Dar Williams - Promised Land
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Artist: Dar WilliamsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Music Label: Razor & Tie
Soundtracks:
- It's Alright
- Book of Love
- The Easy Way
- The Tide Falls Away
- Buzzer
- The Business of Things
- You Are Everyone
- Go to the Woods
- Holly Tree
- Troubled Times
- Midnight Radio
- Summerday
Free Music Notes for Promised Land
Free Music Review: Indie pop at its thoughtful best!
Hit: 5 Stars
While some reviews may suggest that this album didn't quite live up to Dar's previous efforts, I have to say, I LOVE this album. It hasn't left my cd player since I finally got the chance to listen to it a couple of weeks ago. Every track seems to have some ultra-clever snippet of lyrics that just draws you into the song as you wait to hear what's coming next. This, plus the catchy tempo of "It's Alright" hooked me with the first verse. My favorite track has to be "Into The Woods". How can you not love a song with lyrics that include a "windy-path, angry a@@ woman who will eat you?" The unexpected vocals by Suzanne Vega on this song was also a wonderful surprise. Dar is capable of some amazing ballads as well. Her vocals are particularly beautiful on "Holly Tree", whose folksy style blends perfectly with the lyrics about a farmer's pregnant widow. "Buzzer" is another one of those lyrical gems, this one about a test subject in the Milgram social psychology experiments from the early 60s. Like Kris Delmhorst, one of my other favorite songwriters, Dar Williams is one of those rare artists that can paint entire landscapes with only the lyrics to her songs. That she can set them to such well-crafted tunes is just an added bonus indeed.
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One of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of her generation, Dar Williams has been engaging audiences with her musical artistry since the early 1990s when she rose from the Northeast coffeehouse circuit to the national spotlight. Dar releases her first studio in 2008 after three years, Promised Land. Produced by Brad Wood (Pete Yorn, Liz Phair, Smashing Pumpkins), the album features 12 reflective songs that introduce a new Pop sound for Dar Williams. Lending support on the album are such renowned artists as Suzanne Vega and Marshall Crenshaw. Promised Land is sure to connect with Dar fans old and new. 'Williams infuses intelligent songwriting with comforting melodies.' - Relix. 'A new generation of pop-folk enthusiasts lauds her as one of the genre's central figures.'- PasteFolk Music CDs
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