在Williams的早期職業生涯中,她因爲Joan Baez而獲得了一定的知名度,因爲後者錄製了一些她的歌(她還和Joan Baez在Baez的專輯《Ring Them Bells》裏合作了二重唱)。很快,咖啡館、公共廣播以及互聯網上大量的歌迷讓Williams更加出名。
Williams的第一張專輯《The Honesty Room》是以自己的廠牌Burning Field Music發行的。其中邀請到的客串包括Nerissa 、Katryna Nields和Gideon Freudmann。沒過多久,Waterbug Record就找上門,收錄了這張專輯。1995年,Williams轉會到了Razor & Tie,她在這個廠牌下發行的第一張專輯——1996年的Mortal City受到了廣泛的關注,因爲她和Joan Baez的巡演節目也收錄其中。這張專輯再次請到了Nields姐妹和Gideon Freudmann客串,並且受到了民謠藝術家John Prine、Cliff Eberhardt 和Lucy Kaplansky的關注。有了這次成功,Razor & Tie在Williams發行97年的專輯《End of The Summer》時重新發行了《The Honesty Room》。Williams的職業生涯也獲得了更大的發展,《End of The Summer》也因爲它獨特的風格和獨立的廠牌,獲得了更高的評價。
曲目
01.It's Alright(3:27) 02.Book of Love (Dar Williams and Lara Meyerratken)( 3:34) 03.The Easy Way - 3:31 04.The Tide Falls Away (Dar Williams and Gary Louris) (2:46) 05.Buzzer (2:57) 06The Business of Things ( 2:31) 07.You Are Everyone( 4:30) 08.Go to the Woods ( 2:54 ) 09.Holly Tree( 4:13) 10.Troubled Times (Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood) ( 3:34) 11.Midnight Radio (Stephen Trask)( 4:27) 12.Summerday (Dar Williams and Rob Hyman)( 3:22)
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Holly Tree
When the robin builds in the holly tree, It’s a sign of life, its gentle victory. Well, today as I set to go, I saw a nest in a tree hollow.
Oh Emily, you’re a brave girl, With your husband gone to the other world. Sing a hymn while I light the fire; We’ll be joined by a heavenly choir.
Here’s the tansy and the chamomile tea for you to drink, As the pain increases, well you only have to think About a baby. We’ll save the baby. Holly Tree Lyrics On I placed a holly sprig by the doctor’s door. He has done this well and many times before, He’ll be careful which way he goes, But he’s been kind to us farm widows.
And this I heard just the other day That they came to buy, and you chose to stay. Soon a child will help you reap and sow, May he cast a long shadow.
But you say the trials are coming, you have felt the gathering forces, And the galloping you hear is of one too many horses, But rest your head my darling girl, there won’t be any danger, Any Christian ever loved an infant in a manger Saves the baby. They’ll save the baby.
Now the pastor comes, shakes the farmer’s hand. Says, “The earth will bear like the Promised Land. You have heard the stories down below, But God will bless this farm hollow.”
Now the farmer’s wife shudders, pulls the shawl up to her shoulder. Every time she nears the hearth she feels a little colder. Where’s the baby? There was a baby.