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by: Dar Williams

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Average Rating: Rating: - Wow... another brilliant album from Dar!! Ever since I discovered Dar, I have been eager to explore each of her terrific albums for her extremely witty and intelligent lyrics, her beautiful melodies and so on. Although I had high hopes for End of Summer, I must admit that I was disappointed in (yet still enjoyed) that CD, feeling it wasn't up to the Honesty Room or, in my opinion, Dar's masterpiece Mortal City. Well, I lost touch for a bit and didn't even know Dar had a new CD coming until I saw this one. And with slightly lowered expectations, I must say that this album simply blew me away - it is absolutely fantastic. Within a few weeks - and a few thousand repetitions - I feel this CD is right up there with Mortal City. Dar is a totally unique musician - while other songwriters use great lyrics, there's something poetic in Dar's use of language that I've never heard anywhere else. And her music is strong enough to support and showcase these wonderful stories. A lot of this album feels very personal - most notably 'After All' but there's still a lot of whimsy within it. From the first few bars of 'Playing to the Firmament,' I was totally drawn in, and was struck by the end of 'Another Mystery' by how many different sounding songs were included in this one seamless album. I feel that Dar's Yoko Ono song is a perfect example of her uniqueness - sure, there's another song or two about Yoko out there, but Dar turns this one around and makes it her own, wondering from the start whether Yoko should have 'stayed solo' and not let John Lennon interfere with her own career, a little twist that's very Dar. And I'm sure I could not have tolerated from any other singer a line such as 'challening the warring nations with her paper installations...' I never get tired of Dar's fantabulous style, originality, terrific lyrics, wonderful music - I highly recommend this to any Dar fan, old or new, or to anyone who simply likes good music. You won't be disappointed, and you won't want to turn it off! Rating: - Treasure trove I had never heard of Dar Williams before a moment of words and music caught my attention in the background of a television show: "Once upon a time I had control / And reined my soul in tight." I tracked down the lyrics, from the song "After All," and ended up buying "The Green World." The song was a lyrical treasure, about the singer coming to terms with her family ("I am the daughter of a great romance / And they are the children of the war") and thereby unlocking her own life ("Well the sun rose with so many colors / It nearly broke my heart / And worked me over like a work of art . . ."). Not since I first heard Nanci Griffith singing "I Knew Love" have I listened to a new (to me, anyway) artist with such delight. After listening to "After All" for about the hundredth time, I tried the rest of the album, and was pleasantly surprised that "After All" was not just a gem in a five-and-dime store. Dar Williams can write, and she can sing, and both with art and heart and depth and range. Even her slightly jaunty tunes ("What Do You Love More Than Love," "Another Mystery") glitter with wry lyrical twists. Her tribute "I Had No Right" introduced me to Father Daniel Berrigan, an antiwar activist in the Vietnam era, who coupled his protest with a deeply reflective personal literature about social conscience ("First it was question, then it was a mission / How to be American, how to be a Christian") that I have just begun exploring. I have become a fan overnight. I look forward to getting to know the rest of Dar Williams's music. Rating: - you must buy them all... Although "The Green World" has been touted as a major departure from Dar's previous sound, I found that it fits right in with all of her other albums, i.e., it contains a few breathtaking classics, a few perky hummable tunes, and a couple of totally forgettable songs. Of course, everyone's taste is different, but I find that most of us "hard-core" Dar fans gravitate either to her humorous tunes or her spare acoustic melodies that highlight her ethereal voice. "Green World" doesn't disappoint on either count, although the ratio of humor to earnestness seems to be dropping. "I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono" fits neatly into the first category, and "After All" and "It Happens Every Day" are heartfelt and moving. Another beauty of a song is "I Had No Right," in which Dar tackles sensitive political issues, a subject that's never scared her off. Dar's music has always defied being pigeonholed, and "The Green World" is no exception. I strongly recommend a listen (or several) to this or any of her other CDs. Also, she's great in concert. Just to be able to listen to her hilarious, self-deprecating, stream-of-consciousness ramblings between songs is well worth the price of admission!

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