I used to be a fanatical Dar-ling, but I have to admit it: it appears Dar Williams has peaked, and is reduced to pale rewrites of her old stuff. <Green World> still had an intelligent structure and some deeply moving songs like "Calling the Moon" and "After All," but there is nothing here with remotely the level of inspiration or the satirical edge of her earlier work. She used to be an adept storyteller, speaking through her characters, but these lyrics are just New Agey mush, with very little focus or center, and none of the humor of her earlier works. Musically, she goes even further with the lush, heavily produced sound of <Green World>, venturing away from the acoustic folk of her early work deep into Windham Hill country. It's lovely to listen to, but without songs of substance, what's the point?