Dar Williams - Free Downloads

Hello all, I was just permission to share these live recordings from Dar Williams' Ann Arbor show at The Ark on September 17. Feel free to just listen and/or download and share -- consider it an early Christmas gift from Dar!

I like that they capture Dar's live essence and personality, her song intros & commentary and everything...she puts on a great, fun show.

Live tracks from The Ark in Ann Arbor, September 17, 2008:

"IT'S ALRIGHT"

"BUZZER"

"EASY WAY"

enjoy.

Dar Williams - Promised Land (and a FREE listen of "It's Alright")

i've been a fan of dar williams since i stumbled across her one night in NYC. i was walking rowards times square, passed towne hall and saw a poster with her name on the box office door for her show that same night.

i had heard her name before but was unfamiliar with her music. by chance, i stuck my head in the door and asked "got any tickets for tonight left?" the guy behind the desk replied, "it just so happens that the promoter just turned in a few on the front row...want one?" so i bought it, front row center, on the aisle. she was touring "beauty of the rain," which is still my favorite release of her's and i've been a fan since.

besides being a great singer songwriter, she also puts on a very nice show, very engaging, funny and a relaxed stage personna.

her newest release is "promised land"


click here and you can have a listen to "it’s alright/mp3” or you can watch a video @ “it’s alright/video”

below is a brief bio and tour dates (i'll be @ the louisville show):

Dar is a singer, songwriter, storyteller, mother, environmentalist and so much more. She's also an absolute delight to see live and she’s currently on tour. Check out the dates below.

In addition to Dar’s signature insightful, melodic story-songs, Promised Land also includes two covers: Fountains of Wayne’s “Troubled Times” (“I’m a sucker for a tragic protagonist conveyed through what seems like a really pleasant pop song,” Williams says) and “Midnight Radio” from the stage musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

DAR WILLIAMS ON TOUR
October 14 - Boulder Theater - Boulder, Colorado *
October 15 - Holladay United Church of Christ - Holladay, Utah
October 17 - Moore Theatre - Seattle, Washington #
October 18 - The John G Shedd Institue for the Arts - Eugene, Oregon#
October 19 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, Oregon #
October 20 - Rio Theatre - Santa Cruz, California #
October 22 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, California#
October 23 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, California #
October 24 - Club Congress - Tucson, Arizona #
October 25 - Orpheum Theatre - Flagstaff, Arizona #
October 28 - House of Blues - Dallas, Texas #
October 30 - Texas Union Ballroom, University of Texas - Austin, Texas #
November 1 - Eddie's Attic - Decatur, Georgia (7:00pm)
November 1 - Eddie's Attic - Decatur, Georgia (9:30pm)
November 2 - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, North Carolina
November 3 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, North Carolina
November 6 - Gravity Lounge - Charlottesville, Virginia
November 7 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, Virginia
November 8 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, Virginia
November 18 - Spalding Auditorium, Dartmouth College/Hopkins Center - Hanover, New Hampshire
November 21 - Blueberry Hill - St. Louis, Missouri
November 22- 3rd and Lindsley - Nashville, Tennessee
November 23 - Clifton Center - Louisville, Kentucky
December 6 - Toad's Place - New Haven, Connecticut
December 12 - Bearsville Theater - Woodstock, New York
December 13 - Narrows Center for the Arts - Fall River, Massachusetts
December 14 - The Opera House - Skowhegan, Maine
December 26 - The Iron Horse - Northampton, Massachusetts (7:00pm)
December 26 - The Iron Horse - Northampton, Massachusetts (9:30pm)
December 27 - Southpaw - Brooklyn, NY

* w/Jayme Stone
# w/ Shawn Mullins
w/ Lucy Wainwright

New Music/CD Releases - September 9th

9 September - Tuesday

Brian "Head" Welch - Save Me From Myself (former Korn guitarist)
The Broken West - Now Or Heaven
Calexico - Carried To Dust
Catie Curtis - Sweet Life
Chad Vangaalen - Soft Airplane
Dar Williams - Promised Land
The Dark Romantics - Heartbreaker
Daughtry - Daughtry [Deluxed Edition CD/DVD]
Eric Benet - Love & Life
Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
Gym Class Heroes - The Quilt
Hal Ketchum - Father Time
I'm Not Jim - You Are All My People
Iced Earth - The Crusible Of Man (Something Wicked Part II)
Jessica Simpson - Do You Know
Joan Baez - Day After Tomorrow
Joan Osborne - Little Wild One
Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale
LL Cool J - Exit 13
Loreena McKennitt - The Journey Begins [Box Set]
Magic Slim & the Teardrops - Midnight Blues
Meiko - Meiko
Metallica - Death Magnetic [Released September 12]
Mitch Hedberg - Do You Believe In Gosh?
Michael Franti - All Rebel Rockers
Natalie Cole - Still Unforgettable
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights
People In Planes - Beyond The Horizon
RKM & Ken-Y - The Royalty/La Realeza
The Sound of Animals Fighting The Ocean and the Sun
The Subways - All or Nothing

and remember, whenever possible buy your music directly from the artist(s) or your local independent record store. both could become endangered without your support.




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