What
was new in August 2005
(this
is an archive only - generally many of the links are dead)
August 31, 2005
- Dar's record company, Razor & Tie, is launching
"Team Dar" to help promote the new CD. By joining and helping spread
the word, you'll be eligible to win cool prizes including an
autographed guitar. Check out the fan page
for details.
August 30, 2005
- New photo added to the candids gallery
from Dar's sojourn in London.
August 28, 2005
- Dar will be launching My
Better Self with
an in-store acoustic performance at Tower Records Lincoln
Center (1961 Broadway) in New York City on
September 13th. She will perform at 6pm, and there will be a CD
signing following the performance.
- MEDIA ALERT: Dar will appear on XM
Satellite Radio's "Loft
Session" on the following dates: Monday 11/7 at 12pm & 9pm EST, Thursday 11/10
at 3pm & 9pm, and Saturday 11/12 at
6pm.
- Time Out NY is
giving away a Dar prize pack that includes tickets to Dar's show at the
Town Hall in NYC on Sept. 29 plus dinner for two and a signed copy of
My Better Self. Click here to
enter.
Thanks to sharong for the details.
- Order My Better Self early from Amazon.com and you get to
listen to the CD and there's also added commentary from Dar. Available
in the US only. Details here.
- Updates to the discography.
Thanks to Kar for the info.
August 22, 2005
- Yet more dates added to the tour
schedule. Canadians and Australians are still out of luck!
August 18, 2005
August 17, 2005
- One more date added to the tour
schedule. Now I'm happy for Boise but Toronto (pop. 5 million) - no
show yet!!!!!
August 16, 2005
- MEDIA
ALERT: On Sunday, September 11 Dar joins Steve Earle on
his Air America show
"The Revolution Starts Now." The show airs from 10pm-11pm. Check out AirAmericaRadio.com
for more info.
- MEDIA
ALERTJohn Platt will interview Dar Williams on WFUV public radio
90.7FM, in New York, on September 18th. Platt's show City Folk Sunday
Breakfast runs from 8 to 11 a.m. Check out WFUV's website for more information.
- More dates added to the tour.
- More information and dates added to the Echoes Initiative.
Check out the news page to see if a
city near you is hosting a special event.
August 13, 2005
- A slew of new photos have been added to the gallery including new publicity shots and
some Falcon Ridge photos.
August 12, 2005
- Find out more about the Echoes
Initiative, in which Dar helps small organizations in some areas
where she's performing during the My Better Tour to raise money.
- Razor and Tie has relaunched darwilliams.com
with a new look to
mirror the new CD.
- New dates added to the tour
sked.
August 10, 2005
- MEDIA
ALERT: Apparently Dar was live in the studio the
other night on Sirius FolkTown 38. She played "Comfortably Numb",
"Teen For God", and "Close To My Heart" live, and they played several
other songs from the CD. According to the Sirius web site, it'll
be reaired Saturday at 5PM and Sunday at 2PM, for those of you with
Sirius (or Dish Network).
- If you missed Dar's appearance on Morning Sedition last
week, it's archived here.
Her segment is about 1:35 or so into the
show.
Thanks to Ron L for the info.
- The offical My Better Self press release has been added to
the library.
August 9, 2005
- Apparently if you pre-order My Better Self online from
Amazon.com, you will be able to listen to the CD online right away and
until Oct. 5. I'm not sure if it also applies to Amazon.ca or
Amazon.co.uk. If anyone has pre-ordered from the non-US sites and
knows, drop me a
line.
- More new dates on the tour
schedule.
August 6, 2005
August 3, 2005
- MEDIA
ALERT:
Tune into Air America's Morning
Sedition tomorrow, August 4, to hear Dar Williams in a live
interview and performance with Mark Maron. Will air between 8-9am
EDT.
August 2, 2005
- You can listen to the full version of Echoes
on Razor & Tie's website. I believe it's going to be
released as a single.
- Dar will be one of the artists featured on a tribute to The
Beatles' Rubber Soul album. The CD will be called This Bird Has Flown and she sings
"You Won't See Me." The CD is due out Oct. 25. Read the Billboard
article. Thanks to Suzanne for the info.
- New date added to the tour schedule.
August 1, 2005
- Some additions have been made to the My Better Self page, including
the
new/official run order of the songs.
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