; The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, 2008; and Volcanic Sunlight, 2011). He starred in the independent feature SLAM that garnered the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Camera D’Orr at Cannes in 1998.

Williams is also a Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion at the famed Nuyorican Poets Café on the Lower East Side in New York City. He received his BA in Philosophy and Drama at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, and a MFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. I’ve seen him live on stage twice and each time he’s blown me away. So I’ll definitely be hitting up one of these shows, and you should too!

http://youtu.be/eoAOX3oy6tA

TOUR DATES:

Feb 17 – Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Feb 18 – Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA

Feb 20 – Maxwells Hoboken, NJ

Feb 22 – World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA

Feb 23 – Black Cat Washington, DC

Feb 24 – Cat’s Cradle Chapel Hill, NC

Feb 25 – The Masquerade Atlanta, GA

Feb 26 – Orpheum Tampa, FL

Feb 27 – The Social Orlando, FL

Feb 29 – House Of Blues New Orleans, LA

Mar 01 – Fitzgeralds Houston, TX

Mar 02 – Sons of Herman Hall Dallas, TX

Mar 03 – Mohawk Austin, TX

Mar 05 – The Launchpad Albuquerque, NM

Mar 06 – Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ

Mar 08- El Rey Los Angeles, CA

Mar 09 – Soda Bar San Diego, CA

Mar 10 – SLIMS San Francisco, CA

Mar 12 – Doug Fir Portland, OR

Mar 13 – Neumo’s Seattle, WA

Mar 14 – Biltmore Vancouver, Canada

Mar 16 – Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT

Mar 17 – Marquis Denver, CO

Mar 19 – Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN

Mar 20 – Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL

Mar 21 – Grog Shop Cleveland, OH

Mar 23 – Great Hall Toronto, Canada

Mar 24 – Cabaret Montreal, Canada