Dar Williams
Even if you have a cell phone, which I don't, it's still worth buying a music CD now and then, at least if the CD is by Dar Williams.
Ben took me out to Borders in Union Square, where Dar Williams was performing and signing copies of her new CD The Beauty of the Rain. We each bought a copy and got it signed (and got to talk to Dar for about a minute).
Far and away the best song is "The One Who Knows", which is just lovely. (I would hold it up with "How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye?" by Patti Loveless, which has a sadder perspective on a related theme.) "The Beauty of the Rain" is pretty good too. In general, I don't think this CD is as consistently good as The Green World, which was a great triumph.
