What
was new in July/August/September 2008
(this
is an archive only - many of the links may be dead)
September 23, 2008
- More songs from Promised Land have been transcribe on the Play with Dar page.
- I am off to the Promised Land myself tomorrow so there's
not likely to be any updates until Oct. 6 or thereabouts. But please do
keep sending me pictures, articles, etc. I will eventually get
everything posted! Shana Tova to all my Jewish friends.
September 21, 2008
- First of the songs from Promised Land have been transcribed
by the trusty Ron G. and you can strum along in the Play With Dar section.
September 18, 2008
- Watch Dar's performance on Boston's Fox25 this morning by
clicking right
here!
Septemer 17, 2008
- Tour schedule and media appearances pages have been
updated. Dar will be on Weekend Edition on NPR on Sept. 28.\
- New page for Promised
Land has been added.
- There's lots more stuff but I am busy, busy, busy. Will get
photos and news items up as
soon as I can. This is a good time to invite anyone who has any
Dar-related art or anything they'd like to share, to send it to me. Also if you're
already pickin' some of Dar's new songs, please share the tabs/chords
so the Playing with Dar section can flourish and grow. Thanks. OCG.
- And please, hit the buzzer,
again!
September 9, 2008
It's
CD release day . . . go out and get one
September 8, 2008
September 5, 2008
- MEDIA
ALERT: In addition to the in-store appearances noted below, Dar
will be appearing on TV and radio a number of times in the coming week.
Please check the appearances page
for more details.
- Hit the buzzer,
again!
- A new article from this month's American
Songwriter has been added
to the library.
September 3, 2008
- Dar will be doing several in-store performances and
signings in support of the release of Promised
Land, which comes out next Tuesday
- Sept 10 at
the Virgin Megastore in Union Square in New York City at 7pm.
If you purchase the new CD at the Union Square location beginning at 9
am on Sept. 9, you'll get a wristband for the performance/signing the
following night. Details here.
- Sept 12 at Newbury
Comics in Cambridge, MA at 6 pm.
- Sept 17 at the Borders
at Waters Place in Ann Arbor, Mi at 12:30
pm.
September 1, 2008
- “Evening with the
Artists,” Habitat for Artists exhibition and record release party
for Dar Williams's new project, Tuesday, September 9, 6-9pm. Spire
Studios, 45 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY.
August 30, 2008
August 25, 2008
- News on the tour front. Dar will not be with band on this
fall's Promised Land tour but will be appearing in a trio with Bryn
Roberts on keyboards
and Everett
Bradley on percussion.
- A couple of new YouTube videos of Dar at the Falcon Ridge
Folk Festival are now on the music page.
Hit
the buzzer!
August 24, 2008
- Dar appeared on Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour
recently. You can now watch and/or listen to the hour and a half show
on the Woodsongs website. This link takes you to
the archive page, scroll down to show #494 and you can download Windows
Media audio and video as well as the show in MP3.
August 21, 2008
- Newbury
Comics
is offering an autographed CD booklet when you pre-order the Promised
Land CD.
- MEDIA
ALERT: Dar's had a few radio appearances over the last couple of
days but I didn't find out in time to post about them. But
tomorrow (Friday) at noon she'll be on 101.9
KINK in Portland, Ore., so tune in if you can!
August 20, 2008
August 19, 2008
August 17, 2008
Back from a weekin the woods! All relaxed and ready for updates.
Thanks to all who've been sending me links and notes.
- There's a behind-the-scenes
video of Promised Land up on YouTube. It's about 8 minutes long.
- You can get an EP
on iTunes of It's Alright plus a live version of Babysitter and The
One Who Knows.
August 6, 2008
August 5, 2008
- Dar does Dallas, check out the updates to the tour sked.
August 3, 2008
August 1, 2008
July 31, 2008
- More dates added to the tour
schedule.
- A new interview with Dar from the Madison, Wi.
newspaper has been posted in the library.
July 30, 2008
- You can get a special deal on Promised Land if you
pre-order from musicspace.com.
The deal is for US$15 you get two copies of the CD plus a DVD of the
making of the album. It's a great deal if you live in the U.S. Shipping
to Canada is somewhat pricey at $11 but at least they ship to Canada.
The rest of the world is mostly out of luck.
- You can hear the CD versions of The Easy Way and It's
Alright on Dar's
Facebook page.
July 22, 2008
July 17, 2008
- Dar's newest press shots are up in the Gallery.
- Here's the cover of the new CD, Promised Land. You can hear
the tune "It's Alright" streaming on Dar's MySpage page.
.
- Read the press
release about Dar's new CD from her record label Razor and Tie -
according to this, the release is set for Sept. 9, not Sept. 16 as
earlier reported..
- Tons of new dates added to the tour
schedule.
- You can listen to Dar's set from the XPoNential Music
Festival here.
July 13, 2008
- Dar singing her heart out at the XPoNential
Music Festival - check out the photo.
- Dar is getting involved with helping
the local library in Wellfleet, Ma. to raise the money to go solar.
Read the article about it here.
July 11, 2008
- Update to the tour schedule.
- Dar's book Lights Camera
Amalee is now out in paperback.
July 2, 2008
Update to the
tour schedule.
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