One of the greatest voices of his generation, the distinctive tone and emotive vibrato of Marlon Williams (Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) have garnered widespread praise. Drawing on folk and country traditions, he has been compared to Leonard Cohen, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley, and when you hear him, you will know why. Williams grew up in Lyttelton, in the South Island of NZ, and returned there to connect with his culture and begin his fourth solo studio album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Released in 2025, it is the first album he has sung in his ancestral language, a life-changing experience chronicled in the Two Worlds - Ngā Ao E Rua documentary. Williams has played major festivals, toured with Bruce Springsteen, Florence + The Machine, Courtney Barnett, Brandi Carlile and Lorde. He has won six NZ Music Awards, including the coveted APRA Silver Scroll, and was handpicked by director Bradley Cooper to appear in Academy Award-winning film A Star Is Born. He will be joined by his long-time band The Yarra Benders and special guests Ngā Mātai Pūrua, a Kapa Haka group based in Naarm/Melbourne.