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Many
Great Companions released October 12,
2010
Get the MP3 of the acoustic As
Cool
As I Am.
And
watch the
video of ACAIA with Gary Louris.
Promised
Land
released Sept. 9, 2008
Watch a
behind-the-scenes video here.
Live at
Bearsville Theatre DVD released Oct. 16, 2007.
Lights Camera Amalee
is available in paperback from the Amazon.com
or Amazon.ca
Get more info
on Dar's CD My Better Self.
Listen to full
versions of Echoes
(wma).
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January 10,
2012
 The
release date of In the Time of Gods is
official: April
17, 2012. Read the official
press release on the new CD including
the track list. It is Dar’s first album of
original material in four years and is
produced by Kevin Killen (who has worked with
such giants as U2, Elvis Costello, and Peter
Gabriel), and features special guests Shawn
Colvin and Larry Campbell, and musicians
including Charley Drayton, Gerry Leonard, and
Rob Hyman.- Paste
Magazine has the premier of the first song
from Dar's soon-to-be-released In the Time
of Gods. It's called "I
am the one who will remember everything."
- And as you
can see to the right, a nice shiny new press
photo of Dar.
- Updates to
a variety of pages including the gallery, library, links, and others.
- Oh yeah,
and I forgot to post about this earlier but
a bunch of Dar's previous releases are on
sale at Amazon.com
through the end of January.
January 9,
2012
- Little update to the tour schedule
and a couple of other little tiny fixes to the
site.
January 4,
2012
Happy new year to everyone.
- Dar's new CD will be called In the Time of
Gods.
- A slew of tour
dates have been added for the spring,
which will likely co-incide with the release
of the above noted In the Time of the Gods.
- As well a little update on the FAQ page.
- I have a bunch of new additions to the
library but they are not up yet. Will do them
soon.
November 20, 2011
- I chatted with Dar a bit before her show in
Toronto last week and shot a bit of video in
which she offers up a teaser for her upcoming
(as yet untitled) new release expected in the
spring with a bit of a new song. Excuse all
the background noise, they were closing up the
bar, and enjoy!
- A whack of additions to the library. Dar's been
busy talking to lots of media lately. I'll
have something more on the new release and
other tidbits from our chat posted shortly.
- The tour
schedule has also been updated.
October 23, 2011
- Updates to the tour
schedule with dates coming up for 2012
already.
September 22, 2011
-
Dar
and Bob Pittman, the founder of MTV, will
take part October 20 in the the Katonah
Museum Of Art’s lecture series Crosstalk
on the topic of “Music makers and shakers”
on October 20 in Katonah, N.Y. The evening
starts with a reception and money raised
goes to support children's programming at
the museum and library. For more
information and to purchase tickets, call
(914) 232-9555, ext. 0 or visit www.katonahmuseum.org.
September
7, 2011
Some much needed updates . . . where did August
go?!!
- New dates added to the tour schedule.
- Dar is in the studio recording. Here are
some pics
she took.
- New content added to the library.
July 31, 2011
- Dar is on the road visiting summer camps and
building bee gardens. Follow her adverntures
on her new tumblr
blog.
July 24,
2011
- Again, it has been some time for updates.
Apologies. Life getting the best of me and
all!! But the cool news is that Dar is
going on tour with Joan Osborne for two weeks
in September. Check the tour sked to
see if there is a date near you!
- You can hear the audio of Dar`s set at the
XPoNential Festival on July 23 here.
It includes a song from her forthcoming
release and a cute little verse about a
lightening bug from The Island Musical for kids
that she is working on. There are also
pictures of her set here.
Video
of
The
Babysitter performance here.
Thanks to Tom R for the links.
- Dars management is looking for some
enthusiastic individuals to join Dar's Street
Team, specifically for the upcoming CT, NY and
WI shows in August. Click here
for more info.
- There is an interview
with Dar on the Jersey Arts blog that has
some info about her kid`s musical. Also
another interview
from Chronogram magazine also talks about
the musical. They've been duly archived in the
library.
June 2,
2011
- New dates added to the tour schedule
including one in Toronto! Yay. It's been a
while. And I'll only have to drive across
town, not across borders.
- Dar recently announced the dates/locations
for her summer camp tour. It'l be great for
counsellors and campers, who are the only ones
who'll get to see them.
- 7/24/2011 Camp Moshava - Streed, MD
7/27/2011 Hole in the Wall Gang Camp -
Ashford, CT
7/28/2011 Camp Kinderland - Tolland, MA
8/1/2011 Camp Runoia - Belgrade Lakes, ME
8/3/2011 Camp Howe - Goshen, MA
8/5/2011 Camp Aloha - Fairlee, VT
8/6/2011 Camp Aloha - Fairlee, VT
8/7/2011 Clara Burton Camp - Oxford, MA
May 4, 2011
- Promised
Land, Mortal City, and The Beauty of
the Rain are available now as MP3
downloads for $5 each from Amazon.com.
Great time to buy if you don't have them or
try them just because!
- You can win a jet black guitar
autographed by Dar and 12 other great
stars... or one of 20 other fine prizes and
support the
American public radio program Peace Talks
Radio by buying a raffle ticket. Check
it out here: http://www.goodradioshows.org/raffle.htm
Deadline extended until Thursday May 5 at 2
pm MDT.
- New dates added to
the tour
schedule, including the recording of
an appearance on eTown with Hot Tuna.
April 27,
2011
- There's a segment on NPR's World
Cafe featuring Dar and Allison Moorer
from the Cayamo Cruise in February.
April 25,
2011
- On July 17, a children's musical Dar has
written called The Island Musical will be
workshopped at Vassar College's 2011 Powerhouse
Theater season. The show is a musical
fable about a faraway island whose inhabitants
must confront the forces which threaten their
magical home, and come together to protect
their beloved island.
April 23,
2011
- It was Dar's birthday a few days ago. To
celebrate, I'm sure, a whole slew of new
concert dates have been announced. Find them
on the tour
schedule page. Note, nothing near
Toronto (Ann Arbor is still 5 hours away!!)
- Dar still has the call out to camps to
request a visit from her. An intrepid youth
from Camp Kadimah near Halifax, N.S., made this
great video request and posted it to
Dar's Facebook page. He rewrote the lyrics to
Party Generation and plays and sings it.
Fantastic. I hope they get a visit!
April 4,
2011
- So today Dar announced that she wants to
visit and play at some summer camps this year
and invites her fans, camp counsellors, and
camp directors to request that she come and
play at their camp. Go here
to make your request.
April 2,
2011
Yipes, it's been some time since I have been able
to update the site. Life sure gets in the way
sometimes. But I'm back and hope to be doing
a bit of work on the site over the next little
while.
- For now, I've started by updating the tour schedule
and hopefully over the next few weeks some
good stuff will come in. But it is exciting
that Dar will be playing at the Newport Folk
Fest on July 30!
January 19,
2011
- WAMU’s Bluegrass Country and The Artisphere
of Arlington, Virginia are giving away one
pair of tickets to Dar Williams with the IBIS
Chamber Ensemble on Sunday January 30 at 7:30
PM. Contest ends Jan. 21. Click here
for more info.
January 18,
2011
- A second show at with IBIS Chamber Music at
The
Artisphere has been added, apparently by
popular demand, on January 30th at 4:30pm. The
7:30 show is sold out.
January 11,
2011
- A bunch of new dates have been added to the
tour schedule.
Dar is apparently doing a songwriter's
workshop in October at the Fur Peace Ranch.
January 3,
2011
Happy New Year everyone!!
- Dar's latest Huffington Post blog post is
up. It's about conquering
e-waste.
- Here's a more
direct link to Dar's talk at Smith
College that is up on iTunes
U.
Thanks to W. Gallagher
December 30, 2010
Been out of town for a bit so missed a few things.
But I'm back now and here it all is. It's been an
interesting year, may the next be the same. Happy New Year to everyone.
- Dar's Dec. 26 show was cancelled due to that
itty bitty snow storm that smacked NYC. It's
been rescheduled to January 7.
- A little bird named Vincent says Dar's talk
at Smith College last month is availabe as a
full video podcast from iTunes U. Got to the
iTunes store, then head to iTunes U and do a
search for "Resisting Convention: Narratives
of passion and purpose." Then Bob's your
uncle, or you can watch the whole thing. Some
great stuff.
- New dates added to the tour schedule.
- Our Dar catalog contest winner is Odin Laver
from Salford, England. He'll be enjoying his
set of CDs and DVDs very soon.
- WFUV radio in New York City has named Dar's
song "The One Who Knows" as one of its best
songs of the decade. Read the blog post here
and find out what other songs made the list.
December
21, 2010
Happy Solstice to one and all. I do like that the
days will now get longer . . .
- Some great
footage of Dar's concert with Ibis
Chamber Music in Lexington, MA in August.
- Tickets for
her second show with Ibis in Arlington, Va.
on Jan. 30 are now on sale here.
- The winner of
the Dar catalog contest is Odin T'Mighty.
More on this later!
December
14, 2010
December
12, 2010
- The win a Dar catalog contest deadline has
been extended to December 15 at 11:59 pm
EST.
- A few new dates added to the tour schedule.
December 7,
2010
- For your viewing pleasure a bunch of new
videos have been added to the music page (look for
the
 symbol)
including kind of a fun one from a
soundcheck in Madison, Wi. earlier this
year. Thanks to hemisphere1 for
sharing the links!
- I have
tried to add an RSS feed to this page (see
on top of the Many Great Companions CD to
the left). While it will do something, I
am sure it is not the neat and tidy
updates that I want. I know not really how
to create such things. Let
me know if it works or doesn't work
for you if you use it. Thanks.
December
6, 2010
- I don't know how it is where you are but in
Toronto today, the weather outside is
frightful. So in the spirit of the holiday
season, here's a link to Dar's version of Let It Snow
from Lincoln Centre's tree lighting in 2007. I
love it!!!
- Tickets
are
now
on
sale
for Dar's Jan. 8th benefit concert at the
Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, N.J.,
for community development and environmental
organization Isles, Inc.
December
2, 2010
December
1, 2010
Happy Hannukah to everyone!!
- The show tomorrow in Edinburgh has been cancelled due to snow. Boo.
November 23,
2010
- Um, we've got a contest going on - see big
orange flashy thing above!
November
22, 2010
November
18, 2010
- Update to the tour
schedule. The First Night gig in
Cambridge, Ma. did not work out in the end.
November
9, 2010
October 30,
2010
- Dar's latest
blog post on The Huffington Post is up.
- As part of Simth College's Women’s
Narratives Project on Nov. 4th, Dar along with
writer Carolina A. Miranda, and
Northampton Poet Laureate Lenelle
Moïse will speak on a panel,
“Resisting Convention: Narratives of Passion
and Purpose” at 4:15 p.m. in the Campus Center
Carroll Room. A reception will follow at 5:30
p.m. at which CDs and other merchandise will
be available for sale. Details here.
- Pete Seeger, Dar,
David
Bernz
and
the
Rivertown
Kids'
Choir
have
a
video
for
a
new
"solartopia".
It
was
filmed
and
recorded
(in
one
take!)
in
the
Jeff
Haynes
studio
in
Beacon,
NY
on
October
24,
2009.
Check
it
out
and
get
more
details
here.
October
25, 2010
- Dar shares her favorite duets from Simon
& Garfunkel to Diana Ross & Lionel
Richie -- find out who her favorites are at
the mog
music network.
October
20, 2010
- If you are unable to make it to any of Dar's
upcoming performances, you can get the t-shirt
without being there! The famous 'shirt on
backwards' shirt has been re-released in a sky
blue bamboo and organic cotton version or you
can get a wine-coloured hemp Peace Branch
Horse and Bible Camp shirt. There's also a 'we
find magic everywhere' shopping bag. All
available at the Bulletproof
Store.
- A new video for As Cool As I Am, the all
acoustic version with Gary Louris, has been
released. Feast your eyes and ears:
October 19, 2010
- Added an article to the library.
- Dar is on a panel tomorrow at the CMJ Music
Marathon and Film Fest in New York.
"Avoid the slow learning curve! I have
discovered many secrets about staying healthy,
sane and solvent on the road (sometimes not
all at once) and have a map of shortcuts, as
do fellow panelists," promises Dar. Details:
12:30PM -01:45PM, Get It Together: Real Life
Strategies for ...Artists and Songwriters, NYU
Kimmel Center - Room 405
- Some fan videos from Dar's bookstore event
last weekend have been put up. Visit the music page for more
info.
October
14, 2010
- I have created a new page for Many Great
Companions. It has links to all
the songs from both discs.
- Also updated the Music
page with some new video links and
cleaned up some broken links. Let me know if
there are any other links that aren't working
and send along any links to videos that may
not be on the page.
October
13, 2010
- Dar will be
doing a live session and chat this Friday
the 15th at 12:30pm EST. You can watch the
session and ask questions in real time: www.livestream.com/darwilliams
or tune in below.
- Dar is performing a 3 song acoustic set and
volunteering at Housing Works Bookstore
Café in Soho on Saturday the 16th.
Details here.
- Read Dar's latest Huffington Post blog: Spinning
the pedal-powered gym.
October
12, 2010
- It is Many
Great Companions release day!!! Read Dar's blog
post about it.
- You can stream the new recordings on MSN's
Listening Booth
- Berkley
Place blog is giving away copies of Many Great
Companions. U.S. residents only need
apply!
- A slew of U.K. dates added to the tour schedule.
- And I have finally had time to add some new
articles and radio interviews to the library. Enjoy!
(some new photos coming too!)
- Check out this vid - Patriots
for John Hall: "Not everyone has a
congressman who wrote Still The One!
We made a video for his re-election (with
some new lyrics)," says Dar. She singing it
out throughout!
September
28, 2010
September
27, 2010
- Win VIP tickets to see and meet Dar at an
upcoming performance! And, help support a
great filmmaking organization which awards
grants and scholarships to talented women in
honuor of actor and filmmaker Adrienne Shelly.
Click here
to bid in the eBay auction.
September
23, 2010
- Dar has designated $1 per ticket from Oct.
27 show at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison,
Wi., to benefit the Partner Shares Program of
the Madison Area Community Supported
Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC). This programs
helps those in need purchase fresh produce
from local farms. Click here for more
info.
- Dar is co-hosting
a wonderful fundraiser for Congressman John
Hall on October
23 at Cat Rock in Garrison, NY. She
will be singing a couple of songs and there
will be a continuous screening of Ivy
Meerpool's The Hill (for Sundance channel),
plus great company, food and peak foliage
views. To RSVP or for more info, e-mail
Evelyn Carr-White at partyforjohnhall@gmail.com
September
13, 2010
- My
Old Kentucky Blog premieres the
newly revisited acoustic version of “As Cool
As I Am” featuring Gary Louris from the
Jayhawks! It's the version recorded for Many Great
Companions.
September
10, 2010
September
4, 2010
- A couple of articles have been added to the
Library, including
the latest "official" Dar bio to go with the
release of Many
Great Companions.
- There are a few new dates on the tour schedule.
- There are some photos on Facebook
of Dar rehearsing this past summer with
the IBIS Chamber Orchestra.
- Also added and fixed some links on the Links page.
- Updated the FAQ as
well.
August 31,
2010
- Note from Dar: The Cold Spring Concert is
rescheduled for Sunday, September 5th!
So excited; they made room for me to do this
on Labor Day Weekend. Take the train! Take
the train! The most fuel efficient, least
subsidized form of transportation in the
USA: Metro North out of Grand Central
Station on the Hudson Line. MTA.info for
schedules. Concert a five minute walk from
station.
August 26, 2010
- Here's the cover art for the forthcoming Many Great
Companions compilation.
August 19, 2010
 Well apparently I've not
updated in a bit . . . but do not worry, there
are many new tour dates that have just been
added to the schedule.
You are in luck if you are in California!!- Also, Dar's new CD will be relased on October 12.
Many Great Companions will be split
into two discs, “Songs Revisited with Guitar
and a Few Friends,” and “Best of Dar
Williams.” Read the official press release here.
- And there's a bunch of new PR photos of Dar
by Rudolf van Dommele for you to check out in
the gallery.
July 29,
2010
- Dar has apparently written two songs for a
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival production
of Taming of the Shrew. Details here.
July
28, 2010
- The track listing for Dar's retrospective
album that is being released in the fall can
be found on the news page.
July
27, 2010
- Dar's management is looking for street team
members to help promote upcoming tour dates.
Volunteers get free concert tix and a meet and
greet with Dar. Details on the news page.
July
14, 2010
- Well happy Bastille Day to our French
friends!!
- Got the following note from Dar today: "So
much happening in the next few months. I have
a Western swing coming up in the next few
weeks, and in the fall I'm releasing a
retrospective album (with newly recorded
acoustic versions of 12 songs, produced by
Gary Louris), AND in the middle of August [the
15th], I have a very exciting concert with an
excellent chamber orchestra [the
Washington, DC-based IBIS Chamber Music
Society] in Lexington, MA. We had
one performance on Cape Cod last year, and it
went so well, we decided to take this
collaboration further. " The concert takes
place at the National Heritage Museum and tickets are
$25 and $35.
- Updates to the tour
schedule.
July 1,
2010
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