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The Beauty of the Rain (DVD Audio)
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | With each release, this East Coast singer-songwriter moves farther from the strictures of folk into the musical mainstream. While Dar Williams's artistic trademarks--lyrical introspection, melodic warmth, an occasional tendency toward breathy vocal preciousness--remain much in evidence on this collection, produced by Stewart Lerman and Rob Hyman, the expanded musical support adds more rhythmic propulsion and layers of harmonies to the mix. Among the highlights are "I Saw a Bird Fly Away," featuring the harmonica chirp and background vocals of Blues Traveler's John Popper and the keyboard of John Medeski, and a hymnlike transformation of the Band's "Whispering Pines," with vocal counterpoint from Cliff Eberhardt and harmonies from Alison Krauss. Other musicians making key contributions include banjoist Béla Fleck, trumpeter Chris Botti, bassist Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band), and fiddler Mike Kang (String Cheese Incident). Titles such as "Farewell to the Old Me" and "I Have Lost My Dreams" reinforce the spirit of transformation, though one of the strongest cuts here, "Mercy of the Fallen," sticks closest to folk convention. --Don McLeese | |
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| | I'm a fan of Dar Williams first two albums and sort of lost track of her after that. But this album definitely got me interested again after hearing samples of a couple songs. This album is much more accessable and musical. This album really highlights her beautiful voice in the title song as well as 'Mercy of the Fallen,' 'Farewell to the Old Me' and 'Closer to Me.' I even caught my wife who is normally a pop radio fan listening to this one frequently! It's really a 4 1/2 star album; some of the later songs are just ok.
| | | I was also introduced to Dar through her earlier music and very reticent to get this album, based on concerns about it being overly "pop." I got it anyway, and am very glad I did. It's definitely not the acoustic singalong style of some earlier music, but it's very far from soulless pop. The songs are gorgeously crafted and the lyrics are in many cases quite moving. Dar has not let me down in any way with this lovely album.
| | | This is my first Dar Williams CD and I think it's wonderful. Dar has a gorgeous voice and her songs are very intelligently written and beautiful. It's the perfect CD to pop in the CD player on a rainy or melancholy day. "Mercy of the Fallen" is a great opening song for this CD and sets the right tone for the songs to come. I also found "The One Who Knows", "Beauty of the Rain" and "Whispering Pines" to be among my favorites on this CD.
| | Produced, yes... Evocative, as always | |
| | I've been a Dar fan since day one, and I've been buying her releases ever since. In contrast to what some others have said about this release, I found it to be one of her best, nearly moving me as much as -The Honesty Room- did when I first heard it. While it may be more produced than hardcore folkies are comfortable with, tracks such as "Mercy of the Fallen,""I Saw a Bird Fly Away," and "Closer to Me," bring Dar back to what I've always enjoyed about her lyricism; Namely, she seems continually able to find the poetry in the smallest occurences of every day life. I'd highly recommend this album... and suggest you enjoy the little deviations from the typical acoustic guitar/sparse vocals as a new way to appreciate folk.
| | Beautiful Voice and Awesome Featured Artist | |
| | I love this album. She has such a honest, real emotion to her music. Very strong voice with a great vocal range. She sings strong mostly in a low relaxed voice, with an awesome high soprano melody that she will have such in "The World's Not Falling Apart". Featured artist such as John Popper, Martin Medeski, and Alison Krauss are all artist I am fimilar with and love. My favorite is "I saw a bird flying away," with John Popper singing harmony and jammin away on his harmonica. A must have if you enjoy folk.
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