Marlon Williams

Described as “the impossible love child of Elvis, Roy Orbison and Townes Van Zandt”, Marlon Williams won his first singing competition at the age of 11 at Lyttelton Main School NZ and was stuck trying to balance the seesaw of his love for the lost souls of bluegrass and hellfire with his deep reverence for sacred choral music.

This set the course for his teenage years as he not only formed The Unfaithful Ways, winning the best song award in 2008, but toured Europe with the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Choir, supporting the Vienna Boys Choir.

“It has always been a balancing act for me, walking the tightrope between the sinners of Saturday night and the sorry of Sunday morning, the cigarettes versus the frankincense. It’s always been music, and always will be… I guess I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.”

He’s really good.