Dar Williams

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dar Williams
Occupation	Folk Singer
Date Of Birth	Apr 19, 1967(1967-04-19)
Age	57
Birthplace	Mount Kisco
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Aries

Dar Williams Biography

Dar Williams is one of the most popular and richest Folk Singer who was born on April 19, 1967 in Mount Kisco, New York State, United States. Pop folk singer-songwriter has released classic tracks such as “Anthem,” “As Cool As I Am,” and “You’re Aging Well.”

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Williams’ early work spoke clearly of her upbringing in 1970s and 80s suburbia – of alienation, and the hypocrisy evident in the post-WWII middle class. On the track “Anthem” on her early tape All My Heroes Are Dead, she sang, “I know there’s blood in the pavement and we’ve turned the fields to sand.”

Williams moved to Boston, in 1990 to further explore a career in theater. She worked for a year as stage manager of the Opera Company of Boston, but on the side began to write songs, record demo tapes, and take voice lessons. In 1990, Dar recorded her first album, I Have No History, produced by Jeannie Deva and engineered by Rob Lehmann at Oak Grove Studios in Malden, Massachusetts. One year later in 1991, Dar recorded her second album, All My Heroes Are Dead, most of which was recorded at Wellspring Sound in Newton, MA. This album included Dar’s song “Mark Rothko Song.” The original recording of this song was later included in her third album The Honesty Room. In 1993 Williams moved to Northampton, Massachusetts. Early in Williams’s music career, she opened for Joan Baez, who would make her relatively well known by recording some of her songs (Williams also dueted with Baez on Ring Them Bells). Her growing popularity has since relied heavily on community coffeehouses, public radio, and an extensive fan base on the Internet.

She got married to her college buddy Michael Robinson in 2002 and has an adopted Ethiopian daughter named Taya.

Dar Williams Net Worth

Dar Williams is one of the richest Folk Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dar Williams 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Williams was born Dorothy Snowden Williams and studied religion and theater in Wesleyan University.

She was once plagued with stage fright.

Dorothy Snowden “Dar” Williams (born April 19, 1967) is an American singer- songwriter specializing in pop folk. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Dar Williams Dating?

According to our records, Dar Williams married to Michael Robinson. As of December 1, 2023, Dar Williams’s is not dating anyone.

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A 2001 article in The Advocate discussed Williams’ popularity among LGBT people, writing that among LGBT-supportive straight songwriters, “few manage in their lyrics to dig as deeply or as authentically as… Williams does”.

Facts & Trivia

Dar Ranked on the list of most popular Folk Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dar Williams celebrates birthday on April 19 of every year.

In an interview in 2007 on the Food Is Not Love podcast, she said that the song “February” from Mortal City is one of her songs that she likes best. She referred to the way the song “kept on evolving into, not only what I wanted to say, but what I wanted to say and didn’t even know was in there.” She liked the way the song “kept on breaking its own rules in a way that art is all about.”

Is Dar Williams still married?

On May 4, 2002, she married Michael Robinson, an old friend from college, though they are now divorced.

What happened to Dar Williams?

Turns out he’d contracted a serious case of COVID-19. By the time he recovered, they knew a 2020 release was not in the cards — tarot or otherwise. Williams instead worked on her latest book, Writing a Song That Matters, titled after the songwriting retreats she began conducting in 2013.

What kind of music is Dar Williams?

Singer and songwriter Dar Williams became a major figure in the contemporary folk music community in the 1990s with her warmly observational songs which are often leavened with gentle wit and pithy wisdom.

Where did Dar Williams go to college?

Education

Who is Dar Williams married to?

Michael Robinson