The music on The Honesty Room is the sort that gets passed around on third and fourth-generation tapes, building an audience through coffeehouse performances and word of mouth. Williams manages to blend an untarnished innocence ("The Babysitter's Here," "When I was a Boy") with wise reflection and self-knowledge ("In Love But Not at Peace"), and an undertone of responsibility and action ("The Great Unknown"). Dar's guitar is kind, her words are quirky and intelligent, and her songs are well worth sharing. (SC)

Steve Champeon