Dar Williams

NORFOLK — Singer Dar Williams, with special guest Sophie B. Hawkins, is appearing at Infinity Hall Hartford and Infinity Hall Norfolk, May 13-14. Williams, a musician, author and speaker, released her first new album in six years, “ I’ll Meet You Here” in October 2021. According...

3 p.m. - Book Discussion. UW-Stout Harvey Hall Theatre: www.bit.ly/darbooktalk. Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts: www.bit.ly/darperform. First, Williams will discuss her book “What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding America’s Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open−Mike Night at a Time” at UW-Stout’s Harvey Hall Theatre. Then, she will do a musical performance at the Mabel Tainter.

Although singer-songwriter Dar Williams recorded her new album “I’ll Meet You Here” just before the coronavirus pandemic lockdown in the spring of 2020, the songs are about facing and overcoming challenges. “Many things happened during that time, like my divorce, but I urged myself not to write...

The singer-songwriter, who rose out of Boston's '90s music scene, is set to perform on May 21. She rose out of the mid-’90s music scene in Boston, and now celebrated folk-pop singer-songwriter Dar Williams is set to return to the area this spring. At 8 p.m. on May 21,...

Acclaimed singer-songwriter, environmental activist and former U.S. Congressman John Hall announced today the release of a new video for his song “Save the Monarch,” which features renowned folk music artist Dar Williams. The four-and-a half minute long video is available on Hall’s website and YouTube. “Save the...

Dar Williams’ lyrics contain bouquets of optimism, delivered on melodies alternating between beguiling lightness and understated gravity. Williams strongly believes that all of us possess our own power and ability to achieve, and she rejects the exceptionalism that encourages us to “admire that yonder star,” while making us feel small and insignificant; unworthy of shining on our own but hoping to catch enough distant light to inspire some tiny accomplishment. Williams has always been very interested in how to control our future and this album has to do with the fact that at some point, you just can’t.

Dar Williams (pictured above) began her career out of college as stage manager for the Opera Company of Boston in 1990, but she moonlighted as a singer-songwriter on the New England coffeehouse circuit. By 1993, she had released her first album and has since evolved into one of the brightest voices in modern folk music. Her 12th studio album, I’ll Meet You Here, was recorded during the pandemic and the common thread of the songs is the need to meet life where it meets you. Williams performs Wednesday at Eddie’s Attic at 7:30 p.m. Masks are required when not eating or drinking. $36-$42.

Dar Williams sat down for a chat at the end of 2021 with WTJU’s Folk Director Peter Jones. Emily Gary will air that conversation and pieces from Dar’s vast music catalogue,

Dar Williams is known primarily as a singer and songwriter, with a dozen releases since 1990. But she’s also an author, and writing her latest two books — 2017’s “What I Found in a Thousand Towns” and the still-in-progress “Writing a Song That Matters” — kept her way from music, or at least recording it, for a while.

Singer-songwriter Dar Williams has found serenity in meeting change as it comes. The philosophy inspired her latest album, “I’ll Meet You Here,” her first in six years. The Mount Kisko, New York, native launched her career in Boston in the 1990s amid a vibrant music scene. Since then, the 51-year-old has had a distinguished and versatile career, releasing 12 studio albums, writing three books and founding a songwriting retreat. Among Williams’ hit songs are “The Beauty of Rain” and “Iowa (Traveling, Pt. 3).” In advance of her concert at The Tin Pan on Dec. 7, we spoke with Williams about her background in folk music and the inspiration for her most recent album.

For a quarter century, Dar Williams has been a force to be reckoned with in the folk industry, first earning acclaim with the release of three small albums and opening for Joan Baez in concert. Over the years, Williams has earned a reputation as one of the best singer-songwriters of...

When Dar Williams shares music from her new album during Wednesday’s show at The Southern Café and Music Hall, listeners will be able to grasp how her approach to songwriting has been shaped by time. “I’d be quite ungrateful if I didn’t recognize the gifts of time,” Williams said. In...