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With each release, this East Coast singer-songwriter moves farther from the strictures of folk into the musical mainstream. While Dar Williams's artistic trademarks--lyrical introspection, melodic warmth, an occasional tendency toward breathy vocal preciousness--remain much in evidence on this collection, produced by Stewart Lerman and Rob Hyman, the expanded musical support adds more rhythmic propulsion and layers of harmonies to the mix. Among the highlights are "I Saw a Bird Fly Away," featuring the harmonica chirp and background vocals of Blues Traveler 's John Popper and the keyboard of John Medeski , and a hymnlike transformation of the Band 's "Whispering Pines," with vocal counterpoint from Cliff Eberhardt and harmonies from Alison Krauss . Other musicians making key contributions include banjoist Béla Fleck , trumpeter Chris Botti , bassist Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band ), and fiddler AS