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Marlon Williams (born 31 December 1990) is an award winning singer-songwriter and guitarist from Lyttelton, New Zealand. He has performed solo as well as with current backing group the Yarra Benders and previously with the Abbotsford 3. He first came to attention as front-man of The Unfaithful Ways and has also performed and recorded as a duo with Delaney Davidson. William's music style straddles folk and country.

2007–11: Early career with The Unfaithful Ways
Williams founded The Unfaithful Ways at 17 with his high school friends and their science teacher, and quickly gained national attention in New Zealand, playing the Big Day Out, touring with Band of Horses and Justin Townes Earle, and picking up a Critics Choice award nomination at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards for their debut album 'Free Rein'.

2011–14: Collaboration with Delaney Davidson
Williams met acclaimed country singer Delaney Davidson in 2011, and the pair began performing as a duo. Over two years they released three volumes of the series, Sad But True: The Secret History Of Country Music Songwriting, garnering critical acclaim, including the New Zealand Country Song and Country Album of the year in 2013.

2013–present: Solo career and with The Yarra Benders
Relocating to Melbourne, Australia, in mid-2013, Williams began performing solo around town, releasing the live album 'Live At La Niche' and playing a residency at the Yarra Hotel. He subsequently performed on SBS Australia's music quiz show RocKwiz, and at the Sydney Opera House for TEDxSydney. In April 2015 Williams released his debut self-titled solo album to critical acclaim, debuting at #10 on the New Zealand Album Chart, and #31 on the Australian ARIA Charts. The album has been called “captivating” by Rolling Stone Australia, “a revelation” by Metro Magazine and “one of the most impressive country records this year” by ToneDeaf.

Awards
Marlon Williams has won two New Zealand Music Awards, both for his 2013 collaboration with Delaney Davidson on Sad but True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Vol. 1. The album won best Country Music Album, with the track 'Bloodletter' winning the Silver Scroll for Best Country Music Song.

As a member of The Unfaithful Ways, Williams was also nominated for the New Zealand Music Award for Critics' Choice Prize in 2011, and was a finalist for the 2012 APRA Best Country Music Song for his song ‘Ghost Of This Town’. Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams’ Sad But True Volume III was a finalist for Recorded Music NZ Best Country Music Album 2015, and as of July 2015 William’s solo release Dark Child has been nominated for the 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Award for best song.

Film and Television appearances
In 2015 Williams is set to appear in The Beautiful Lie on ABC in Australia, a television series being shot in Melbourne based on Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina. He will also be acting in New Zealand film The Rehearsal, based on the Man Booker prize-winning book by NZ author Eleanor Catton.

Williams will also appear as a subject of the documentary The New Sound Of Country on Prime Rocks in New Zealand, alongside Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders.

Discography
 Studio albums  Live albums  With The Unfaithful Ways  With Delaney Davidson
 * Marlon Williams (2015)
 * Live At La Niche (2014)
 * Four First Songs (2009)
 * More Townes Van Zandt by the Great Unknown (compilation) (2010)
 * Free Reign (2011)
 * The Harbour Union (compilation) (2011)
 * Sad But True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Volume One (2012)
 *  Sad But True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Volume Two (2013)
 * Sad But True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Volume III (2014)