Last modified: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:22 PM EDT Brooks Williams is out with a new CD and will play Rick's Music World in Raynham Friday night. (Submitted) GO: Brooks Williams in Raynham; Fools to help Steve's celebrate BY RICK FOSTER STAFF WRITER Brook Williams will be making a CD release appearance at 8 p.m. Friday at Rick's Music, Route 44, Raynham in support of his new album "The Time I Spend With You." Admission is $15. The bluesy guitar player and songwriter picked up the guitar at summer camp at age 10 and honed his self-taught skills listening to recordings of Eric Clapton, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt and Ry Cooder. After moving to Boston from his native Georgia as a teen, he began to be drawn in to the city's acoustic music clubs and soon developed an eager following for his bluesy, fingerpicking style and expressive voice. Williams has recorded 17 CDs for a variety of labels and has toured much of the world. Party time Meanwhile in Taunton, Steve's Backstage Pass will be celebrating its second anniversary with a star-studded weekend of music beginning with a rowdy offering of pre-St. Patrick's Day Irish Music Friday by Jim McGrath and his band. Cover is $12 for the 9 p.m. show. The Fools, known for their popular tunes "Psycho Chicken" and "A Night for Beautiful Girls!" will take over at 9 p.m. Saturday with an audience limited to 125 tickets. Admission is $15. Then on Sunday, acclaimed jazz vocalist Amanda Carr and her band return to Sunday Night Jazz, the Attleboro-Taunton area's only weekly jazz event. Tickets are $10 for the 7 p.m. show. Steve's Backstage Pass is located at 15 School St. For additional information visit stevesbackstagepass@verizon.net or call 508-824-3436. A gospel garden Pat Wictor brings his gospel and blues stylings to the Rose Garden Coffeehouse at the Orthodox Congregational Church in Mansfield at 8 p.m. Saturday. Steeped in "roots" music, Wictor is a contemporary songwriter and interpreter drawing on the rural country, gospel, and blues traditions of America. Wictor was born in Venezuela, the child of an oil industry father who was always on the move. Before settling in America, he lived in Venezuela, Holland, Norway, and England. He will be preceded by an opening set from Looking for Mary. The duo features longtime Rose Garden volunteer Pete Maricle along with Paul Kendrew. Admission is $12. For more information call 508-699-8122 or by visiting the Web site at www.rosegardenfolk.com. Four times the sound Anais Mitchell, Antje Duvekot, Jesse Harris and Low Anthem play Firehouse 13, 41 Central St., Providence, at 8 p.m. Friday in what could be the start of a regular coffeehouse at the Providence art space. Admission is $10 in advance or $12 at the door. For information visit www.firehouse13.org. Sold out show This weekend's Blackstone River Theatre concert with Karan Casey is sold out, but you can still get tickets for legendary Celtic band Pendragon at 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15. The theater is at 549 Broad St., Cumberland, R.I. For reservations or information call 401-725-9272. Caffeinated show Stone Soup Coffeehouse will present the duo Brazz Tree and its acoustic rock at 8 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 50 Park Place, Pawtucket. Tickets are $15.