Dar Williams

She rose out of the vibrant mid-90’s Boston scene, inspired by the eclectic influences of alt-rockers, Berklee jazz musicians, slam poets, and folk artists, like Patty Griffith, Melissa Ferrick, the Throwing Muses, Vance Gilbert, and Jonatha Brooke.

And, after a year of touring non-stop with her first album, Dar was invited by Joan Baez to tour in Europe and The United States. Meanwhile, thanks to her avid supporters and 100,000+ sales for each new album, Dar’s literate but highly-listenable songs were showing up everywhere from commercial radio to college reading lists.

Only a few years later, she was on main stages throughout North America, including Lilith Fair, Newport Folk Festival, Bumbershoot, Carnegie Hall and Canadian festivals from Vancouver to Nova Scotia. At the turn of millennium, Dar took the opportunity to branch out further. Aside from her eleven studio albums to date, she has written two highly acclaimed young adult novels, written a green blog, taught a popular course about music and social movements at the university level, and written a book about social-capital based urban planning, based on her extensive touring observations. And over the last eight years she has also led a well-loved songwriting retreat, guiding the creative process as both a seasoned songwriter and a kindred spirit to all who attend.

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