Music · Stories · Imagination
A home for the songs, poems and stories I’ve created throughout my life — and the people, places and ideas that inspired them.
Songwriter, author & performer · Dorset, England
Nine ways into my world
Children’s adventures, folk tales, progressive rock and a little dark humour. Each project has a world of its own.
For little imaginations
Gentle stories, songs and imaginative adventures for children and families.
Meet Bear, Buzzy Bee, Dancing Fox, Little Brown Hare and Dreamy Dormouse. Illustrated books, companion songs and musical story sessions bring the Leafy Wood to life.
Musical story time · Songs in French · Songs in Spanish
Explore the songs & stories
A Dorset adventure
Smugglers, secrets and a cursed blue diamond. Discover the book, album and immersive audio story.
Enter the world of John Treverton: a Dorset adventure told through an illustrated novel, original songs and an immersive audiobook with narration, dialogue, music and effects.
Meet the audiobook cast · Creative competition
Enter the Moonfleet adventure
The studio collection
Original folk rock albums and the musicians who bring each song to life.
Explore Nautical Graffiti, Rosewood and Between a Man and a Woman, with contributions from a talented circle of session musicians.
With special thanks to Paul Sundt, Simon Swarbrick and John Sweet at the Blue Room Studios in Bournemouth.
Discover the albums & players
Songs made for sharing
Nautical Graffiti is a live band currently featuring William Adams, Louise Dukes and Lauren Steadman.
In 2026, Nautical Graffiti’s performances have included Weymouth Pirate Festival, shanty festivals in Weston-super-Mare and Mevagissey, and a number of smaller local gigs.
Bringing together original songs, folk favourites and shanties, the band shares Will’s music and stories with audiences across Dorset and beyond.
For performances, festivals and event enquiries, get in touch with Will.
Enquire about a live performance
Progressive rock
Nineteen Seventy Six: an imaginative journey into the sound and spirit of British progressive rock.
Maps, memory, clockmakers and lanterns on the water. Nineteen Seventy Six brings together The Cartographer, Lanterns on the Water, The Clockmaker’s Son, A Parliament of Crows, September Glass, Ferry Bridge, the instrumental title track and a song for Emma.
Join the pirate crew
Pirate songs for children, with plenty of adventure, mischief and chances to join in.
Come Join My Pirate Crew, Pieces of Eight and Trick or Treat are part of Captain Flint & The Pirates’ world of musical adventures.
Discover Captain Flint the Parrot, inspired by the famous bird in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
Meet Captain Flint
Songs from another perspective
A female songwriting persona, with songs shaped by sea air, reflection and the freedom of van life.
ADA! is an AI music persona created by William Adams. Her recordings include Echoes from a Shell and Floating Away, exploring open skies, coastal life and the thoughts that travel with us.
History in song
Dramatic folk storytelling drawn from Britain’s maritime history and the journeys behind it.
Discover The Scilly Naval Disaster and Along Trafalgar Way: songs that explore sea stories, historic events and the people caught up in them.
A darker sense of humour
Dark comedy, mischievous poetry and songs for grown-ups. Meet the other side of the story.
Smiling Man Under Trees is the home of Will’s adult comedy and macabre humour, including Sam the Donkey.
For adult listeners.
The person behind the projects
I created William Adams Creative Works to bring together the songs, poems and stories I have written throughout my life. If you have stumbled across something of mine and wondered who was behind it, I hope these pages will help you discover a little about me, what inspired the work, and the stories behind its creation.
I live in Weymouth, Dorset, on England’s south coast, where I have spent most of my life. The town, the sea and the beautiful coastline have been constant companions and a lasting source of inspiration.
Poetry and a love of music came first. Looking back, I think almost everything I have created has grown from those two things: the pleasure of finding the right words, and the feeling that music can give them.
My voice was my first instrument, and the one I trained to use. I taught myself piano, with the occasional lesson, and took up guitar later in life. Most of the singing on my recordings is my own, while much of the instrumental playing has come from the talented musicians I have been fortunate to work with. In some of my later projects, AI has also become part of the creative process.
Together, these pages are a record of a life spent making things — and a way of sharing the people, places and ideas that helped bring them into being.
Will Adams · Weymouth, Dorset
