Dar Williams | photo by Ebru Yildiz | courtesy of the artist
Dar Williams returns next month with new album ‘I’ll Meet You Here’ listen to “Today and Every Day”
Hudson Valley, New York singer-songwriter favorite Dar Williams returns this year with I’ll Meet You Here, her tenth album and first for the Renew imprint of BMG Records.
A veteran of the New England folk community, Williams has been active as a performer since the late 80s; she’s probably best known for contemplative and remarkably catchy releases like 1996’s Mortal City and 2000’s The Green World, but her discography reaches wide in both directions along the timeline, and the new record seems to be about those moments where time catches up with you, and you decide to greet it by living in the now.
“At some point,” she says in a press release, “you have to meet life where it meets you … I think what the songs [on the new album] all have in common is the willingness to meet life as it arrives.”
The album comes with a teaser single called “Today And Every Day,” and a stop motion music video by visual artist and singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot; it makes allusions to climate change, digital disconnection, and finding a way to navigate life despite its challenges. Seems somber, but Williams as ever is adept at bringing an innate folk-pop catchiness to the proceedings.
Watch below, grab a preorder of I’ll Meet You Here, and check out Williams 2021 tour dates, which feature regional appearances on October 9th at Sellersville Theater and October 10th at the State Theatre in State College. Information on both shows can be found at the XPN Concert Calendar.
Thurs., Sept. 30 Fall River, MA Narrows Center for The Arts **
Fri., Oct. 1 Brownfield, ME Stone Mountain Arts Center
Sat., Oct. 2 Putney, VT Next Stage Arts Project **
Sun., Oct. 3 Natick, MA Center for Arts In Natick**
Tues., Oct. 5 Hamden, CT Space Ballroom **
Thurs., Oct. 7 New York City Symphony Space **
Fri., Oct. 8 Ithaca, NY Hangar Theatre **
Sat., Oct. 9 Sellersville, PA Sellersville Theater 1894 **
Sun., Oct. 10 State College, PA The State Theatre **
Tues., Oct. 12 Kent, OH Kent Stage **
Tues., Oct. 19 Saint Louis, MO Delmar Hall ^^
Thurs., Oct. 21 Lawrence KS Lawrence Arts Center ^^
Sat., Oct. 23 Fort Collins, CO Fort Collins Armory ^^
Sun., Oct. 24 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater ^^
Wed., Oct. 27 Iowa City, IA Englert Theatre ^^
Thurs., Oct. 28 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center ^^
Fri., Oct. 29 Mineral Point, WI Mineral Point Opera House ^^
Sat., Oct. 30 Chicago, IL Old Town School Music Store ^^
Tues., Nov. 9 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre ^^
Wed., Nov. 10 Portland, OR Alberta Rose Theatre ^^
Fri., Nov. 12 Berkeley, CA Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse ^^
Sat., Nov. 13 Berkeley, CA Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse ^^
Sun., Nov. 14 Sacremento, CA Sofia Center ^^
Tue Nov. 16 Los Angeles, CA The Hotel Cafe ^^
Wed., Nov. 17 Los Angeles, CA The Hotel Cafe ^^
Fri., Nov. 19 Phoenix, AZ MIM ^^
Sat., Dec. 4 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage ==
Sun., Dec. 5 Alexandria, VA Birchmere ==
Tues., Dec. 7 Richmond, VA The Tin Pan ==
Wed., Dec. 8 Charlottesville, VA The Southern Cafe & Music Hall ==
Fri., Dec. 10 Pittsburgh, PA Club Cafe ==
Sat., Dec. 11 Newark, OH Thirty One West ==
Sun., Dec. 12 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark==
Mon., Dec. 13 Spring Lake, MI Seven Steps Up ==
With Crys Matthews **
With Heather Maloney ^^
With Emily Scott Robinson ==