Dar Williams, Erin Lyndal Martin
Barrymore Theatre 2090 Atwood Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53704
TICKET LOCATIONS: B-Side Records, Frugal Muse, Strictly Discs, Star Liquor, MadCity Music, Sugar Shack, and the Barrymore Theatre. Call and charge tickets at (608) 241-8633. Order online at www.barrymorelive.com or www.ticketmaster.com
TICKET PRICES: $32 Day of Show; $30 adv. General Admission.
press release: This fall, Dar Williams will celebrate the 20th anniversary of her breakthrough album, Mortal City with a North American tour where Dar will be performing the album in its entirety for the first time. The dates will bring Dar back to many of the cities and communities which she first experienced in 1996 -- to reconnect with the intergenerational fans that were amongst the first to embrace the singer.
Returning to Mortal City will be a “window back in time to see where this country was twenty years ago… seeds were planted in the '90s that have grown to fruition now,” Dar states of the impetus behind this tour. “Seeds that allow us to look at each other as exciting people in an exciting time--in terms of gender freedom, religious freedom, regional identities and ways of identifying ourselves in our communities as participants. It’s really positive growth. There’s more racial diversity and our kids are experiencing the rainbow as we are working towards racial justice. Twenty years later, I am seeing a much more vibrant landscape across our country. Our job is to get out there and show that the happiness that we've found in diversity is something we can share.”