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Dar Williams to Tour Throughout August

By Caroline Klibanoff on 8:30 AM on July 30, 2009

Singer-songwriter Dar Williams will hit the road in early August for a tour that extends through the end of the month, covering the East Coast and Midwest. Williams is currently promoting her latest album, Promised Land, released last September on Razor & Tie Records. She will also keep fans up to date via a tour blog, where her percussionist will post videos, updates and Tweets about the latest news from the road....  read more

Found in: Music, News

Classic Paste: The Best of Issues 16-18 (June - November 2005)

By Steve LaBate on 7:39 AM on May 29, 2009

(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)Next week, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't yet support a full staff. Back then, we were in our old...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

The Greatest Art Ever Made About the Midwest

By Nick Marino on 7:00 AM on March 4, 2009

The new Cam’ron single “Get It In Ohio” is, amongst other things, an ode to the Midwest. In the grainy video, Cam and friends drive through slushy streets and complete business transactions in parking lots—and even if this doesn’t conform to your personal Midwestern experience, there’s a shock of recognition in seeing the heartland represented so proudly in a rap song. As someone who spent a fair amount of time in the Midwest myself, this got me thinking about other memorable songs, albums, movies and literature about the oft-ignored expanse of real estate known pejoratively as “flyover country.” Here are my...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Paste Culture Club - "The Lovefest Edition"

By Culture Clubbers on 8:42 AM on February 16, 2009

Click above to listen to the February edition of our monthly podcast. You'll hear songs from Dar Williams, Loney Dear, and many more. You'll also hear from Dolphus Ramseur, the founder of Ramseur Records and find out why we have a crush on his label....  read more

Found in: Featured Audio

Fiction Family, Joshua Radin and Dar Williams in-studio

By Josh Jackson on 5:48 PM on January 30, 2009

The last two days have been busy in the Paste Studio. Yesterday, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman and Nickel Creek's Sean Watkins brought their new band Fiction Family in to play a few songs, including a cover of Radiohead's "Idioteque" around a single mic....  read more

Found in: Blogs, High Gravity

Dar Williams: Promised Land

By Kristina Feliciano on 9:00 AM on September 8, 2008

When people describe an artist as underappreciated...  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Catching Up With... Dar Williams

By Jon Young on 4:33 PM on August 12, 2008

Since self-releasing her debut The Honesty Room in the early ’90s, Dar Williams has become one of the brightest lights on the folk-pop scene, excelling at intimate, confessional works and socially-conscious statements—and often combining both in the same song. Her new album Promised Land, out September 9th on Razor and Tie, should expand the audience for her thoughtful, intelligent music, thanks in part to Brad Wood’s elegant yet unobtrusive production. Paste recently talked with Williams about songwriting, politics and the benefits of sexual confusion....  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Dar Williams - My Better Self

By Andy Whitman on 12:00 AM on November 9, 2005

Politics of the Heart: Politically conscious folk rocker opts for humility in lieu of brazen polemics  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Tribute Album to Raise Money for Late Singer/Songwriter's Children

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on June 7, 2005

Dar Williams, Catie Curtis, the Kennedys and others are in the studio recording a tribute album to musician Rachel Bissex (pictured above), who died in February after a two-year battle with breast cancer. The album, which will feature Bissex’s songs, is being recorded with donated funds for production and publicity, and all funds generated from the album’s sale will go to a scholarship fund for Bissex’s surviving children, Emma and Matt. The tribute is scheduled for a July release, and can be preordered online at www.rachelbissex.org....  read more

Found in: Music, News