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Great performances by both Dar Williams and Melissa Ferrick in an intimate venue. A lot of personality and quirky road stories. Very involving.

A group called "The Kin" went on first. I was unfamiliar with them, but absolutely happy I got a chance to see them. Outstanding lyrics and a tight performance.

Written on Apr 10 2009

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Great venue, great crowd, great sound, and two fantastic artists. Both Melissa and Dar seemed thrilled to be playing at the Roxy, and there was a genuine energy going back and forth between the audience and performers. The highlight was Dar and Melissa performing "Comfortbly Numb" together.

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More Information About Folk Singers Dar Williams and Melissa Ferrick

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<p>Dar Williams has become a major force on the New England folk scene. An idiosyncratic songwriter who writes folk songs from a unique, often insightful perspective, Williams takes pains to avoid the coy and the quirky; her songwriting and performing style has been compared to that of Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, but with a few acidic and at times hilarious twists.</p> <p>Williams performs on the college and coffeehouse circuit and has also won rave reviews for her festival appearances, including the Newport Folk Festival and the Mississippi River Music Fest, St. Louis. She issued Cry, Cry, Cry in 1998, and The Green World followed two years later. Over the next few years, Williams remained a major presence on the concert trail; she also recorded songs during this two-year trek across America and Europe. She hooked up with Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck, Stefan Lessard, trumpet player Chris Botti, and others for the impressive The Beauty of the Rain, which appeared in February 2003. My Better Self, Williams' most personal set of her career yet, arrived two years later, followed by Promised Land in 2008.</p> <p>Singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick emerged in 1994 as part of a group of new female alternative singer/songwriters, much in the vein of Liz Phair. Ferrick began singing in coffeehouses after dropping out of college, eventually winding up in Boston. Her major breakthrough arrived one night when she replaced Morrissey’s opening act less than an hour before showtime. Ferrick’s performance impressed Morrissey and he invited her to open for him during the rest of the tour. The tour earned her a small cult following as well as a contract with Atlantic Records.</p> <p>Her widely praised 2006 album "In the Eyes of Strangers" fulfilled the rock 'n' roll essence that Ferrick has long harbored and drawn inspiration. But just when it seemed she would take a hard plunge into a more layered, instrumentally diverse sound, she returned to the studio to produce perhaps her most intimate, stripped-down album to date, her ninth studio effort "Goodbye Youth."

Laid down in a single day during her near-constant tour schedule, "Goodbye Youth," marks a departure from the music she wrote and arranged with a team of accomplished musicians on her previous effort. Yet, the new album retains the pure Ferrick trademark: An endearing, emotionally honest first-person lyrical approach driven by her dynamic acoustic sound.</p>