National NAIDOC Award Winners

Warren H Williams - Artist of the Year

Warren comes from Alice Springs and is a songwriter, recording artist and talented multi-instrumentalist who is fast becoming one of the biggest names in the country music scene. Warren first started playing guitar at the tender age of six, playing alongside his father, the legendary Gus Williams.

Warren recorded an album, Western Winds, in 1995 with some of the Northern Territory’s top musicians, and followed this up with a second album, Country Friends and Me in 1998, which featured duets with some of the Australia’s top country music singers.

He spent the next three years touring with country music greats, John Williamson and Pixie Jenkins. The trio received a standing ovation when performing at the Tamworth festival in 1998, and went on to perform at numerous country music festivals and events.

He recorded a third album, Where My Heart Is, in 2001 and also recorded a live album with John and Pixie, Mates on the Road, which was released in 2004. That same year he won “Male Artist of the Year 2004” at the Inaugural Northern Territory Indigenous Music Awards.

Warren recently released a fourth album, Be Like Home, in 2005 which won him “Most Popular Song 2005” for the all time favourite track, Dreamtime Baby, at the NT Indigenous Music Awards.

Warren continues to be a prolific songwriter and musician, a regular DJ on CAAMA radio, and an active supporter of country music in Australia.