New Dar Williams cd Features Gary Louris, Mary Chapin Carpenter

I dont have much details but here is the amazon blurb:

This October, acclaimed singer-songwriter Dar Williams returns with reinterpretations of her most cherished songs on a definitive double CD release spanning her entire career from 1993 s The Honesty Room through 2008 s Promised Land. This unique two-disc set is comprised of all new acoustic recordings of her most loved songs featuring such luminaries of the folk scene as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Larkin, Gary Louris (of the Jayhawks; Gary also produced the album) and Sara and Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek), and a greatest hits compilation featuring all the best songs from her nine-album career. This exciting release offers a unique new take on Dar s music, with the two full length discs providing great value for fans new and old.

Disc: 1


1. Calling The Moon

2. If I Wrote You (feat. Gary Louris)

3. Spring Street (feat. Gary Louris)

4. I'll Miss You (feat. Gary Louris)

5. The Christians And The Pagans (feat. Sara and Sean Watkins)

6. What Do You Hear In These Sounds (feat. Gary Louris)

7. The One Who Knows (feat. Mary Chapin Carpenter)

8. The Babysitter's Here

9. As Cool As I Am (feat. Gary Louris)

10. You Rise And Meet The Day (feat. Gary Louris)

11. Iowa (feat. Gary Louris, Sara and Sean Watkins, Motherlode & Mary Chapin Carpenter)

12. When I Was A Boy (feat. Patty Larkin)

Disc: 2

1. It's Alright

2. Are You Out There

3. As Cool As I Am

4. If I Wrote You

5. February

6. The Mercy Of The Fallen

7. The Easy Way

8. The One Who Knows

9. Teen For God

10. After All

11. Book Of Love

12. The Beauty Of The Rain

13. The Babysitter's Here

14. Better Things

15. Spring Street

16. The Ocean

17. Closer To Me

18. Empire

19. End Of Summer

20. When I Was A Boy

Gary Louris Solo Show mp3

Follow this link for mp3 files of Gary Louris performing solo at Truck America Festival (with artist permission)

http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=3084

Setlist:


[Total Time 56:43]

01 [introduction]

02 Angelyne

03 D.C. Blues

04 Tailspin

05 Everybody Knows

06 Listen Joe

07 Settled Down Like Rain

08 I Need You Tonight [new song]

09 Poor Little Fish

10 Save It For A Rainy Day

11 She Only Calls Me On Sundays

12 Waiting For The Sun

13 All the Right Reasons

14 I’m Gonna Make You Love Me

15 I’d Run Away

16 Blue

Maria McKee with Mark Olson and Gary Louris

This is a great video clip of Maria McKee performing with the Jayhawks, well Mark and Gary anyway from the album she recorded with them. No the best track on the album but nice to see this performance:

Forgotten Album Friday #5 - Mark Olson, The Salvation Blues

Back after a little bit of a Boss enforced hiatus the Forgotten Album Friday is back and this time with another recent release which seemed to slip under most peoples radar.

A magnificent solo album from former Jayhawk Mark Olson, The Salvation Blues is a superb return to the style of music perfected with the band. The album is very personal following the break up of his marriage and loss of his home and is easily the best work Mark Olson has done since he was with the Jayhawks. This record shows the heartbreak he has recently encountered, but all the time there is a message behind the music, that there is something better coming along and he is ready for whatever that is. Through the heartbreak this is hope, and well, salvation.

On 3 tracks his former partner Gary Louris offers up great vocal harmonies including Poor Michael's Boat, one of the album's standout tracks and a track . The duo record came out the following year and these tracks were very much a taste of what was to come.

Highly recommended for anyone who loves singer-songwriter, from the heart and for all Jayhawks fans.

Key tracks:
Clifton Bridge,
Salvation Blues,
Sandy Denny
Poor Michael's Boat.