Dar Williams at Emelin Theatre

Dar Williams has remained a much-heralded force at the peak of American folk music for over two decades. An inventive, emotional singer-songwriter, she is both earnest and iconoclastic, perpetually surprising audiences and collaborating with world-famous artists like Joan Baez in new ways. Every new album from Dar Williams represents her thoughts and feelings about both her own life and larger forces in the world. But her ninth studio record, Emerald, marks a particularly dramatic confluence between her experiences and broader contemporary culture—and what it means to be a songwriter at this moment in history.