"Catchy melodies that unfold into lush harmonies and big vocal climaxes. On Jules Shear's 'Echoes,' she sings, 'every time you love just a little . . . it echoes all over the world.' The sentiment is simple, but the effect is intoxicating, thanks to Williams's lovely, open soprano and the jangly arrangement framed by Rodney Crowell's ex-guitarist Steuart Smith…. Soulive provides the bluesy background for a Bonnie Raitt-like vocal on Williams's own 'Two Sides of the River.' 'I'll Miss You Till I Meet You' is a looking-for-Mr. Right song that might have been sung by the Shangri-Las, but Williams sounds as if she could been a Shangri-La herself."—Washington Post

"Among the most moving of Dar's personal songs are 'Blue Light of the Flame,' inspired by the premature death last year of singer-songwriter Rachel Bissex from breast cancer, 'Close to My Heart,' a farewell to a friend (circumstances unsaid) gone from her life, and 'The Hudson,' an ode to the river and also to the great metropolis she reaches before emptying into the ocean."—Sing Out